Pinpointers not sure what to buy HELP

[ppratt]

Well I had the chance to buy a Bounty Hunter pinpointer late fall for a great price 20 bucks (new). Not sure if I would like it or not but I thought for 20 bucks who cares. It turns out that I loved it, and it also turns out that I lost it on one my long trecks out into the woods. I cant find another in that price range and I'm a big fan of Whites but not sure if large gaps in price range are worth the price. A new BH is around 50 or so , and the Whites is around 80. Also the Garrett pinpointer looks great but for 130 is it that much better if all I want to do is pinpoint? I liked the BH but I didnt like the knob that you had to adjust all the time. The whites seems to have a button to pinpoint. Your opinions are welcome let me what you think cuz I am buying by weeks end.

 

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[cntrydncr1]

you get what you pay for! get the garrett! it is great

 

[SWEATYSOCK]

I built my first pinpointer on a circuit board I bought on the net, it worked ok but was nothing brilliant. The Garret came on the market just as my wife was looking for a birthday present for me, very fortuitous. It certainly does the business and is far superior to my home build. I have no experience of other brands but they would need to go some to beat the Garret. Bite the bullet and pay the extra for the Garret, just fit a lanyard to make sure it doesn't go the same way as the BH.
Graeme.

 

[Sandman]

you get what you pay for! get the garrett! it is great

The cheapest pinpointer is a screw driver that you insert to touch the coin. If the target is deeper proper pinpointing methods with your detector is the way to go. If you can't learn that or your detector doesn't allow you to pinpoint properly, it is time to stop wasting money on crutches and upgrade detectors. The best way to go if you have a major brand detector is an inline probe if you feel you need one at all.

 

[ppratt]

you get what you pay for! get the garrett! it is great

The cheapest pinpointer is a screw driver that you insert to touch the coin. If the target is deeper proper pinpointing methods with your detector is the way to go. If you can't learn that or your detector doesn't allow you to pinpoint properly, it is time to stop wasting money on crutches and upgrade detectors. The best way to go if you have a major brand detector is an inline probe if you feel you need one at all.

I have a XLT now and thats why I felt I didnt need one before but I did buy the cheap BH and found I liked it. Waiting till Spring for the V3. I'm leaning more to garrett now. Some body PM'd me and told me some things about Whites that I didnt like. Still trying to get over the sticker price. I had a hard time going with the Bulls eye 80 sticker Price now I have to put 50 more towards the pot.

 

[jeff741972]

you get what you pay for! get the garrett! it is great

The cheapest pinpointer is a screw driver that you insert to touch the coin. If the target is deeper proper pinpointing methods with your detector is the way to go. If you can't learn that or your detector doesn't allow you to pinpoint properly, it is time to stop wasting money on crutches and upgrade detectors. The best way to go if you have a major brand detector is an inline probe if you feel you need one at all.

I have a XLT now and thats why I felt I didnt need one before but I did buy the cheap BH and found I liked it. Waiting till Spring for the V3. I'm leaning more to garrett now. Some body PM'd me and told me some things about Whites that I didnt like. Still trying to get over the sticker price. I had a hard time going with the Bulls eye 80 sticker Price now I have to put 50 more towards the pot.

If you like your xlt, you will love the v3. Back to the question, yeah the inline is the way to go, if you are upgrading to the v3 wait. The xlt and v3 use 2 different probes. I have one on my xlt and my v3.

 

[dirtdigger57]

Try going to Harbor Freight tools. I bought two of their handheld pinpointers for around $15.00. They were cheap, but I have been using them for awhile and they get the job done. They pickup good signals and I have found them to be quite accurate. Runs on one 9 volt battery and lasts long. Sometimes you just pay for the name. The inline pointers work well if you can pay the price.

 

[EpsilonMinus]

Try going to Harbor Freight tools. I bought two of their handheld pinpointers for around $15.00. They were cheap, but I have been using them for awhile and they get the job done. They pickup good signals and I have found them to be quite accurate. Runs on one 9 volt battery and lasts long. Sometimes you just pay for the name. The inline pointers work well if you can pay the price.

I have this same one! I agree, it totally gets the job done. These are a a little, well cheap-feeling, but if you are careful not to drop it or get dirt all over it, it's a great way to save some money. If you want to save even more money, you can get a 12" screwdriver for about $1. Harbor Freight FTW!

 

[jb7487]

I have the Garrett which is awesome. I also have the Harbor Freight model which gets the job done. But it can be annoying as well. Constant tuning, switch that is in the wrong place, and no vibration. In other words, you pretty much get what you pay for. But the Harbor Freight really is well worth the price. Especially as a backup pinpointer. It works and is cheap. Heck, buy three...

However, the Garrett is the best hand held pinpointer around bar none in my opinion. But you will have to pay over $100 for it. In my opinion it is well worth the price though.

 

[Keppy]

you get what you pay for! get the garrett! it is great

proper pinpointing methods with your dThe cheapest pinpointer is a screw driver that you insert to touch the coin. If the target is deeper etector is the way to go. If you can't learn that or your detector doesn't allow you to pinpoint properly, it is time to stop wasting money on crutches and upgrade detectors. The best way to go if you have a major brand detector is an inline probe if you feel you need one at all.

Sandman , i have to have a pinpointer that coin will be out of the hole in the dirt and i can't see it most of the time and need the pin pointer to find it .............. Yes i use the Garrett Pro Pointer,............

 

[wolcottdigger]

I've had a Garrett Pro-Pointer for a year now and I can tell you it will be the best $130.00 you will spend.
It makes recovery fast and easy its well built and is backed by Garrett. When I first started detecting I had
a Bounty Hunter pin pointer and it only worked just OK, ignore all the videos on you tube that show air tests.
When you start using it in the field you will see how it really shines, the only annoying thing I found is everyone
wants to use it. I recently won the November Garretts Pro-Pointer contest and have had friends offer to buy it
but I wont sell it because I want to keep it for a backup. The Pro-Pointer uses one nine volt battery and has one
button, you don't have to tune it like some of the others. I took a lot of time to learn how to pin point with my
detector and now I'm very good at it. With the combination of good detector pin pointing and my Pro-pointer
I have gone from big messy holes that I had to fill in to nice little four inch flaps that I just flip back into place
and tamp down after I recover the target. If you have any questions I can answer just ask, I'm still a newbie
at this hobby but I would be glad to help.

Joe

 

[Sandman]

I feel that a screw driver or brass rod makes a good probe for shallow coins. If you must cut a plug or dig a hole, heaven forbid, place the dirt on a small sheet of cloth or plastic. This keeps the coin from getting lost in the grass or weeds. The electric probe can then be used to find the coin inside the plug if needed. I just open the clod up. I only have a inline probe on my Sov GT and should get one for my DFX, but I probably won't because I've used a screw driver so long that I can tell a coin from a rock. When I get real picky I use my bayonet as a probe because it can jam into a pull tab or ring to pop it out of the ground. Have I scratched coins, yes but rarely, an the brass probe won't scratch coins if you don't get to energetic on pushing it into the ground.

Course most of my soil is softer that what you might have to deal with. Just try to not leave holes everywhere in the grass.

 

[wolcottdigger]

OK

 

[oldhermit34]

Agree with cntrydncr1. There great.

 

[terryinr.i.]

Garrett pro pointer. thay are the best as far as im conserned.

 

[lonelyduckhunter]

Another vote for Garrett Pro Pointer. Ran over the 1st one by accident with truck same day I was on the phone ordering another. Great product. A&S company in CA has them for $109.00 free shipping. Just ask for this deal and they will honor it.

A&S
1-800-301-6151

Ordered 2 of them from them and am satisfied with there service.

 

[Montauk3]

you get what you pay for! get the garrett! it is great

The cheapest pinpointer is a screw driver that you insert to touch the coin. If the target is deeper proper pinpointing methods with your detector is the way to go. If you can't learn that or your detector doesn't allow you to pinpoint properly, it is time to stop wasting money on crutches and upgrade detectors. The best way to go if you have a major brand detector is an inline probe if you feel you need one at all.

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BRAVO,...I concur 100%

 

[extractor]

Garrett pro pointer

 

[RPG]

I'm a Tesoro man. Don't need a pinpointer. At least not yet.

When I dig a target, it's where it should be.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

DetectorPro Uniprobe or pocket probe. It has adjustable sensitivity control, you set it to be sensitive from 0" up to 6".........The Uniprobe has a high end headset, you plug the headset into your detector and has a switch to switch tones between probe and detector, and set it to different frequency as well. It will work with almost any detector...I never leave home without mine if I'm hunting on land..........