I finally got out for a couple of hours and did about 3/4 of a softball outfield before my back told me to stop. I used my new Pro-Pointer for around 2/3 of the targets. The other 1/3 were very shallow or popped out immediately. I like the unit very much. It is very well constructed and extremely functional. The range is perfect. If it detected any further away it would not be well suited to pinpoint targets. It detects large metal objects like beer cans at almost six inches. I think it is best suited for any hunt where targets are deeper than around 3-4 inches at least for my technique. I thought I might have an issue with the way the unit detects all along the shaft but I did not. I don't think it saved me much in the way of time when recovering single targets today but it did save me from having to tear up a number of flaps to find many coins. I also had to remove far less dirt from several holes so that is a positive too. I think for relic and old coin hunts it will be useful for every deep target. The real positive of using the Pro-Pointer is what happens when there is more than one target in a small area. I found a nice coin spill that turned out to be 3 quarters (1 Canadian) along with a .22 bullet. I am almost sure I would have missed the Canadian Quarter if I was hunting without the Pro-Pointer because it was the deepest coin in the spill. I also found a neat spill with the two keys (both were cut in half as shown in pic) 4 cents, a nickel, and a dime. The Pro-Pointer made getting it all quicker and easier. The only issue I had with it was one small case of operator error. I accidentally turned it on to close to mt Lesche and naturally detuned it without realizing I had. Sadly, it happened on the 925 Avon ring. The Pro-Pointer would not detect it. I turned it off and turned it back on away from metal and discovered my mistake.
I did a few air tests last night. It detected clad coins from slightly further away than their 90 percent silver counterparts, probably because of the operating frequency. It is very hot on nickels, gold, and pull tabs for the same reason.
Picture 1 is everything I recovered today in my sink with my very dirty Pro-Pointer. Pic 2 is my cleaner Pro-Pointer with all the keepers. Pic 3 is the 925 Avon ring. Badly dented and 2.95g. It was very deep at around 6 inches. It registered as a zinc cent. Hope you're digging all those zinc cent signals.
Chris
The photos won't attach. I tried about 20 times and additionally I tried some photos I had previously posted. I'll try again later.
I did a few air tests last night. It detected clad coins from slightly further away than their 90 percent silver counterparts, probably because of the operating frequency. It is very hot on nickels, gold, and pull tabs for the same reason.
Picture 1 is everything I recovered today in my sink with my very dirty Pro-Pointer. Pic 2 is my cleaner Pro-Pointer with all the keepers. Pic 3 is the 925 Avon ring. Badly dented and 2.95g. It was very deep at around 6 inches. It registered as a zinc cent. Hope you're digging all those zinc cent signals.
Chris
The photos won't attach. I tried about 20 times and additionally I tried some photos I had previously posted. I'll try again later.
