Pinpointer question

[Ronstar]

I have a Garrett Propointer AT thats only a year old. Today was my first time being in semi frozen ground. Noticed it doesnt work that well in frozen vs wet vs dry, is this normal! I had coins in the plug (4” square cut plug and 5-6” tall) that it wouldnt sound off on. Put detector over plug and bam there it was. Cut plug in half and it would locate. This happened with both quarters and dimes. Does the frozen moisture in dirt cause the pinpointer to lose sensitivity?

 

[okierebel]

I wish I knew the answer but somebody will!!

 

[laplander]

I personally haven't experienced that, I am guessing it's more of a coin orientation issue. I have hunted as low as 13 degrees the only thing I noticed is the screen on my detector gets sluggish then I do lol

 

[jim tn]

I have the same pin pointer and have hunted in the teens and had a inch or so of frozen ground and never noticed any problem. The Garrett carrot pin pointer only seems to hit targets within a inch range. My experience anyway. HH jim tn

 

[Ronstar]

I switched it to vibrate only mode and I think in the process of doing that I may have set the sensitivity setting down one. I more or less set everything back to factory and then reset to vibrate (or silent). Now back to 2-3” reaction zone so that problem may have been mine......