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United Nations Mali Deminer Uses Schonstedt Magnetic Locator GA-72Cd for UXO Clearance and Detection

Schonstedt Featured in International Mine Awareness Day Events

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Schonstedt senior management—along with Schonstedt instruments—will be well represented at events in New York and Washington surrounding this year’s International Mine Awareness Day on April 4, 2022. At the UN’s General Assembly building, a symposium on mine action titled “Safe Ground, Safe Steps, Safe Home”, hosted by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), will highlight a day of interactive exhibits and presentations by leading figures and organizations in the mine action community. On Tuesday, April 5, Schonstedt will be recognized by the HALO Trust, a world leader in landmine/explosives-clearing, for their “humanitarian leadership” at an event on Capitol Hill…

Locating More than Monuments: Demining with Schonstedt

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Article and photo from the March 06, 2020 edition of xyHt magazine You know the magnetic locator well, no doubt. Whether yours is a Schonstedt or another brand, geospatial professionals are familiar with these instruments due to their common use in detecting survey markers. Border-marking studs, often sunk by surveyors gone by, are made of the ferrous metals that the magnetic locators are designed to detect. However, before the 1970s, Schonstedt wasn’t focused on these meat-and-potatoes surveyors’ needs. The company was a space-specialist, hard at work creating instruments for aerospace use. As a developer of magnetic field detectors, they were…
Happy Anniversary Schonstedt

We’re 66 and 1!

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On March 1, 2018, SPX Corporation’s Radiodetection business announced the acquisition of Schonstedt Instrument Company. While Schonstedt is an industry leader in magnetic locators, Radiodetection is an industry leader in pipe and cable locators. The combination of our two world-class businesses creates an even stronger organization, and we’re very excited for what the future holds. This spring marks both our 66th anniversary in business, and the 1st anniversary of teaming up with Radiodetection and parent company SPX. Here’s to many more decades of making great underground locators together!

Meet NSPS Scholarship Winner – Jacob LaRue

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We are proud to join with the National Society of Professional Surveyors in announcing that Jacob Larue is the 2018 recipient of the Schonstedt Scholarship in Surveying. Jacob is pursuing a Surveying & Mapping Degree with a Certificate in GIS at the University of Akron, where he also passed the FAA Certification Test in UAS (drones), allowing him to fly drones for commercial use in surveying and mapping. Jacob is applying his $2,000 scholarship award to aid in funding his final semester at Akron. Way to go, Jacob! Click here for a full listing of all the NSPS Scholarship Winners.
Schonstedt 2017 Photo Contest Winning Entry

We Have a Contest Winner!

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Congratulations to New Jersey’s own Frank Barrett, winner of the first Schonstedt Photo Contest, and recipient of a brand new Maggie Magnetic Locator. Frank writes:  “I’ve been a Treasure Hunter for over 30 years and I have been fascinated with all aspects of underground locating all my life. I’ve used my Schonstedt GA-52Cx Magnetic Locator for over 20 years to find Iron and Steel objects such as cannon balls, swords, old railroad items, (spikes, tracks) and other historical and valuable items. My new Schonstedt Maggie will replace my old GA-52Cx.” See all the finalists’ entries on Schonstedt FaceBook and Twitter…

The Wait is Over—Rex is Here!

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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Rex, Schonstedt’s newest pipe & cable locator aimed at locating all underground utilities. Rex is a multi-frequency locator with the price tag of a single-frequency locator. The transmitter is less than 2 inches thick and weighs less than 4 pounds. Both the receiver and transmitter fit into a custom shoulder bag. And it’s so ruggedly built that it comes with an industry-leading 3 year warranty. The first of its kind, Rex is also being offered as a Multi-Purpose Combo Kit (MPC-Rex) that includes a GA-92XTd Magnetic Locator and a Rex Multi-Frequency Pipe &…

2017 Surveying Scholarship Awarded

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We are very pleased to announce the award of the 2017 Schonstedt Scholarship in Surveying to Joshua Koehler, of St. Cloud State University, MN. The $2,000 scholarship is administered by the National Society of Professional Surveyors in Frederick, MD as part of their annual $350,000 scholarship program. Way to go Josh!
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Schonstedts at work in Baku

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AS REPORTED BY AZERNEWS 06/27/17 — By Rashid Shirinov An unexploded 76-millimeter artillery shell was detected in the Sabunchu district of Baku on the territory called ‘Gulchuluk state farm’ while inspecting a garden, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) told Trend on June 26. ANAMA took the detected ammunition from the territory to defuse it. In general, ANAMA specialists detected 5,780 unexploded ordnance, as well as 191 anti-tank and 30 anti-personnel mines, in Azerbaijan since early 2017. >Read the full story here

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