REAL_RAT_FINK
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This is a simple fix, but may just help a few of you out there. I now have 3 garret carrots, the first two were eaten alive by scraping sand and rocks and dirt. The tips started to look like a spear. I am self admittedly very hard on my pin pointers, and that isn't going to change. I want to find that target as fast as possible.
I purchased a 3rd carrot and covered the tip in duct tape and wrapped the main shaft to hold that layer. I did this layering 4 times. I believed it would a short term solution, but after 4 months of serious digging it I haven't had to replace the tape! It's actually doing a great job protecting the plastic and I don't feel like I have lost any sensitivity (except maybe on the smallest specks of metal).
The electrical tape is to quiet the pinpointer down. When it's early in the morning and near houses I don't need an alarm going off. It also prevents dirt from getting in the speaker.
I purchased a 3rd carrot and covered the tip in duct tape and wrapped the main shaft to hold that layer. I did this layering 4 times. I believed it would a short term solution, but after 4 months of serious digging it I haven't had to replace the tape! It's actually doing a great job protecting the plastic and I don't feel like I have lost any sensitivity (except maybe on the smallest specks of metal).
The electrical tape is to quiet the pinpointer down. When it's early in the morning and near houses I don't need an alarm going off. It also prevents dirt from getting in the speaker.