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In Malaysia, police are
investigating the gruesome
murders of cosemetics
millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya
and three of her associates.
Sosilawati, the 47 year old
entrepreneur that founded
Malaysia’s
popular Nouvelle Visages line of
cosmetics, was reported missing
along with her driver, lawyer,
and a bank officer.
The group had gone to Banting
to discuss a land deal involving
Ladang Gadong farm with the
owner the property.
Prior to the disappearance
area residents had reported
“strange happenings” and
“characters of all sorts” coming
and going from the farm which is
surrounded by a fortified
concrete wall.
Primary suspects in the case
are the property owner and his
brother. According to local
papers both are lawyers with
dubious reputations that have
been involved in a number of
land swindling cases. Several
employees at the farm were also
named as possible accomplices.
After intense questioning by
the police one of the suspects
told authorities that the four
victims were killed and their
bodies burned.
The remaining ashes were then
thrown into a river next to the
farm. Police divers using JW
Fishers Pulse 8X metal detector
scoured the muddy river bottom
and recovered a number of the
victim’s belongings including
cell phones, watches, and a
necklace.
In addition to the personal
items found, divers also
retrieved a knife allegedly used
in the killings.
The underwater metal detector
has become a critical piece of
equipment for most law
enforcement agencies to locate
weapons and evidence used in the
commission of crimes.
In the
US, the FBI has
outfitted each of their dive
teams across the country with
multiple detectors, and almost
every state police dive unit has
at least one.
Even small departments are
adding a detector, or sharing
one with a neighboring city or
town.
Law enforcement officials are
not the only ones using
underwater detectors to recover
weapons.
Peter Corbett, owner of
Divers Training and Supply in
Charleston, West Virginia
recently received an
unusual
call.
The caller related an
incident involving himself and a
friend that were duck
hunting...from a canoe.
Apparently one of the men was
unaware of the instability these
little double-ended vessels, and
in the excitement of the hunt
proceeded to swamp the boat
sending two expensive shotguns
to the river bottom.
The man wanted to know if
Peter, an experienced diver with
all the equipment needed to work
in the cold, low visibility
environment, could recover the
weapons. Peter had the most
essential piece of equipment
needed do this job; a Pulse 8X
metal detector.
After gathering information
on the approximate location of
the mishap, Peter packed up his
gear and headed for the river.
Instead of immediately diving
into the cold, dark water and
swimming a grid, Peter
decided to use the 8X’s optional
18 inch coil with 100 foot
cable.
This allowed him to perform a
preliminary search from the
comfort of his boat.
It wasn’t long before the
detector signaled the presence
of a large target.
After marking the location,
he returned to shore, threw on
his scuba equipment, converted
the detector back to diver mode,
and hit the water.
He swam to the marker, then
knifed down to the bottom.
Swinging the machine back and
forth in front of him, Peter
began sweeping the search area.
Although it was difficult to
see the detector’s meter in the
silty water, he knew as soon as
the coil passed over the weapon,
he
would hear the audio alarm
indicating a target had been
found.
It wasn’t long before the
underwater earphone began to
wail announcing the detector had
located a significant size
target. Peter shoved his arm
deep into the soft mud and
groped around.
Then he felt it.
The unmistakable shape of the
shotgun barrel.
He yanked it from bottom and
scanned the area again with the
detector.
Another wail of the audio,
some more probing in the muck,
and the second gun was
recovered.
Peter returned the weapons to
the happy and relieved owners,
who were able to clean and
restore them to original
condition.
For more information on
Fishers complete line of
underwater search equipment go
to www.jwfishers.com.
For more information on Peter
Corbett and Divers Training and
Supply go to www.dtsdiving.com.
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JW
Fishers Mfg. Pulse 8X
underwater metal detector
The
Pulse 8X is a commercial grade
underwater metal detector that
works as well on land as it does
in the water.
This detector will locate a
variety of targets including
jewelry, coins, shell casings,
weapons, gold bars, anchors,
ordnance, cannons, and
pipelines.
The Pulse 8X uses
state-of-the-art Pulse Induction
(PI) technology to detect all
metals, ferrous and nonferrous,
while ignoring minerals in the
environment such as salt water,
coral, black sand, and high iron
rocks.
Fishers
detectors are not affected by
the material between the metal
object and the search coil.
The detection range remains the
same whether detecting through
air, water, silt, sand, soil,
coral, or rock.
The detector has both audio and
visual outputs.
Audio is provided by an
underwater earphone that tucks
under the diver’s mask strap or
into a hood.
The visual output is displayed
on a large, easy to read meter.
The 8X comes with a complete
accessory package that has
everything needed to use it on
land, in the surf, or diving to
depths up to 200 feet.
Included in the kit are land and
underwater earphones, a PVC
handle for underwater use,
aluminum handle with telescoping
coil shaft for land use, AC
battery charger, DC battery
charger, hip-mount kit, and a
heavy duty
cordura
nylon carry bag.
Rechargeable batteries power the
detector for 12 full hours.
Batteries can easily be field
replaced to provide around the
clock operation.
One of the most unique features
of Fishers detectors are the
complete line of interchangeable
coils available.
The optional coils available are
a probe coil, 5 inch coil, 10
inch coil, 16 inch coil, 18 inch
coil with 100 foot cable for
boat deployment, and an 8 x 48
coil that is mounted on 4 small
skis for dragging on the beach
or in shallow water.
For more information on the
Pulse 8X go to
www.jwfishers.com.
Click the Product tab at the top
of the page, then click on
hand-held metal detectors and
Pulse 8X. |
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