detectingMO
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Its all about efficiency. Best detector garrett makes is the propointer! 
Why pin pointers? Seriously?
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SalemScott
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Have no fear, I'm here to give everyone a BETTER alternative to the propointer, as I do with most of these pinpointer threads. I've used a vibraprobe my entire detecting career and have never wanted to switch to anything else. The advantage of a vibraprobe, it's waterproof and their is no switch on it. To turn it on you just turn it upside down. It's kinda like the vibraprobe is an ipod and the propointer is a zune.
Buried
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Have no fear, I'm here to give everyone a BETTER alternative to the propointer, as I do with most of these pinpointer threads. I've used a vibraprobe my entire detecting career and have never wanted to switch to anything else. The advantage of a vibraprobe, it's waterproof and their is no switch on it. To turn it on you just turn it upside down. It's kinda like the vibraprobe is an ipod and the propointer is a zune.
Does it have mercury inside of it?
Jason in Enid
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Minelab does.
Jason in Enid
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The difference between them is like night and day. Buy the HF. I'm sure it will work fine for you. Once DO make the upgrade to the PP, you will understand the difference. But I would probably work on upgrading the detector first. That is the main tool.
SalemScott
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Sorry, I don't follow. Did zunes have mercury in them?
This site is great for sarcasm and attitude, instead of sharing experience..
On the deep stuff or coins on edge and small things the pin-pointer is a must.
You can also save time and make a cleaner hole by using one.
icusmaximus
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have one never use it i flip the plug check where the target is and grab handfull out wave ut as i put it back in the hole or side respectivly.
Buried
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You say you can just turn it over to make it turn on, which would make me believe there is mercury inside of it, that when turned down vertical, the mercury flows down and completes the connection to power the unit on.
DirtyNeckJesse
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Dude...No need to get nasty. Just pick another thread.
Digger-Dave
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A good pin pointer is more versitile than a stud finder.
A targets dug, are not large ones. For instance, PP's easier to find a small find the size of a lead split shot in the dirt or in the side of the hole.
I went out the other day and forgot I removed the battery from the PP. I spent a lot more time fishing in the dirt to recover the clad I dug.
Jay_781
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I wasnt getting nasty... its hard to determine someones tone or the way they are trying to say something on here... thats why alot of conflict starts because someone thinks theyre giving or getting an attitude or being a smart ass when in all reality if it came out if there mouth it wouldnt be taken the wrong way...sorry for that and thank for pointin it out
SalemScott
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Well, it turns out it does have mercury in it (at least according to a couple posts on another MD forum.) I wasn't aware of that. I forgot to mention one of my favorite reasons why I like the Vibraprobe better, it makes no sound. It signals a find completely through vibration. I know while watching youtube videos that listening to the propointer would drive me crazy, that's probably just me though.
Grumpysrb
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Take it easy on Buried. He's only been at it since January. With more experiance he'll understand the need.
tjr35
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Skwerly
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I run a cheaper model like this:
My digging buddy and I ran the same PP for a few weeks. Yesterday, he got the ProPointer and we went out for a quick hunt.
Wow.
That Garrett is just an awesome, awesome pinpointer. It’s like the Cadillac of them and I have a Pinto. Mine works just fine, but it isn’t nearly as cool as the superior ProPointer.
My digging buddy and I ran the same PP for a few weeks. Yesterday, he got the ProPointer and we went out for a quick hunt.
Wow.
That Garrett is just an awesome, awesome pinpointer. It’s like the Cadillac of them and I have a Pinto. Mine works just fine, but it isn’t nearly as cool as the superior ProPointer.
Bobmc1968
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I have never used any other PP than the Garrett and I bought one on the reccommendation of a number of members on here and what I was able to ascertain through my own research. But the main criteria I used was, "can this tool enhance my experience enough to justify me spending my hard earned money on it?" In my opinion, it has. If someone else feels they can do better with another tool, or they can spend less on something else and get the same performance as what I have, more power to them. I'm happy with my choice and that's what it's all about anyways. 
DIGGER27
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I can instantly supertune and can locate an object in the ground up to 6" deep or even more in damp ground before I dig.
My holes are small, and because I can either supertune or de-tune I can locate targets extremely quickly.
You can't do these things as fast with other pinpointers...if at all.
From the time I get a signal to the time I extract it from the ground might be 10-15 seconds...maybe 20 on average.
Because I can find and recover things faster, I have a higher percentage of finding more and better targets.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=68678
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=82678
ronfin
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Fixed your quote.
Maybe next time you can think before you post or call someone "elite" for pointing out the obvious, or just do a topic search on pin pointers to read why they're invaluable. Even a 3 inch target in mud and muck is hard to recover if it's copper, or camouflaged by the soil surrounding it. No, you didn't do that. You posted a topic that you thought needed to be addressed because it served the individual. You don't understand why people pay for good equipment, so you criticize them by giving your examples of how amazing you are at recovering shallow targets. Genius concept. Next time you reply to someone that you felt served you too much sarcasm to address your self-serving thread, do a little more reading on the subject first.
