Regarding the in-line probe. You like it?

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

The uniprobe has headphohes and probe built in to the unit and I can get 4 inches before I even dig. I use to hunt with a guy in South Carolina that used a frisby to put his dirt in and then wave it past the coil. Different strokes for different folks. All that matters is what works for you and what makes you happy.

 

[Low-Boy/LCPM]

I have the small coil and love it like I said different strokes for different folks. The DD does a great job at finding the target, I just love having a probe old habbits die hard.

 

[Rick(ND)]

The UniProbe built into the headphones is great and use it for any detector I am trying out, but when I decide to keep it for a while i try to get a Sun Ray inline probe for it. The depth of the UniProbe is great and by far the best, but it don't disc so you sometimes have a problem in with trash items as it sees all metal. Another down side with the UniProbe is the price for some, but it is worth it.
I never thought I needed a pinpointing probe, but after having the UniProbe and Sun Ray I find I find targets faster, less digging and smaller hole and don't lose deep targets like I did before.

 

[Streak!]

I've hunted lotsa times with guys using probes....and can tell ya first hand most times I can recover 3 targets to their 1 just by doing accurate pinpointing and grabbing a few handfuls of dirt and "waving it over the coil". In my humble opinion............its LOTS faster than using the probe on MOST targets. Still.....I like the inline probe for when it needed......for that occasional difficult target...........or when I have a goodie buried in the roots......and it not easy to get dirt out of the hole. I hunted over 30 years with No pinpointer at all..and can count the targets I've hit on one hand. I like pinpointers.....but they are FAR from an essential in my opinion............................. Streak!

PS: This post was made with all due respect to all the guys that use pinpointers on a regular basis. If it works for YOU, thats great!. We all have different styles......different machine preferences......and hunt for different things. its ALL good! Just dont say that having to have a pinpointer is absolutely necessary, as I know a lot of world class diggers that have never used one.and likely never will!

 

[Streak!]

I've hunted lotsa times with guys using probes....and can tell ya first hand most times I can recover 3 targets to their 1 just by doing accurate pinpointing and grabbing a few handfuls of dirt and "waving it over the coil". In my humble opinion............its LOTS faster than using the probe on MOST targets. Still.....I like the inline probe for when it needed......for that occasional difficult target...........or when I have a goodie buried in the roots......and it not easy to get dirt out of the hole. I hunted over 30 years with No pinpointer at all..and can count the targets I've hit on one hand. I like pinpointers.....but they are FAR from an essential in my opinion............................. Streak!

PS: This post was made with all due respect to all the guys that use pinpointers on a regular basis. If it works for YOU, thats great!. We all have different styles......different machine preferences......and hunt for different things. its ALL good! Just dont say that having to have a pinpointer is absolutely necessary, as I know a lot of world class diggers that have never used one.and likely never will!

 

[Streak!]

I've hunted lotsa times with guys using probes....and can tell ya first hand most times I can recover 3 targets to their 1 just by doing accurate pinpointing and grabbing a few handfuls of dirt and "waving it over the coil". In my humble opinion............its LOTS faster than using the probe on MOST targets. Still.....I like the inline probe for when it needed......for that occasional difficult target...........or when I have a goodie buried in the roots......and it not easy to get dirt out of the hole. I hunted over 30 years with No pinpointer at all..and can count the targets I've hit on one hand. I like pinpointers.....but they are FAR from an essential in my opinion............................. Streak!

PS: This post was made with all due respect to all the guys that use pinpointers on a regular basis. If it works for YOU, thats great!. We all have different styles......different machine preferences......and hunt for different things. its ALL good! Just dont say that having to have a pinpointer is absolutely necessary, as I know a lot of world class diggers that have never used one.and likely never will!

 

[vlad]

For years I carried the 5" loop in my BDU side pocket because ever so often I would get one
of those deep or hard to pin point [maybe coin on edge targets]. If you have used a CZ with a
10.5" loop you know what I mean. Had I bought an inline probe, that's exactly what it is, a probe.
But with the 5" loop, it doubled as a probe and a coil.
The F70/75 is no different. With a dedicated probe that is literally all they are good for. Pick
up the 6" loop and carry it along for those deep targets, or places where you better not make
it look like a mortar round hit, and I mean in the recovery process. Some people get real upset
seeing you dig a deep hole, no matter how well you clean it up afterwards. Simply unscrew the
11" from the detector, plug in the 6" loop, stick it in the hole, and find the target. You can reverse
the connections in seconds, and you have TWO LOOPS TO HUNT WITH.
Its one thing to be out in some rural area digging, and another to be in your neighbors yard.

 

[jmaryt]

you echo my sentiments exactly!..nuff said!

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[jmaryt]

it's ok!..i guess i have never used one because i never saw the need for one,so to keep an open mind,i am understanding of people appreciating them as it must help them or they would not use them!

regards!
j.t.

 

[jbeverts]

I must say that I like the probe for the F75. I use it with the small coil and it works wonderfully. The main reason I use it is because of poor eye site with small objects. I wear tr-focal glasses and the probe really helps. I agree that each person has his own way of doing things. I feel the probe helps me enjoy the hobby a little more. HH

 

[Daniel Tn]

The SunRay I had on my Explorer got the just right amount of depth out of a probe. You didn't have to nearly touch the object to get a response and it didn't go so deep or wide that it side tracked you with other targets around the hole.

The SunRay for the 75 is "okay" I guess. It was better than any hand held probe I've used (like those Bullseye probes) but not by much. I never really used the probes for locating targets in my dirt pile. I would use them to check and see if I missed my mark in pinpointing on a target still in the hole. With DD coils that is easy to do some times. I would stick the probe into the hole and see if it was in the side wall...and if so what direction I needed to dig out...or if I just needed to dig deeper. Unless I just had a defective one...I didn't like mine at all for the above use. I painted a red dot on the top of my coil after finding the sweet spot. That red dot has helped me 1000 times more than the probe ever did and was much cheaper

 

[Ray-Mo.]

After reading all the posts both pro & con I must say it depends a lot on where you are hunting.Some say no need for probe if you learn to pin point.Others say use a small coil.I still believe if you are hunting in nice groomed lawns you need a pinpointer to help keep your recovery hole size to a bare minimum .
Some say it is slower and I agree if you are in the woods or farm fields where you can use a shovel to dig with.Even if it is a little slower at times it is better than a faster bigger hole to deal with in the lawns I search.
Many are the times with the Explorers when a very deep coin will dissapear after removing a 8" deep plug. (The machine does not go as deep in the void of air space as it does in the soil. ) Then without a probe you have 2 options dig a creator so a 10" coil will fit down in it or close it up and wonder what great item you left.Or you could use a probe and quickly locate the item and remove without any problems.
Yes you could carry a 6" coil to place in the hole but that still requires a larger hole than I am willing to make in many of the places I hunt. As I like to return several times and don't want to be asked to leave because of my recovery methods.
And yes I am quite profficient at pinpointing with my machines after over 30 years, but no one on this forum or anywhere else is so perfect that they don't get fooled once in a while by coins on edge and multiple targets in close proxemity to one another.
Some oldtimers will be bullheaded and say they are a waste of time,PERIOD.I know I use to be one of them.But my personal opinnion is that if most would give a QUALITY PROBE/PINPOINTER a fair trial in places where precision is a must,they too would be glad to use one.My father started detecting in 1960 and has found several 5 gallon buckets full of coins over the years and still refuses to try one because he is set in his ways at 82 years old and I can understand that.You know the OLD DOG NEW TRICKS THING HA! HA!
Of course he won,t try one of those confounded (computerized ID machines either).
Hope I did not offend any one as I am writing from my personal experience and can't speak for others,Ray.