Are probes a good idea?

[NM5K]

In my case, I don't actually use it as a "probe". I'm precise enough pinpointing,
I don't need to. It's my non invasive digger. I dig almost everything with it.
I'll sometimes feel it hitting the object when I first stick it down, but that's
not really the intent. I pop the ground up like a dinky earthquake, grab the
item, and stomp it back down. As mentioned , for me, I do less damage to
lawns with the probe than I do a regular digger.
MK

 

[thunderbyte]

I just picture the coin rolling off the side of the probe while trying to pluck it out of the ground. I have always dug but might give the probe a try. Is there a youtube video of someone using a probe to recover something? Right now we are buried under 3 feet of snow so this is all I have to do right now...

 

[NM5K]

I don't usually pluck it out with the probe. In many/most cases, I use the pinpointer
to locate it, and then I just grab it. The probe just parts the ground for me so
I can get in there. But it just depends how deep, how small the object, etc..
Sometimes I still have to dig around the hole a bit to pinpoint the object
with the pinpointer if it's real small.
But I just wallow it out a bit bigger using the probe.
To me, the main advantage to using the probe is instead of cutting out a
plug, I'm just popping the ground up, and the sod stays in place pretty much.
As mentioned, it seems to do less grass damage for me, because I'm not
having to replace a plug which for me always seems to be more noticeable
after I'm done. Closing up a probe hole, I'm just mashing it all back down
again, and it ends up usually looking cleaner.
But, whatever works.. I'm not saying the probe is better than a digger, I just prefer
it myself. For some a digger might work better if that's what they are used to.

 

[scsomike]

not sure about the lcd on the flux capacitor... there are many sites that sell them in kit form or complete. i found a ton when i searched for that pic.