FerroZoan
Full Member
I was using my Pro-Pointer today and while sifting through the dirt on a dig I kept thinking it was finding something additional, as it would quickly beep 3 times in a row sometimes when I moved the tip to another spot in the pile of dirt on the rag. Eventually I realized it had nothing to do with me, as I set it aside and it kept doing it just sitting there, near no metal.
I didn't have the book with me, but since it is still using the el-cheapo Ray-O-Vac 9V it shipped with (why do they even include such a low class battery in a device this costly? It doesn't even say "alkaline" on it. ) although I probably only have maybe 7 hours total use on it. So I looked at the manual when I came back in the house, and for a low battery it says it should make "an alternating dual tone alarm".
So, I turned it on while I was researching this here on the forum, and now I am wondering if what I am really hearing is the beginning of the Lost Pinpointer Alarm? The book says it starts after 5 minutes without a button press. Does it start with 3 quick beeps? It is supposed to escalate over a period of 60 minutes. But they don't actually describe how it starts.
I didn't think it had been on 5 minutes since laying it down to dig a bit more, but time flies when you're having fun!
I'm gonna put a nice Alkaline 9V in it next time out. And I guess I need to power it down more often in between checking the dig spot.
I didn't have the book with me, but since it is still using the el-cheapo Ray-O-Vac 9V it shipped with (why do they even include such a low class battery in a device this costly? It doesn't even say "alkaline" on it. ) although I probably only have maybe 7 hours total use on it. So I looked at the manual when I came back in the house, and for a low battery it says it should make "an alternating dual tone alarm".
So, I turned it on while I was researching this here on the forum, and now I am wondering if what I am really hearing is the beginning of the Lost Pinpointer Alarm? The book says it starts after 5 minutes without a button press. Does it start with 3 quick beeps? It is supposed to escalate over a period of 60 minutes. But they don't actually describe how it starts.
I didn't think it had been on 5 minutes since laying it down to dig a bit more, but time flies when you're having fun!
I'm gonna put a nice Alkaline 9V in it next time out. And I guess I need to power it down more often in between checking the dig spot.
