News & Features

Schonstedt Plays a Key Role in Underground Asset Management

As more emphasis is placed on locating, documenting and managing underground utility assets, a combination of survey magnets and Schonstedt magnetic locators are playing an important role in the identification and marking out of the utility infrastructure. Along with As-Builts, GPS and other data, information is integrated using sophisticated software designed to map and display underground utilities and site assets. Download one state-of-the-art example of how it all comes together: Sigma R2 Systems Brochure on this topic (PDF)

2012 Schonstedt Scholarship Winners

Each year, through the National Society of Professional Surveyors Foundation, thousands of dollars in scholarships funded by a variety of individuals, companies, and organizations are made available to encourage and support college education in geospatial sciences. The Schonstedt Scholarships in Surveying, in the amount of $1500, are awarded this year to: Seth Weckman, Ely, Minnesota Kurt Rardin, Deatsville, Alabama In a letter to Schonstedt, Kurt Wardin writes: “I am no stranger to metal detectors, but in my world we called them Mine Detectors. I served 6 years in the US Marines as a Combat Engineer…” Read all of Kurt’s letter…

GA-52Cx featured in successful Bulgaria cleanup

News article courtesy of Sofia News Agency: US Announces End of Blasted Bulgarian Ammo Depot Clean-up Bulgaria US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick has announced the successful clean-up completed with US funding of the Chelopechene munitions depot near Bulgaria’s Sofia which exploded in July 2008. Warlick, alongside Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Defense Valentin Radev, announced the successful conclusion of a massive .18 million effort funded by the United States to clean up unexploded ordnance (UXO) that infested the grounds and nearby water areas for several kilometers around the Chelopechene munitions depot following a 2008 explosion, the US Embassy in Sofia…

Schonstedt Debuts on Mars!

The American Museum of Natural History, New York, (www.amnh.org) has honored Schonstedt Instrument Company by including a GA-92XT magnetic locator in “Beyond Planet Earth – The Future of Space Exploration”. The special Exhibition, which runs from November 2011 to August 2012, “transports visitors to the Moon, Mars, and beyond as it boldly explores humanity’s next steps in space.” In this scene, an astronaut studies the Martian geology, using tools that can detect minerals beneath the surface. Tools like the Schonstedt let scientists see through solid rock and identify underground minerals. The Exhibition will travel next to Israel and then, who…

The GA-72Cd Magnetic Locator for Steel Pipe Join Detection

Quickly Finds: pipe end sections joints or couplings fittings or valves Minimizes: “pot-holing” pavement stripping time in finding leaks GA-72Cd features audio & two levels of precision measurement quick & easy to use helps identify type or size of target For use on gas and water mains & distribution services How it works: The GA-72Cd Magnetic Locator quickly defines where pipe joints occur and where a metallic transitional change occurs, as iron mass increases and decreases along the pipe path. It offers three levels of precise measurement — audio, polarity bar graph and a displayed value of magnetic strength intensity…

New Video and White Paper on Utility Marker Locating

Many municipalities and utility companies routinely install color-coded magnetic markers on hard-to-locate lines like polyethylene pipe or fiber. With a Schonstedt magnetic locator, you can pinpoint these markers in less time than it takes to setup most utility locators! Watch as Berntsen International Vice President Bill Rushing shows you how easy and precise utility location can be. Read the White Paper by Angus W. Stocking, L.S.: “Faster, Stronger, More Precise: An Overview of Magnetic Markers and Magnetic Location in Utility Marking”

36 Donated Demining Tools Bound for Libya

Schonstedt Instrument Company has shipped 36 donated magnetic locators to members of the Joint Mine Action Coordination Team – Libya (JMACT). The JMACT is a partnership of the United Nations and international NGOs, formed to present a coordinated mine action response to the explosive remnants of war (ERW) threat in that country. Fighting in Libya since February 2011 has led to significant ERW contamination that threatens to increase the number of deaths and injuries of civilians and aid workers as well as jeopardize the delivery of life-saving humanitarian aid. Along with its donors, Schonstedt is pleased to contribute to these…

UN Initiative featured on WV Public Broadcasting

From the WVPubcast Website: May 19, 2011 · An Eastern Panhandle Company product is now on display at the United Nations in New York City because the company has been providing the U.N. with metal detectors to locate land mines in war torn countries. The United Nations is recognizing Schonstedt Instrument Company in Jefferson County for its efforts in Humanitarian Demining. Bob Ebberson, Director of Business Development, said the company matches every donation it receives for a magnetic detector. Then, the United Nations and State Department assist the company in sending the locators to countries in need. U.N. Humanitarian workers…