Guys I'm getting so frustrated with the pro find. Turn it on put in hole thing beeps every where take it out hold it in air still beeping. I bought this cause its what the Garrett was doing! Can't take it any more was a gift don't have warranty paper but its a month old. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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pro find
- Thread starter Will1877
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Surfinsafari
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You probably already know not to have it near any metal when you turn it on but I have seen guys do it. My profind was very unstable when I bumped up the sensitivity, so I kept it about half way. When it got crazy I would just shut it off and restart it again and that will usually quiet it down. My Garrett is better but it still gets funky on me. They both work fine but they can be quirky. I just got an X-1 probe so the days of fighting with pinpointers is over. Its probably nothing you are doing, its just the nature of these things and lots of people complain about the same thing.
Unclear. If you hold it in the air, turn it on far away from any metal including a wrist watch or ring, does it still go off?
Or only when you place it in the hole?
Assuming
a fresh battery,
foam in the cap is in place to push the battery contacts into the ProFinder's internal contacts,
its probably defective.
My ProFind can and does false especially during long use in hot weather. But its definitely not a show stopper, just an occasional nuisance.
I noticed that the position its powered-on can slightly and i mean slightly affect sensitivity.
As a quick experiment, try powering it on in vertical and then horizontal positions and see what happens for each of those power-on positions. I think the earth's magnetic field can slightly affect the initial sensitivity depending on the power-on position of the ProFind.
Your profind could be factory calibrated way too sensitive causing instability.
In my experience, Garrett has great customer support.
Give em a call and explain the situation, what do you have to lose?
Or only when you place it in the hole?
Assuming
a fresh battery,
foam in the cap is in place to push the battery contacts into the ProFinder's internal contacts,
its probably defective.
My ProFind can and does false especially during long use in hot weather. But its definitely not a show stopper, just an occasional nuisance.
I noticed that the position its powered-on can slightly and i mean slightly affect sensitivity.
As a quick experiment, try powering it on in vertical and then horizontal positions and see what happens for each of those power-on positions. I think the earth's magnetic field can slightly affect the initial sensitivity depending on the power-on position of the ProFind.
Your profind could be factory calibrated way too sensitive causing instability.
In my experience, Garrett has great customer support.
Give em a call and explain the situation, what do you have to lose?
Thanks for the info guys. No metal is present and just goes off. I think the problem is the battery coming in and out of contact with the internal contacts. I think putting something in cap will help out. I will also try to turn it on with tip touching ground as mentioned earlier. But no there is nothing in the cap as of now never was.