I notice that Kellyco. is offering, as a "freebie" (of course, we know there is no such thing!) the Automax pinpointer if you pay the $14.95 for "shipping and handling" when you buy a new detector--oops-there goes the "freebie"! But my question is this--does anybody out there use the Automax pinpointer and is it worth the $14.95? Kellyco claims it is a $145 value (yeah, right!). Any input will be appreciated! Thanks!
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Automax pinpointer--any good?
- Thread starter larryw
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Art (NWOH)
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I have one somewhere in the back room (replaced it with a pocket Uni).
It's worth 15 bucks......maybe.
Large, not very convenient to carry around. Will work to an inch or two on coins (at best). I seem to keep bumping the control knob out of adjustment. Don't like the cheap plastic rocker switch (power).
Battery clip does not like evereadys.
It's better than no probe at all. About all I can say about it.
HH
It's worth 15 bucks......maybe.
Large, not very convenient to carry around. Will work to an inch or two on coins (at best). I seem to keep bumping the control knob out of adjustment. Don't like the cheap plastic rocker switch (power).
Battery clip does not like evereadys.
It's better than no probe at all. About all I can say about it.
HH
may be mistaken by law enforcement for some kind of automatic weapon. Especially if you put it in a holster arrangement like I do. I got one of these with a KCO., detector purchase a couple of years ago and actually use the dumb thing.
When I know a coin or small relic is out of the hole and in the surface dirt, or plug , or more usual in a pile of narly rooty backwater beach sand (I use a shovel in wet sand and try to get the find out on the first shovel full) and if I can't locate it, I run the PPT through the pile, poking and prodding (note - I did not say probing - it ain't one), until I get a hit with the PPT. It also picks up little trash pieces because it does not discriminate. You need to be sifting with your fingers too and the PPT has to touch or be in an inch or so of the target. It actually works good for this and I use it in vibration mode with headphones.
I carry it in a GI shovel holder that I wear on my belt and the PPT extends through a hole made for the shovel handle. Drops right in , always handy, and you can't lose it (the dang thing is a foot long). I recently found out that you can actually tinker with the sensitivity on this thing, by removing the belt clip and adjusting a set screw through a small hole hidden behind the clip. Now I get an inch and a half.
You laugh at 1 1/2 inches, but now when I sneak up on the wife I can actually get some running room when I PPT her earring with a loud beeeeep in audio mode. The dog is always impressed with her reaction. So I guess you could add entertainment value to this little jewel's characteristics. 14.95 - Its a bargain, until your ready to go for a real probe!!!
If you can handle the freight go with Ricks advice and get a real probe like I intend to do. HH Don
When I know a coin or small relic is out of the hole and in the surface dirt, or plug , or more usual in a pile of narly rooty backwater beach sand (I use a shovel in wet sand and try to get the find out on the first shovel full) and if I can't locate it, I run the PPT through the pile, poking and prodding (note - I did not say probing - it ain't one), until I get a hit with the PPT. It also picks up little trash pieces because it does not discriminate. You need to be sifting with your fingers too and the PPT has to touch or be in an inch or so of the target. It actually works good for this and I use it in vibration mode with headphones.
I carry it in a GI shovel holder that I wear on my belt and the PPT extends through a hole made for the shovel handle. Drops right in , always handy, and you can't lose it (the dang thing is a foot long). I recently found out that you can actually tinker with the sensitivity on this thing, by removing the belt clip and adjusting a set screw through a small hole hidden behind the clip. Now I get an inch and a half.
You laugh at 1 1/2 inches, but now when I sneak up on the wife I can actually get some running room when I PPT her earring with a loud beeeeep in audio mode. The dog is always impressed with her reaction. So I guess you could add entertainment value to this little jewel's characteristics. 14.95 - Its a bargain, until your ready to go for a real probe!!!
If you can handle the freight go with Ricks advice and get a real probe like I intend to do. HH Don
adam in cal
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thats about all its good for..................
hey larry,
i have the X-1 on my explorer and when i got my GT that was the first thing i brought for it.you just wont believe how well the probe proforms. once i pinpoint my target and its not in the first plug of dirt i pull out, i switch over to the probe and it nails it every time. i talked to ralph at sunray and he tells me that he wont use a detector unless it has one of his probes on it. its just an amazing tool.
stan pa.
i have the X-1 on my explorer and when i got my GT that was the first thing i brought for it.you just wont believe how well the probe proforms. once i pinpoint my target and its not in the first plug of dirt i pull out, i switch over to the probe and it nails it every time. i talked to ralph at sunray and he tells me that he wont use a detector unless it has one of his probes on it. its just an amazing tool.
stan pa.