garrett carrott question

[maxxkatt]

On my Minelab Pro find 35 as the batter runs down so does my depth ability on this pinpointer.

Is that the case with the Garrett Carrott and Fisher Pulse?

 

[Bayoutalker]

I'm not sure but I don't see why they wouldn't.

Cliff

 

[mh9162013]

I never noticed a loss in range or performance when I get the low battery signal with my Garrett Carrot. But then again, I've never done any objective testing.

Maybe that's something I'll do sometime soon with my Carrot and F-Pulse...

 

[CPT_GhostLight]

On my Minelab Pro find 35 as the batter runs down so does my depth ability on this pinpointer.

Is that the case with the Garrett Carrott and Fisher Pulse?

That is a common with most 9-volt devices as they typically require a minimum of 8.2-8.4 volts to operate. Make sure you are not using rechargable 9V batteries as their typical fully charged voltage is usually about 8.4V and some are as low as 8.2V. Use qood quality 9V Alkaline batteries, or better yet, Lithium 9V batteries for much longer running with a stable voltage and current until they drain to about 8V. But don't get rechargeable Lithium, because they have the same 8.4 max voltage. HTH

 

[maxxkatt]

On my Minelab Pro find 35 as the batter runs down so does my depth ability on this pinpointer.

Is that the case with the Garrett Carrott and Fisher Pulse?

My son brought over his Garrett carrott and I ran a test on the two pinpointers.

Well I found out this is not true. Tested both my Pro Find 35 and Garrett Carrott with an 8.74 voltage battery and 9.43 voltage battery. and they both did not lose any depth.

But with the 9.43 voltage batter, the GC hit a penny in an air test at 2.5 inches. and the ML was 2 1/8" on the penny.

When I super tuned the GC it gave me another 1/4" on the penny.

 

[Bayoutalker]

My son brought over his Garrett carrott and I ran a test on the two pinpointers.



Well I found out this is not true. Tested both my Pro Find 35 and Garrett Carrott with an 8.74 voltage battery and 9.43 voltage battery. and they both did not lose any depth.



But with the 9.43 voltage batter, the GC hit a penny in an air test at 2.5 inches. and the ML was 2 1/8" on the penny.



When I super tuned the GC it gave me another 1/4" on the penny.

What happens if you lower the voltage a bit more? At what point does it stop working?

Cliff

 

[mh9162013]

That is a common with most 9-volt devices as they typically require a minimum of 8.2-8.4 volts to operate. Make sure you are not using rechargable 9V batteries as their typical fully charged voltage is usually about 8.4V and some are as low as 8.2V. Use qood quality 9V Alkaline batteries, or better yet, Lithium 9V batteries for much longer running with a stable voltage and current until they drain to about 8V. But don't get rechargeable Lithium, because they have the same 8.4 max voltage. HTH

In my experience with NiMH rechargeable 9V cells, it's much higher. I don't recall what the voltage was, but I think it approached 10 volts. It was high enough where one 9V NiMH battery was able to power my Fisher F2 (which normally requires 2) and when I placed it in my Garrett Carrot, it was noticeably louder.

Of course, after moderate use, the voltage will come down a bit. But most NiMH cells will spend much of their "charged" time above the 1.2V point, especially in low current draw applications, like pinpointers.