I had a fisher pin pointer. I liked that it rang when I touched the target but I have moved and can't find it now. What kind do u recommend? Price of it?
Fisher F Points are essentially free...I have one...I got it with my purchase of my F70 years ago...It gets VERY bad press in the Detecting world, for good reason, but I have found it has some unique uses....For a clad stabber mainly, that slim finger fits right into a screwdriver hole and like you said, it wont buzz unless it touches a target, so when a guy gets an errant coin tipped on edge, or on a "solid nickel" signal that you just cant stab, (gold ring) it comes in handy to locate the target subsurface...
Also, to the uneducated, the damn thing can be easily mistaken for a weapon! It buzzes like a yellow jacket as soon as you turn it on! Without touching any metal at all! If brandished menacingly towards an approaching reprobate, it will allow a guy time to either bravely retreat, or access their primary self defense mechanism!....Try to look tough with a Carrot in your hand!
Also, its pretty good at fishing around under the grass roots for chains...so theres that too....All this said, I use it about once per month, generally on a chain signal, or a recalcitrant coin tipped on edge down in the hole..
I got a lanyard for it even..from the Casino..I bet that alone set me back a few hundred dollars!
Its a funny little thing alright...Its the only Pinpointer I got for the above reasons mentioned...
Mud