EVIE/BEE said:
1968falconxt said:
EVIE/BEE said:
The GPX5000 and most new detectors have a pinpoint mode which is very effective. These things are a gimmick, I wouldn't waste the money.
I don't see how you came to that conclusion. Using a pin point function on the detector tells you that the target is somewhere near the centre of the coil (or the edge) and could really be at any depth. It involves getting up and down constantly, digging a hole and getting up and swinging over it. Digging again and looking and then swinging over it again, followed by scooping dirt over the coil until you get a signal. And you cant tell really how close a target is either. A good pin pointer makes recovery times easily 5x faster for coin hunting.
Using a pin pointer for coins means that 9/10 times a tiny little plug can be cut to get to the target with almost no impact to the ground. We coin shooters cant go digging large craters with a pick and later just back fill (or even not back fill). I wouldn't even bother swinging without a pin pointer now.
I don't remember ever going coin hunting. Not many coins in the gold fields, i've only ever found a few. Most targets in the gold fields are at depth up to 2ft or more. No need of a pinpointer here but just one question.. What do you do when you get a deep target in say Hyde Park? You would have to walk away or end up behind bars. I could not walk away. Please remember i'm on a learning curve here.
Not sure where you detect Evie, but over here the majority of target are withing the first six to eight inches.
I agree you don't need a pin pointer if looking for gold, you can usually find a target in your spoils with you hand and the coil much quicker than you could with a pin pointer.
Where a pin pointer does shine, is on a large target in a deep hole. As you would know, when you place your coil into a deep hole with a large target your coil can overload and you often can't tell where the signal is coming from. A pin pointer can isolate it. Saying that, I haven't used a pinpointer in a bazilion years as placing the detector into cancel can achiev the same thing.
In your last post you mention using the 10 x 5 joey, so are you swapping to the joey after digging your two foot + holes in which case it would be quicker and easier to grab a pin pointer or are you saying you're detecting nuggets at two + feet with the joey?
