Apparatus and method for detecting the location of metallic obje

Details Apparatus and method for detecting the location of metallic obje Apparatus and method for detecting the location of metallic obje

1979-03-20

1981-10-13

Strecker, Gerard R.

Electricity: measuring and testing

Of geophysical surface or subsurface in situ

For small object detection or location

G01V 311, G01V 3165

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042950953

ABSTRACT:
A method of detection of inaccessible metallic objects such as gas, electricity, water or telecommunications systems (lines) through which an alternating current is flowing, comprises making at least three spatially separated measurements of the magnetic field associated with the current. Signals derived from the measurements are compared in a detector which gives an output indication when the signals derived from the measurements at the two outer locations are equal and each less than the signal derived from the measurement at the intermediate location.
A suitable sensing device has four equally spaced pickup coils and operates at a frequency of 43KHz. The alternating current detected in the metallic objects may be induced by a separate transmitter.

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