Are pin-pointers a must?

[napascores]

Just went on my second ever today. We have a seasonal creek bed in the easement directly behind our property line. It has been dry for six months, but due to an earthquake last weekend and the subsequent water main breaks on the west side of town the creek was running for a couple of days. Now it is very soft with some standing water here in their. I was finding tons of targets, but it was extremely hard to pinpoint and actually recover the targets. Do all of you guys use a pin pointer of some sort in addition to your detector? Since I've just started this hobby, I'm hesitant to invest more money in more equipment, but it seems like a pin-pointer would be a very valuable tool. I'm certainly not ruling out that I just need to learn how to pinpoint better with my detector itself. I'm using an ACE 350. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I wouldn't land hunt without mine. In fact, I have some backup spares just in case.

1) You dig a smaller hole because you know exactly where the target is ( shallow ones)
2) If the target is not in your plug, you will find out exactly where the target is in the hole
3) You ending up NOT scratching a nice silver coin, decreasing it's value, because you know where it is
4) It tot-lots, you can hunt the sand only using the Pro Pointer, keeping knives, diggers, probes out of sight5
5) You save a lot of time finding a target, so you end up with more time searching for targets.

 

[asiandigger]

When I die, inside my coffin is going to be me,my Garrett AT Pro, my Garrett Pin Pointer, and my digger. This should tell you how much you need your pin pointer. Not to going to heaven without them.

 

[napascores]

Lol. Thanks guys!

 

[sjohn61]

As long as you have one that works correctly....problems with them can be very frustrating because once you have one, you feel lost without it....that's a fact!!

 

[Wandering Yoda]

I love my Pro-pointer as well, it sure does help as John mentioned. And asiandigger, that is very funny!!!

 

[John-Edmonton]

A true treasure hunter......

 

[KeithNY]

My personal opinion..a pinpointer is a must no matter how good your detector pinpoints. In addition to saving you time locating your find it can help you from damaging it by using your digger alone. I have 3 pinpointers and wouldn't part with any of them

 

[Diggum]

My personal opinion..a pinpointer is a must no matter how good your detector pinpoints. In addition to saving you time locating your find it can help you from damaging it by using your digger alone. I have 3 pinpointers and wouldn't part with any of them

Additionally, you'll do less damage to the target area if you use a pinpointer. I've seen the craters that folks who don't use pinpointers leave, and it ain't pretty! That kind of damage is what gets detectorists banned from places.

 

[Orion42]

All I know is if the battery dies in my Pro-Pointer and I don't have a spare, I stop and run in to town to get a battery!

John

 

[napascores]

Pro-pointer should be here by Friday, in time for a weekend hunt. Thanks for all the feedback.

 

[justdon]

I feel naked without my pinpointer.When i started using it was a world of difference in recovery time for targets.

 

[napascores]

Received my pro-pointer late this afternoon. It's really a different sport altogether with a pin pointer. First I just used it alone to scan a small spot on my yard and pulled out several rust nails and screws. Then I pulled out the 350 to detect followed by the pro-pointer to recovery. Awesome! Pulled out about 16 nails and screws. nothing valuable, but really cool to finally and repeatability recover targets.Thanks for all of the advice.

 

[Gandorf]

You will not believe how much time and effort it will save you. Get a quality digging tool as well, like a Lesche, if you don't already have one. These two tools will completely change how you view metal detecting.