Night Hunting
Howdy, am primarily a night hunter, no lights, just the light from the PP. I find it invaluable (for me) as it really allows me to dig much smaller holes (I should mention, parks and sports fields, primarily) and in much faster time. I have only been hunting for about 3 years. In the beginning, first few months, had left behind finds (I called 'em Ghost Items, lol) and holes were much larger than needed (I find out later). Some of the finds would literally take me minutes to find the item... and out here in AZ, in 110 plus (yup, even nights sometimes)... working that long and hard for a pulltab... ugh. Lol.
Ok, after a few months of that, bought the HF, and cool, things got better and I used it for a few months... with mine, (not saying everyones is like this... but for Mine...) you pretty much had to be touching the item, but again, better than none. One other annoyance was , again, for mine, that it seems like I was forever adjusting the sensitivity... that gets old after a while... my routine ended up being that each time I pushed the button, I immediately would test it against my watch or ring to ensure it was sensitive etc... again though, much better than nothing...
Then, after using it for a few, finally "broke" down and bought that expensive little sap sucker... the ProPointer. All I could say was --> Wow! It rocked! No more turn on and touch my watch each and everytime... loved the Geigercounter way that it worked. Found the sensitivity, for me, perfect!
Did not know what I had been missing, lol.
Have had mine over two years, and love it. Again, not for everyone maybe, but for me anyways, really helped with my finds... pretty much 5-10 seconds to retrieve an item (I should say I stay in the 6 inch range, usually not much deeper).
Anyways,like someone said, if you bought it and didn't like it, you could probably sell it fairly quick fora decent price.
Good luck and have fun with things, its a hobby. For me anyways.
Ron