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Pin Pointer

here is a video of my buddy testing the harbor freight pinpointer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIzy5x6J3Sw

I thought about buying but instead bought a small sized security baton off ebay for 15.00 also. Works well very sturdy but got it mainly because it had a vibrate feature along with sound. Only con I see with the harbor freight one is it is very fragile, 3 of my detecting buddies use the harbor freight ones. I have several youtube videos of me detecting and using my pinpointer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNKePosF75k

Hope this helps your decide. Oh yea I also have a harbor freight in my town and I asked about ordering to the store and it is free shipping to the store... con is that it will come in with any shipment to that store, in other words they have no idea how long it will take.
 
silversmith said:
Hey Chuck, audio was fine here....
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Ditto.

In the video of the HF it sounded impressive and I would be happy using one. I would definitely go through the trouble of doing whatever reinforcing I could do to make sure it doesn't eventually fail or whatever happened to the ones complained about. There's one on eBay and it's selling for approx. $30! Maybe someone who isn't familiar with HF's low price will buy it thinking they got a bargain.

I also liked the security baton but none are available on eBay right now and the prices for regular pinpointers are going through the roof! Ridiculous.
 
Thank you!
I originally posted about the Harbor Frieght Pinpointer.
After I did I began to wonder if I had opened a can of worms!
"Boy," I thought, "I hope this works out and the pointer works as well
for them as it does for me!"

So far I have only heard of one person have a problem with the HF pinpointer.
The top of the probe came off! Bummer.

Almost everyone who has bought the cheapo has had a good report.

I have used it down several weeks and it has saved me a lot of digging time.

Happy Hunting.
RR
 
I ordered mine 5/18/08 and I'm still waiting, it's on back order. From what I've heard so far, that's not uncommon for HF. I was real tempted to PM Slversmith or Rivermarine and propose the old "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a pinpointer today". LOL
In the mean time, I'm still a-waitin.
 
Thats to long to be waiting sir. I'd get on the phone and find out whats taking them so long.
This rediculous.

WHat might be a solution for future buyers is to have one of the sponsors of this site buy a load of them and sell them for slightly higher than HF. I don't mind paying a few dollars extra if it means I'm going to get timely service.

I have a dealer where I buy all my MD equipment. He gets everything out to me in three days UPS. No lie!!!!!!

RR
 
I simply gave them 30 days. I didn't receive it and cancelled the order and received a post card and an email confirming the cancellation. The answer might be as simple as they don't have the room for everything they advertise and wait for a certain amount of orders to come in before they request it from whoever makes it or distributes it. It seems, in my opinion, that not enough people ordered so they might have still put an order in for some future delivery date and are telling everyone to wait.

I'd like to have one but since it's summer and I don't see myself going to the park for clads I can wait until just before fall and order it again. Like I said, I detected for over 20 years and never used one and still found thousands of coins, etc., with just my probe and a trowel.

However, if someone here is up to it and orders X amount of the pinpointer, please include me for one. Thanks.

Golden Silver
 
The HF detectors are on a container ship bound from China. Supposed to reach port in Long Beach Cal. July 5th, then get shipped via rail car and/or truck to a distribution hub, then re-shipped to distribution centers. From there each order will be filled. That's the story I got today when I called customer service to check on my 4 week old order.

HH, twalton
 
My youngest daughter has the rock tumbler. Office Depot has boxes of the big rubber bands. I still have not ordered the pin pointer. Its cheap so I want one to try, but I've been lazy about ordering.
Doug in OR
 
Well, as I said, I would try out the Harbor Freight and compare it to my Bounty Hunter. The Harbor Freight worked just fine. It actually had a greater range than the Bounty Hunter. Since the Harbor Freight was actually designed to detect nails in boards, I tried a couple of things. I used the end to search and I used if flat to search. Got pretty good results with both. I wish the Harbor Freight had a rounded point so I could probe into the soil a little better, but I found a tip from a bottle rocket on the 4th and will see if that works. With my headphones on, I couldn't hear the tone on the Harbor Freight one, and since it doesn't;t vibrate, I had to take my phones off to hear. But I can't hear the Bounty Hunter either. The light came in handy on one dig. I found a wheat about 5 inches down. I could probe and see where I was probing easily. I was under some trees and the sunlight was blocked out pretty well. As I said in my previous post, I gave the Harbor Freight to my nephew. He loved, it and I am waiting to see how it survives with a 10 year old. He thought it was great, of course, keeping in mind it helped him find his first coins on his first hunt. The Bounty Hunter seems to be better constructed, but it was built to probe coins and artifacts, not hunt nails. I was using it in sandy soil in the upper peninsula of Michigan. I live in Texas and the soil is heavy clay, and that could be an issue. The times I used the probes, both worked well. I would say for the price, the Harbor Freight might be a good beginners units.
 
after reading the other post last week about the pin pointer from HF i decided to call them again. they said the items were still on back order to 7/25I got to thinking about how some of you found them in the store so for gits & shiggles I called my local HF store and he said they had 3 in stock. I asked if they just came in and he said no and they've had them for a while. I told him I was there mid May and they didn't have any then so they had to come in within the last month. anyway, they were nice and asked if I wanted them to hold one for me (I don't need to tell ya my answer LOL). 3 hours after I called them I was the proud owner of 2 pin pointers (just in case one goes out I have a back while trying locate another on). As Murphy Law dictates, I caught a nice cold over the weekend so I didn't get a chance to test them out, other than playing with them in the house. If anyone sees Murphy I want to talk to him out back...LOL. One more thing, the wife will get irritated of the pointer beeping if you keep playing with it indoors, just an FYI...LOL
 
Never guess what came in the mail today!!! The wife had ordered a small hand held stud/metal/voltage detector for remodeling. I quickly snatched it up went to town and bought a battery for it and started running it through the tests. I think it is going to work fine for pin pointer. I'll have to let you guys know. There is no brand name on it or the package and she don't remember where she ordered it from. Will cross that bridge if it works for detecting.
 
Glad you finally got them. So far I have not a problem with mine and I've used it alot since I got it a few weeks back.
RR:clapping:
 
With all the free advertiseing and word getting around, I can see why HArbor Frieght has these litle pinpointers on back order!
Because they are in such demand I would not be surprised if the price doesn't go up a couple bucks..:lol:
RR
 
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