. It's part of a pen. I just thought when I first dug it that some metal detectorist had gone out and had these made as a way to mark his territory because the name on it was JasonMD turns out he's a doctor and that's just his name. The fact that I didn't find anything but pennies had me thinking this guy has this park on lock and he wants everyone to know who's park it is. 
me and my imagination. 
Yep,I hunted for two years when I started without a pinpointer. I guess it's like anything else....if you don't know,you don't know. There is something called a Sunray Probe for different machines,and they are just a 1" coil in a tube,much like the one you got but it's wired into the machine via a switch box. You switch it to your main coil for hunting and then switch it to the Probe once the hole is opened up. It incorporates all the features of the main machine itself,so it discriminates,pinpoints,etc. just like the machine would. Check it out by Googling "Sunray Probe". One of the best detecting accessories ever made...EVER.
Back to your point....yes,you will continue to enjoy the PP immensely,it saves ALOT of screwing around,and waving handfuls of dirt gets really old when it's handfuls of MUD...or worse.
seriously I think where it will hel most is not having to shred an entire plu just to get in the right vicinity. And yes waving hands full of dirt is a little annoying especially when it's a small swinish nail.
... FWIW, my car doesnt even have electric windows! One less thing to worry about!
....I can see where a hand held pinpointer would come in handy for really deep on edge coins, or locating a chain in the grass roots, or checking the undersink plastic drain traps in hotels for lost earrings without having to take it apart to see.....Yeah, then one would come in handy!
BUT, you DONT NEED one for beachhunting, waterhunting, totlotting, cladstabbing/jewelry targets 5" to surface, snow hill hunting, or for finding probably 98% of deep silvers you missed on the initial excavation..
Even with a pinpointer, by the time you poke it around in the dirt pile, or run it down in the hole, its faster just to sweep the dirt pile with the coil, if the target is not in the pile, its still down in the hole!
Consequently, its just another gimmic you DONT need! Like kneepads, bug spray, or underwear! I hunt just fine without any of this extra stuff!
