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I have not used a pin pointer in my years of detecting. Today I went on ebay and found the price range to be very large. Has anyone ever tried these cheap, I'm guessing knock-offs and if so how did they work out?
I have not used a pin pointer in my years of detecting. Today I went on ebay and found the price range to be very large. Has anyone ever tried these cheap, I'm guessing knock-offs and if so how did they work out?[/QUOTE
6 words sums it up pretty much
"You get what you pay for"
Cheapies are pretty much worthless and aren't worth the frustration.. this I know from experience.
Garrett Carrot is the way to go.
I use a Deteknix XPointer Pro it works great, waterproof to 200ft, I use it with my Equinox in parks and beach’s and have snorkeled with it, absolutely no problem’s, I think it’s a great pin pointer.I have not used a pin pointer in my years of detecting. Today I went on ebay and found the price range to be very large. Has anyone ever tried these cheap, I'm guessing knock-offs and if so how did they work out?
I use a Deteknix XPointer Pro it works great, waterproof to 200ft, I use it with my Equinox in parks and beach’s and have snorkeled with it, absolutely no problem’s, I think it’s a great pin pointer.
I have one by Detenix and although I haven't used it much I think it to be good quality. My dirt hunting has gone down considerably since my son Eagled out of Scouting and I don't camp as much. I don't use it at the beach.
Some of the Old guys dont use a pinpointer...Unneeded on the beach and unneccesary on the dirt....just one more thing to worry about..
All a guy has to have for the beach is a scoop and a screwdriver on the dirt...I can appreciate their function, but I dont have one...But I'm a minimalist...the least amount of gear for the fastest ROI...
I dont even have Onstar or GPS and seem to find my way home even...!
Makes me wish I had you for a secret santa, and had the funds to send you a Garrett Carrot. When you stop spending time looking for something in the dirt, and retrieve it in 10 seconds or less, you actually up your ROI pretty quickly, Mud...
Pinpointers definitely aren't "needed" equipment. They just take a whole lot of time out of the retrieval process on land. In the sand, I agree. I keep mine on my pouch for things I just cannot find in the sand (earrings are notorious for disappearing in a foot swipe). They're also super useful for picking small targets out of black sands, too. that's how I found my 69AD coin off the Tel-Aviv beach. I probably would have given up, without the pin pointer.
Skippy
...I think its because I committed to developing the fastest and most efficient retrieval methods..Ping to Pouch.....
Its frustrating for me to watch all the wasted ergonomics and unproductive time expended! I'm watching these vids in horror!....I see a guy buying a top shelf over $100 extra product, and no way is it ever gonna pay for itself!...Not where He's hunting, in fact its slowing him down on account of its like a pacifyer...he dont think he can hunt without it....Not everybody is hunting AD coins in Tel Aviv black sand beaches!....
Its really wonderful to free yourself from technology!...Hunt without a pinpointer, Kneepads, dressing light and just stooping and stabbing with a 6" Stanley!...
I've never seen religious Pinpointer users pulling 400+ coin targets per day...Let alone 90CPH!...Yet its quite simple and easy with just a simple screwdriver and a focus on SPEEDY retrieval! Time and Gold wait for nobody! I aint got no time for that! ...
I bet you will be like..."Well chuck Me chilly! I never needed this damned time wasting thing! Thank you Mud!" ...
Pinpointers are The Metal detectorists equivalent of Munchausens syndrome by proxy.....