Interesting that Bowinkles has used the Minelab, which is a ripoff of the Garrett design and only adds the option of turning off the audio but costs more, longer than the Garrett but yet the Garrett has been out for ever and the minelab just came out last year??
I like Garrett and Minelab.
I own and use the Garrett pinpointer. It is so used that the tip is almost completely gone and there is a hole in the plastic because i've worn it away using it. I use it as a digging device, or at least I used to until I broke it and it will false signal if you push on it too hard. It didn't do that when it was newer and I know when I broke it abusing it. I never sent it back, I just don't push that hard on it any more. I'll have to buy another soon because the tip is literally gone. On the next Garrett pinpoinert I buy, I'll add a pvc tip to it and I'll never abuse it using it as a digging tool. Live and learn and HH.