Evaluating the Sensys MagDrone R3 Aerial Magnetometer System

Author(s): Christopher McCabe; Rod Mather

Year: 2020

Summary

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In early 2019 the Applied History Lab at the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island-based company GeoNautic Solutions acquired a Sensys MagDrone R3 fluxgate aerial magnetometer and a DJI Matrice 200 small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS). Performance testing of the aerial magnetometer system began in the summer months after sUAS training and FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certifications. This paper explores the preliminary testing results and archaeological survey capabilities of the lightweight MagDrone aerial system – specifically highlighting shallow water and coastal marsh environments typically difficult to access with more conventional magnetic detection methods.

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Evaluating the Sensys MagDrone R3 Aerial Magnetometer System. Christopher McCabe, Rod Mather. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457180)

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Keywords

General
drone Magnetometer sUAS

Geographic Keywords
United States of America

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 966