This has been discussed before but heres my story for the people hunting a pinpointer out there .
As most people know by now if you call Harbor Frieght tool company to order one of these it will be back ordered . I ordered mine on May 6th , 2008 and finally in July after waiting over two months I searched up a store in Kansas City that had one in stock so made arrangments to pick it up . Then I recieved a notice from Harbor Frieght asking me what date I wanted to end my back order and I sent it in told them to take my order off back order after August 1st . They had my credit card number on hold till they processed the order , Well I was updating my check book last night and saw that they processed the amount of the detector for Harbor Frieght on the 13th of August , but I had never heard anything from harbor Frieght about it . So this morning I called them and they said they mailed out my cen-tech detector on 12th of August . I just said ok and when ever it gets here I will have a spare one in case one breaks .
I would recomend trying to find a store near you instead of ordering on the phone cause you can figure on being back ordered a long time and if they send it to you , there will be shipping added to it .
I do like the detector I had already picked up , but there priced cheap and you get what you pay for . I have had to work on the wiring for the switch already it came loose so I went into it and soldered it so it would stay hooked up right . Just my suggestion buy from a store if you can .