Almost Lost the Mi 6 pin-pointer

[Waterdog]

I was out detecting in some 5 to 10 inch plus deep grass today . Not many targets and I had gone fifty feet when I realized I had misplaced the Mi 6 pin-pointer. I knew on the old xp 1 it had a research function, but on the xp 2 I did not know how to use it ...yet. So I spend a lot of time looking for it as I could not find the research on the net. I finally found it in a clump of fifteen inch grass,
Good thing to post on how to find it on the xp 2

 

[targits]

You don’t use the lanyard ?it could be expensive mistake

 

[Mark kus]

Lanyard is your friend I lost mine once used my D1 to find it
Mark

 

[BobOso]

Lost mine with the D1 also, problem is the MI6 needs to be on in order to find it. Took an hour of back tracking and I was lucky enough to find it.Now every pinpointer is on al lanyard, even my screwdriver, lost a few of those also

 

[Waterdog]

I lost my mi6 pin pointer on the xp 1 and my friend who knew about the research feature. They turned the research feature on and my mi6 started beeping when I got closer . I do not think the mi6 pin pointer was on when I lost it .

 

[Hauptmann aD]

No need to be on - it is in the same readiness mode like a coil if powered off. But to use the find feature the pinpointer must be paired with the remote or the WS6 master puck.

 

[Picketwire]

It took me years to learn but if you put a tool back where it belongs, it will be there when you look for it again.

 

[squirrel1]

 

[squirrel1]

In manual mode. Pointer will turn off in 5 minutes looks like if left on. Hence lost pin pointer feature user must wait 5 minutes to successfully use lost feature.