Wife left town for the week, so I ordered a Pro Pointer from Bart at BigBoyHobbies.
I would turn around and drive back home to get it, if it got left behind!
Wife left town for the week, so I ordered a Pro Pointer from Bart at BigBoyHobbies.
Sounds like she found out,damn karmaWife left town for the week, so I ordered a Pro Pointer from Bart at BigBoyHobbies.
dirtwizard said:meh, looks like I may have to send my unit off to garrett for warranty replacement straight out of the box. worked fine on the first day. next day out the thing signals when the slightest pressure is applied to the tip, such as when prodding around with it. At one point it was sounding off at all times even when pointed up at the sky. Went from very happy with the propointer to wanting my money back in all of 48 hours.
I can get it to signal in my bare hands by squeezing it gently at the tip. Thought the included battery might be on it's last leg so I installed a new engergizer 9v. same story. I have the battery out of it hoping letting it sit overnight will "fix" it but I am doubtful. Looks like I may be digging with the F point again for a while. GRRRRRRRRR
You can't put pressure on the tip of a PP by prodding around with pressure or it will go off. I haven't seen one yet that doesn't do it. They are made to locate the target but can not be used as a probe to stab through the dirt.
meh, looks like I may have to send my unit off to garrett for warranty replacement straight out of the box. worked fine on the first day. next day out the thing signals when the slightest pressure is applied to the tip, such as when prodding around with it. At one point it was sounding off at all times even when pointed up at the sky. Went from very happy with the propointer to wanting my money back in all of 48 hours.
I can get it to signal in my bare hands by squeezing it gently at the tip. Thought the included battery might be on it's last leg so I installed a new engergizer 9v. same story. I have the battery out of it hoping letting it sit overnight will "fix" it but I am doubtful. Looks like I may be digging with the F point again for a while. GRRRRRRRRR
You can't put pressure on the tip of a PP by prodding around with pressure or it will go off. I haven't seen one yet that doesn't do it. They are made to locate the target but can not be used as a probe to stab through the dirt.
thanks for the tips I will try to reset it next time it goes crazy maybe it just needs to be calibrated or something.I tend to use my pro pointer to dig around sometimes.. It will false and when I shut it off and back on it resets then works fine. If you dig around with the edge designed to do that it works best with little falsing.
You don't have a ring on your finger do you? Sorry, but it has to be asked. I once spent 20 minutes trying to figure out why my detector kept falsing every time I swung it to the left only to finally realize that I had my bag of trash hanging from my belt at that side....
Wife left town for the week, so I ordered a Pro Pointer from Bart at BigBoyHobbies.