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rambledog
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#16 Posted: Sat Jan 9th, 2010 12:08 am |
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It must be just one of its "undocumented features".
Rambledog
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mts
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#17 Posted: Tue Jan 19th, 2010 01:56 pm |
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I totally agree that these are great pinpointers. Like others have said it really helps you determine which method to use for recovery. I wave it over the ground and if it beeps I know that the target is in the top 2 inches. No matter how good your regular detector is it doesn't always give you accurate readings on depth. So getting this "bigger than a breadbox" reading up front is very valuable in reducing recovery time. Why dig a hole when the item is potentially sitting right on top of the ground? And the variable speed vibration is great. There are times when what I've found is literally right on top of the ground and I simply can't see it because it is dirty. The variable speed vibration can often tell you that you are directly touching the item and can just pick it up even though you can't really see it yet.
I also love the fact that you can detune it. This has proven to be very valuable when I have unknowingly been targeting a fairly large object. There are times when you put it in the hole and it just seems to go off everywhere. This is usually an indication that you are pinpointing something fairly large (and usually iron that has caused a halo effect in the soil). By detuning it you can pinpoint the location better. I don't use detuning very often but it has been very valuable when I've needed it.
I've never had a problem with it going off due to bumping. But that behavior is probably reasonable. My normal metal detector goes off when bumped due to the coil being shifted in relation to the shaft bolt. I can imagine that some of these pinpointers might have a slightly looser coil inside that could shift slightly causing it to pick up the battery or some other internal metal object as a signal. When you turn it on the pinpointer automatically balances itself to a specific "zero point" that takes into account signals that are coming from the battery and other internal metal objects (this is the detuning aspect of the device). Since these signal components are constant they are effectively "cancelled out". But if you move the coil slightly then the signal from these components changes and could cause the unit to go off. It's just one possible theory so don't hold me to it. If your pinpointer is doing this quite a bit or goes off even on very light bumps then you might want to contact Garrett and see what they have to say about it.
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Nad
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#18 Posted: Thu Jan 21st, 2010 07:17 pm |
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Got my pin pointer today..Larry was right. He said you could tape it to a stick and use it for a detector. It came, and within a half hour, I had the wife mentioning something about old men on hands and knees playing in the mud..And, I was finding sub surface coins that fell off my finds table ..I have permission to dig where there will be many targets,many sub surface..No more probing with a brass pick...L was given another pin pointer. Works about as well as a box store unit.When I find it, will post as a freeby...... Cordially Nad.....By the way, I read all the posts,every forum, on the Garrett pinpointer.I would guess the results were over 99 percent positive.Not just positive, but great......
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Welwood
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#19 Posted: Sun Jan 24th, 2010 02:24 pm |
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mts wrote:
I also love the fact that you can detune it. This has proven to be very valuable when I have unknowingly been targeting a fairly large object. There are times when you put it in the hole and it just seems to go off everywhere. This is usually an indication that you are pinpointing something fairly large (and usually iron that has caused a halo effect in the soil). By detuning it you can pinpoint the location better. I don't use detuning very often but it has been very valuable when I've needed it.
I don't know if you guys are aware, but you can also "Supertune" the
Garrett PP. I read this quite awhile back on another forum and
use it regularly. Try this. Turn it on and along the handle opposite
the side where the power swt. and speaker is, start about
midway and slide a dime forward until it just barely starts beeping,
(usually just opposite the light, approximately) then back off until it quits.
I gain almost another inch doing this. I also have taped a piece of 1/2
inch velcro (adhesive backed) about 4 inches long along the handle and
also taped a piece to the back of the dime. The dime is stowed on the
upper part of the handle, near the battery cap when not in use.
Try it, You'll like it.
Last edited on Sun Jan 24th, 2010 04:56 pm by Welwood
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Nad
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#20 Posted: Sun Jan 24th, 2010 02:47 pm |
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| Welwood, thanks for that tip..Raining, miserable,mud is absolute slop..And, the temps are going to drop like a brick off a wall.Soil will be brick in a few days..Am going to print your tip out, and paste it into my notebook. When you get old, you tend to forget things, actually "overlook" is a more polite word..So, I have a notebook to check. Cordially Nad
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Welwood
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#21 Posted: Sun Jan 24th, 2010 04:54 pm |
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Nad, you're quite welcome. I also might add as mts mentioned in
his post, it also is a good indicator of depth initially. I usually go
from the md pinpoint step to the Garrett PP. If I get a signal I know
it is not too deep and will first try a probe. If I don't get a tone, then
slide the dime up the shaft until you get the first beep and then back
off just a hair. If you get a signal now, you know it will be between
3-5 inches or deeper and it's probably now time to break out the 'ole Lesche"
or your favorite digging tool.
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RH_CAN
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Gold Bug 2, Sand Shark, Deleon
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| Location: | Nova Scotia Canada |
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#22 Posted: Fri Jan 29th, 2010 06:37 pm |
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rambledog wrote: I've had my Garrett Pro Pointer for about a month now. Super great tool! The only issue I have had with it is a tendency to go off when I apply a little pressure into the hole, even though there is no metal there.
Anybody else have that happen?
Once in a great while it will indicate metal all over the place. Shutting it off and restarting seems to fix the problem.
I'm thinking it may have something to do with ground balance or mineralization of the soil in the area I am hunting.
Anybody got any tips?
Rambledog in Oregon
Another reason for them going off all over the place is , I guess you'd call it overload. If you get it too close to a large piece of metal it will do the same thing, and as you said just turning it off and on again fixes it.
Mine also will go off if pushed too hard or bumped, I think they all do.
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camo
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#23 Posted: Thu Jun 23rd, 2011 02:08 pm |
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............I should have read wellwoods post when I got my pointer. Thank you wellwood !
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zeekeys
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#24 Posted: Sun Jun 26th, 2011 01:10 pm |
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| I have one and it is great. I am color blind and it was a hassle to find a coin in the dirt. I had to use the hand full of dirt in front of the coil method so many times. Now I just take the Garrett pin pointer out and find targets super fast. By the way I had been on almost 50 hunts before the battery ran out. So That little 9V battery lasts a long time. Happy Trails....Jerry
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Old Rivers
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#25 Posted: Mon Jun 27th, 2011 12:52 am |
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| there is nothing out there to compare with the pro pointer
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