Yousername
Elite Member
So im thinking of making my own pinpointer gonna head into town either today or tomorrow to price out a soldering iron and the metal detector soldering kit at radio shack, The ferrite rod that comes with the MD kit is of decent size, bout 2 inches long and half inch or so in diameter, my question is what size ferrite rod should i use in order for it to be as strong as if not stronger then the garrett pro pointer? Would the one that comes with the kit be good enough or do i need to buy a bigger one? The one that comes with the kit is big enough to wrap the copper wire around 163 times(i built one yesterday at my colleges alumni thing as i was showing people how to solder.) I figure 15bucks or so for a soldering iron at 10-20 bucks for the MD kit and another 10 or so if i need a bigger ferrite rod would be better then spending 120 on a propointer.