1st pro pointer hunt brings a little silver

[JunkShopFiddler]

Hey all, Wifey and Niece got together and gave me a Garrett Pro Pointer for Christmas. I didn't really want it. (30 years I been diggin' without one..."I don't need no stinkin' pinpointer!") It's 50 degrees here and the Polar Vortex melt off left the ground just perfect for detecting, soft and damp as far down as you can dig.

I went to a close park I been hunting since the 80s just to test this stupid thing. First two signals were shallow and easy, but the third signal I got was one of those "might beep this time and might not beep the next time" nickle/tab disappearing signals at 5-6 inches...I personally hate those signals...So I pop out maybe a 4 inch plug and it's gone, it's not in the plug and it's not in the hole. Do I fill in the hole and move on? Or dig a hole big enough to bury a basketball and start scanning little hand fullys for who knows how long? And be there for ten minutes fixing the mess afterward.

So I stick the pinpointer in the hole and it starts zinging dead at the bottom of the hole! I reach in and scoop up some loose soil and squeeze it into a little clod, and sure enough pulled it out and saw the edge of a silver wartime nickle. Knew it was silver by the bright color. Hate to admit it but I love this thing. Next find was a '41 Wheatie, nearby the nickle at 6 inches, the Pro Pointer went right to it in the side of the hole. Third and fourth coins of 2014 are silver and wheatie.

...The only problem is I didn't get enough rest per dig. This really does reduce the recovery time, I may be too sore to get out of bed tomorrow, ended up diggin' till after dark, maybe 150 holes, got these two coins, close to 5 bucks in clad, and a pile of tabs and can slaw the size of a soft ball...Just love this ProPopinter after all!...HH everyone

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[g-olden years]

Neat silver & wheatie! And super account of your reluctance and happy discovery that your gift is gonna find lots more good stuff! Andi

 

[frogginfish]

Congrats on your finds! I have a Minelab Pro Find and it is amazing on how much time I save!
Good luck on the rest of your hunts.

 

[CSA2K]

Indispensable tool! Congrats!

 

[G.A.P.metal]

I hunted for 40 years before i got a pin pointer...great tool.
Gary

 

[treblehunter]

There is allot to be said for allot of the old sayings, just like this one, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" Ha, lol. It actually took my son to help me get used to using my pinpointer correctly. And it took a little while for him to make me realize I was doing it wrong (just because I'm a old hardheaded dog) If it wasn't for my pinpointer I'd still be digging, I can go so much faster and dig twice as many holes. The thing he taught me was I needed to check the sides of the hole from the top around then down, to determine if it was in the sides or really at the bottom.

 

[RobRieman]

Just think how many silver coins you gave up on before you got the pp!

 

[pong12211]

Nice finds. The pro pointer is an awesome tool in my opinoin.. I would'nt go detecting without mine..

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

Just think how many silver coins you gave up on before you got the pp!

Yes, but how many gold items 'cause I didn't want to fool around with hard to recover tiny foil pieces and partial pull tabs. I think some of my old favorite places might be new again.

 

[str8flexed]

I really need to go MD'ing with you sometime soon to learn a thing or two from you!

 

[Ahab8]

I got one for Christmas too and took it to the beach a couple days ago during a warm snap. What an amazing little device and I am super excited to go back to a couple of places where I just couldn't seem to recover a good signal. This thing is a game changer for sure. Good luck out there, Abe