Cavefinder

The Cavefinder is a geoelectrical detecting instrument for easy and fast localization of underground structures like cavities, caves and arches. The detection of tombs, grave chambers, tunnels and hidden treasure chambers is done automatically after starting the measuring process on the main unit itself. Due to the integrated data analysis of the detection instrument, the measure result will be indicated immediately on the display of the Cavefinder.

The Cavefinder is only made to detect geological nonmetallic ground anomalies like for example:

The Cavefinder comes with 4 conductive electrodes, which should placed inside the ground defining a square area. Because of the 20m long cables of each electrode, which is connected to the measure instrument, a maximal scan area of about 800 square meters can be defined in one single measurement.

During the measurement with the cave detector Cavefinder, several resistance measurements are executed, to finally draw conclusions to existing voids. The analysis of the measured results can be easily done on the field after a short measuring time and the scans can be repeated as often as necessary. The Cavefinder includes the following functionality:

For maximum utilization of the operating time of the Cavefinder to locate hidden voids underground it is delivered with a high performing external power supply, the (Power Tank). Because of its less weight the device can be utilized in nearly all terrains for detecting cavities.

The Cavefinder is available eighter as Version A with simple display analysis or as Version B with additional bluetooth data transfer and graphical analysis of the measured results on a computer in the Visualizer 3D software program.

The following technical indications are medial values. During operation small variations are quite possible.

Control unit

Operating temperature   0 °C - 50 °C
Storage temperature   -20 °C - 60 °C
Air humidity   5 % - 75 %
Waterproof   No
Dimensions (H x W x D)   430 x 150 x 260 mm
Weight   about 3 kg
Voltage   12 VDC
Processor   Motorola, 32 MHz

Data transmission (Bluetooth)

The following specifications of data transmission are only valid for the model Cavefinder B. The Cavefinder A does not have a data transmission.

Technology   Bluetooth
Frequency   2.4 – 2.4835 GHz
Maximum Transfer Rate   1 Mbps
Receiving Sensitivity   -85 dBm
Maximum Range   100 m

Computer, minimum requirements

The computer is not part of the scope of delivery. The indicated values should help you for a correct selection of a suitable computer for analysis of your measured results.

A computer is only necessary for the usage of Cavefinder B. The model Cavefinder A does not provide data transmission to pc.

CD-ROM drive   minimum 4x
Interface (Data transmission)   USB
Free disk space   minimum 50 MB
Working memory (RAM)   minimum 256 MB
Graphic card   minimum 128 MB, OpenGL-compatible
Processor   minimum 1.2 GHz
Operating system   Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7