I'm looking forward to getting back at it in a few weeks. We have been south for the winter and I don't do any detecting in the winter. But in a few weeks we fly north, and I'm ready to get going again.
I bought a cheap pinpointer last summer. It is one of those Harbor Freight nail finder type pinpointer. In my research I found that there is the "why pay more" crowd, and then there is the "don't waste your money crowd", so I saw it and for the price I decided to go for it. Actually, it worked pretty well last summer. But in order for the pinpointer to pinpoint anything it had to be touching it. Or darn near touching it. I did a lot of stirring with it, and it found items if they were in the stir, but I couldn't just pass it over a little plug or pile. Do more expensive pinpointers have a range or a depth, or do they all have to be touching to indicate a target? It would be nice to have something other than the detector itself to pass over a plug to see if something is in there. If it is the case that it has to be touching, I'm happy with what I have.
I bought a cheap pinpointer last summer. It is one of those Harbor Freight nail finder type pinpointer. In my research I found that there is the "why pay more" crowd, and then there is the "don't waste your money crowd", so I saw it and for the price I decided to go for it. Actually, it worked pretty well last summer. But in order for the pinpointer to pinpoint anything it had to be touching it. Or darn near touching it. I did a lot of stirring with it, and it found items if they were in the stir, but I couldn't just pass it over a little plug or pile. Do more expensive pinpointers have a range or a depth, or do they all have to be touching to indicate a target? It would be nice to have something other than the detector itself to pass over a plug to see if something is in there. If it is the case that it has to be touching, I'm happy with what I have.