Mzjavert,
Way to go, proves treating yourself can be very productive. Good luck with the new pin pointer, I would never go detecting without one now.
I bought one for my detecting partner as a surprise, sometimes she had difficulty locating targets in the bottom and sides of deep holes. Well I saw how well she was doing and I then bought one for myself.
We have also used them on surface targets, no need to dig plugs on the shallow ones.