Pinpointing Question For Bounty Hunter Platinum

[TreasureHawk]

Any good advice on pinpointing using the Bounty Hunter platinum?
Wish it had VCO to aid in pinpointing.


PS....Many of today's metal detectors incorporate VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) into the all-metal pinpoint mode. VCO is driven by target voltage to produce varying audio pitch responses for target pinpointing and identification.

Thanks.

Robert

 

[norbyx]

The platinum is very easy to pin point. First hear the strenght of the sound while you are pressing the pin point button. It sounds stronger when you are over the target. Second look at the meter, it will show you the depth of the object, usually the shorter depth means closer target so there is where the object is. If you have strong signals all over (most likely trash) than reliese the button and press it back again inmediately, this will retune the machine, so you will need to be closer to the object to have a sound. This will give you a more acurate idea on where the object is. If you are using the original coil, center of the coil is usually where the object is. I never miss... It works very well..

 

[TreasureHawk]

After reading the manual better and testing outside with some targets, I was able to better understand the pinpointing with the Bounty Hunter Platinum.
Using what the manual said about narrow it down helped a lot.

Robert



Printed below comes from the Bounty Hunter Platinum manual.



PINPOINT
To activate this mode, you must first be in the DISCRIMINATION mode.
Press and hold the pinpoint button to activate pinpoint. This mode is equivalent to ALL METALS, but is momentary; pinpoint detection is only active for as long as you keep the pinpoint button depressed. Pinpoint is used to find the exact location of a target which was previously located and identified using the discrimination mode. As this mode does not require motion over the target, the user can move the coil more slowly and then narrow the detection field when near the target.

How to Pinpoint
Position the searchcoil an inch or two (2.5-5cm) above the ground, and to
the side of the target. Then press and hold the pinpoint button. Now move the searchcoil slowly across the target, and the sound will communicate the
target