sun ray, uniprobe or vibraprobe?

[John (Ma)]

Which pin pointer does everyone like? I have been looking at the sunray, vibraprobe or uniprobe. Would be interested in a few opinions. I would be using the probe for coin shooting as well as relic hunting with my DFX. Thanks

 

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[Cynangyl]

I have been looking at the Vibraprobes myself. Can use it with any detector, waterproof, turns off automatically so you don't accidently leave it on it's lil pouch and run the battery down.

 

[EZrider]

I have a bounty hunter hand held and its ok but you have to be really close to the target. I just ordered a sunray as i cant use the vibra probe near my detector. I used a friends vibraprobe, but my detector would turn in on when it was on my side. I didnt care to much on haveing to waite on it to shut itself off. I have heard good things about the pocket uni though.

 

[erikk]

The pocket Uni is the way to go. It is twice as deep as the sunray (up to 6 inches) and much much deeper than the vibraprobe. It can be used with any detector and the wand it waterptoof. If you are ever going to have more than 1 detector it is the way to go

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Sunray. It pipes through your headphones. You'll wonder how you got along without it before! :P

 

[johnnycat]

I've been looking at the Uni but right now I have the Sun Ray. It's pretty hot, but with my MXT I can click the trigger a couple of times to detune the probe then it pinpoints dead on the mark.

 

[BARGuy]

I have 2 Vibraprobe 570s. Don't know how I ever got along without them. No, they don't detect 6", 4" or even 3". If they did they wouldn't be "pinpointers"! They do exactly as advertised & will cut your retrieval time in half.

Never had any others, so can't give you comparison, but if I couldn't get another one, I wouldn't sell mine for $500 apiece. Well, maybe just one!

 

[Cynangyl]

lol

 

[erikk]

I have been looking at the Vibraprobes myself. Can use it with any detector, waterproof, turns off automatically so you don't accidently leave it on it's lil pouch and run the battery down.

Don't try to use one with a F-75 and probably the F-70 will drive the detector nuts

 

[erikk]

I have a bounty hunter hand held and its ok but you have to be really close to the target. I just ordered a sunray as i cant use the vibra probe near my detector. I used a friends vibraprobe, but my detector would turn in on when it was on my side. I didnt care to much on haveing to waite on it to shut itself off. I have heard good things about the pocket uni though.

Exactly

 

[detectordave]

I have sunrays on both my detectors I dont know how I lived without them. Especially with tone ID I can even tell multiple targets in one hole. All the sounds go through the headphones and no extra batteries to buy. Hh, dave.

 

[stanjam]

I really like the idea of the sun ray probe, but I do not want to be tied down to the one detector. If I choose to buy a more advanced detector, then I will need to also buy a new probe! So I think it will be another brand for me!

 

[godisnum1]

I have 2 Vibraprobe 570s. Don't know how I ever got along without them. No, they don't detect 6", 4" or even 3". If they did they wouldn't be "pinpointers"! They do exactly as advertised & will cut your retrieval time in half.

Never had any others, so can't give you comparison, but if I couldn't get another one, I wouldn't sell mine for $500 apiece. Well, maybe just one!

I *completely* second your recommendations, BARGuy!!
I agree with everything you said.
As far as my detector setting my 570 off... it's happened, but I just either move it to my left back of my belt... or I'll be soon attaching it with Velcro to my pack straps that I always have on me when I detect.

Bran <><

 

[Cynangyl]

Thanks for the great info guys...I am working on getting Vibraprobes on our site as well now so folks have an alternative to the Treasuremate. You guys are the best!

 

[John (Ma)]

Thanks for all of your input, it helps alot!

 

[Newfiehunter]

Personally, I like the vibraprobe. Wish I'd bought one years ago. Helps with locating targets more effectively and quickly and reduces the chance of damaging a potentially good target. Hope this helps.

 

[Pepper2004]

I love the vibraprobe 570. It has auto tuning, it's waterproof, those are two of the features that help me in my decision to buy it. It would be nice if it had a light on it though. Other than that I am one happy customer.

 

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

Ok on my Garrett Ace 250 i have the Sunray YF-1 pinpointer
now for my Minelab X-terra 70 i have to use the Vibra Probe
since Minelab will not sell chip that they use in the coils to
Sunray.

If you have a machine that you can buy a Sunray pinpointer
for it.....BUY IT...if not get the Vibra Probe 570

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I went with the SunRay with my F-75, which as others have mentioned doesn't play well with the 570 (you have to wait for it to deactivate otherwise it's 60 seconds of EMI). The "broad" probe works well for finding if the coin went with the initial plug flip and thereafter I can press the pinpoint trigger and get the audio and VDI. That's a huge plus. I just had a piece of pulltab 3" shallower than a cent and it was easy to reanalyze the hole after I got the pulltab piece out. In pinpoint mode it gets louder/higher as it gets near the target and works as a "non-motion", just like the battery handhelds. Also great in a "spill" area or where there is trash and a signal hard to "X" as the ultimate sniper coil.

I'm liking it more and more.

 

[GaryL]

I been detecting for a little over 40 years, never felt the need for a pin pointer as I am not a speed hunter, have always been careful when cutting a plug so only on rare occasions have I damaged a target.

A year ago I got a free one called the Bulls Eye, sorta large and a little awkward to carry but tried it out and man I don't know why I never tried one before. Done a lot of asking and research, did not want to get one that was detector specific. After a lot of research went with a Treasure Mate and have'nt looked back!!

Just got a new Pocket UniProbe as a back up unit as I wanted to try something different, "think we all been there eh!!"

The Pocket UniProbe turned out to be a hassle as I had trouble keeping it on my belt, the probe kept falling off the side of the housing as the Velcro is not a good idea. Also one can't hear the speaker very well with out moving your HP's.

After a couple of days figuring out if I wanted to return it, I figured out how to make it useful by fitting it to a good belt pouch/case, and adding a I-Pod speaker to it. A very easy set up, good depth (not needed for PP) and now works great. For the price of the UniProbe it should come with a good carrying case and decent speaker.

Go with the VibaProbe or Treasure Mate for the money. Just my

worth.

My set up with the UniProbe.

HH

GaryL ....