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Testing New DetectorPro PI "Pistol Probe"

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Bill Ladd

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DetetcorPro has introduced a brand new probe with their PI technology stuffed into a hand-held probe. I'm normally not a probe user & got sick of the onboard probes adding extra weight & extra cables that stick out & get snagged on every branch as 90% of my sites are in the woods....But, I'm really getting to like this one. I'm working on a 10 min. YouTube video of this probe in the field. But, in the mean time I have taken some photo's to hopefully show you what it's all about.....
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This is the probe. It fits into the hand well. At first I thought it seemed a tad wide when I opened the box.....
But, then I was in for a big surprise....
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A door flipped open. Uniquely hidden inside this compartment are 3 knobs...
1) A power knob to change pitch or go to a silent search mode with lights instead of sound.
2) A frequency control to help overcome any interference that might crop up....
3) A threshold control to tune & adjust the sensitivity level on the probe....
The lights are seen at the top .....It's really like a mini pluse detector in a tiny package.
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It comes with a nice holster that you can put on your belt which makes it nice & handy at your side whenever you choose to use it....
I did use it at this park almost every signal. What's really cool is that since it's a mini-detector, once I got a signal with the big DD coil....I then got the probe & put it right on the ground like this next picture....By adjusting the threshold right before the breaking point like you would with a detector, it was picking up copper pennies that read on the T2 meter as 6".....
Nickels screamed even better than that. So, in a nice lawn or park you know right where to go. So, you shouldn't damage a coin or tear up a lawn & lose permission....
[attachment 105670 PistolTopsoil.jpg]
For those that don't want/need 6" on a penny, just drop the thresh down for less depth. Next....with the probe pointing out right where to dig...my plugs were twice as small as usual & also alot less deep. I just peel the grass flap back first, & then stick the PistolProbe in the shallow hole to find the exact direction of the target (middle of plug, what sidewall, etc.) My plugs at this park were so small once stomped down you wouldn't even know I was there, which is how it should be........
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Some have said getting 6" on a coin is too much depth as they are usted to the older probes that you needed to actually touch the object. But, I found with those "touch" probes that I was poking around, or raking though the dirt for sometimes several min. This probe you can just wave over the dug dirt & know right where to go. In wooded sites I tend to dig big holes....often that means 2-3 piles of dirt left outside the hole that I would wave the coil over. Once I found what "pile" held the item then I would have to hold up dirt in my hand & wave it by the coil. (Folks have seen this on my video's). A tiny BB, or button sometimes took several min. to find (& alot of film to edit) :) Now my recovery is alot faster, so I think I may have this on my belt from now on.
Other useful things I have done with the "PistolProbe" are scanning over the dug soil of a trash pit to pluck out buttons. Also, the PI power allows cellar hole users to scan the walls of the foundations in search of caches. I'm sure it would be great in the beach sand to quickly stick into the sand to find targets as well.....
HH,
Bill
 
2...... 9 volts.
The price is not set in stone yet as this is a prototype....but probably around $189. or so I believe........
HH,
Bill
 
[size=large][size=x-large]V[/size]ery[/size] interesting! Never was a fan of probes for my type of detecting but I can seem some usefulness in this one!
 
Does it discriminate, or is it like the other units they make? All metal. I'm guessing it's like the others. They work well, but aren't as deep as this unit appears to be. I want one. Their website has the owners manual posted, along with lots of info.....except the price. Availability is the end of October. Helloooooo Christmas wish list. :clapping:

keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri
 
How much is it? And what do you do when you are in a hole with more than one target?
 
Even the older model would go 5"/6" when adjusted properly. This one can do 6" fine. Regardless, it's the most sensitive, deepest probe available.

Discrimination in a probe is an un-needed option. Once the decision to recover is made, I want to recover everything that's in the hole. Why would you want to go threw all the bother of finding it with your discrimination detector, and not dig everything in the hole ? You may discover that the discriminated out item was masking a good target.
 
jammed into a probe. (Think about how DetectorPro put metal detector technology into headphones). Now they have done it in a probe. This is one thing, depth, I will prove on video. Yesterday the T2 read a copper penny @ 5".......I tuned the probe & it was giving a nice clear signal an inch off the ground.....I'd really like to find a 7" nickel and see what happens...
HH,
Bill
 
Is it loud enough to hear while wearing headphones? Is the led light helpful? It looks to be at the wrong angle to see while probing. Just curious.

jimmyk in MIssouri
 
I bought it to use with my Excalibur but haven't had a chance to mess with it. Is that headphone version also pulse?
 
Good point Bill, my only fear would be I might scratch the seated dime whilst digging out the nail. That's the only reason I would like ID capabilities. My other concern is that I might start chasing "targets" bad. Like a dog that has three legs from the last car he chased. With my SR probes, every now and again I'll recover a target and run my probe all through out the hole to see if there is another, frequently there will be, usually it's a nail, but every now and again it's another good target. With the ID, I don't chase the bad target, however with no ID, I might need to go metal detecting with a return airline ticket from the orient in my pocket because I am pretty sure I'll go chasing rainbows:rofl: Especially rainbows I know are only six inches away.
 
Bill the One big thing i see is that looking at the pic with it on your hip looks just like a pistol which in my neck of the woods(around detroit mi) you might get shot real fast by the local p.d as you know guns in a school area is a big no no,so someone seeing you pull it out might think its a real pistol, It should be a different color then black(red,white,orange ect. but thank you for the write up it sounds like a really good probe
 
you could get some of the bright orange hunters tape at walmart or something & wrap it around it? Just an idea.......
 
I can hide it in my bag but in Calif to get 6 inches it has to be able to beat the uniprobe..I may get one as a back up probe.
 
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