Patent ID: 7372276

Claim:
A digital locating receiver for receiving locating signals from underground objects, comprising a main body, said main body housing at least one microcontroller and internal circuitry; a display screen located on the main body for providing visual feedback to a user; a pistol grip for accommodating a hand of a user, said pistol grip including a trigger; an antenna arm having a first end and a second end, said antenna arm being swivelably connected to said main body at said first end; a first antenna set mounted on said second end of the antenna arm and comprising a set of three mutually orthogonal ferrite antennas; a second antenna set housed within the main body of the receiver, said second antenna set being comprised of a set of three mutually orthogonal ferrite antennas; wherein said receiver is capable of processing locating signals acquired from an underground object by said first and second antenna sets, and producing an output on said display screen, said output representing a predicted location of the underground object.