Pin Pointers

[madmantrapper]

Why would you need a pin pointer if the detector has a pin point mode?

 

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[GB1]

if the object is small it makes it easier

 

[Kace]

Much Easier!

Kace

 

[Tpmetal]

Why would you need a pin pointer if the detector has a pin point mode?

you will be ten time more efficient once opening up the hole. Pin pointer is generally for finding object after digging plug.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Why would you need a pin pointer if the detector has a pin point mode?

I won't even detect without one...it about the same as not having a shovel

 

[McKinney_5900]

I won't even detect without one...it about the same as not having a shovel

Exactly.

 

[holepuncher]

You would have to dig a very large plug if you were a little off when you pinpoint with a detector to get your coil on the side of the hole.

 

[BLK HOLE]

I have found my invaluable, I REALLY try to pin point as accurately as I can but many times the target is in the sidewalls are the depth indicator was off, like D and D said, it's like a shovel, got to have it!

 

[bowwinkles]

You may dig the plug but still cannot see the find. Many of the finds/coins take on a dirt appearance and the hand held pin pointer will put you directly on that little dirt looking clod and you will pick it up and start to shout about the great item you just found. Many times I have put the item in my hand and had to rub the crust off to determine that it was something valuable. The pin pointer is a very necessary tool in my book.

 

[Davers]

They help to Id those small 22 bullets & their 'Short' casings & small Iron that ( I just got to know what was giving me a signal). + it's a tad easier than running handfuls of dirt over your coil .

 

[Loco-Digger]

They aren't a necessity, I hunted my 1st 6 months without one, but it sure does speed up your target recovery time. As stated above by D-n-D, I won't hunt without one now.

 

[madmantrapper]

OK Thanks for the replies.

 

[bowwinkles]

OK Thanks for the replies.

U B Wel-kum

 

[SD51]

As Loco said, it speeds up your recovery time. If I'm in a park loaded with pulltabs and I decide to dig every pulltab, I can do so with the pinpointer in no time. That reduces my recovery time and eventually a Gold ring will surface because I'm removing every pulltab. Keep in mind if you come onto a site loaded with these buggers, that also means that everyone else left them and they are hiding the Gold!

 

[bowwinkles]

Another thought on this is your main machine pin point is like a road map, it puts you on the proper street and your hand held puts you to the front door of the house.

 

[A#1]

For me, it helps me find trash faster.

Sounds silly, but it really helps me last longer before i get frustrated digging all the trash to a single coin.

I borrowed a pinpointer to use for a few hours one evening, and the next day drove 120 miles to get one that was overpriced.

Never be withough one again

 

[McKinney_5900]

Mainly, it's the fact that you aren't grabbing handfuls of dirt to wave at your coil. There are bad things in holes sometimes times, razorblades, even medical syringes.

When you see the time you are saving with a handheld pinpointer, they just make sense. Targets can fly to the side of a dig, happens a lot. By the time you pick up your machine a couple times, you could have located another good signal. Add in elements such as hot or cold weather, plus any time constraint for the hunt, a pinpointer is indispensable.

A small silver dime, in a dirt clod about the same size, can wreck someone's patience level, who wants to wave dirt at a coil. jmho