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<blockquote data-quote="madtuna" data-source="post: 533317" data-attributes="member: 44"><p>Just a couple of things... remember your pin pointer has to be relatively close to the target for it to register. So if your target is not a surface target you're probably still going to have to dig anyway.</p><p></p><p>As for checking crevices, it wont register on flower gold unless you poked it in a jar full, you'll need to pretty much touch tiny sub gram nuggets to get a reaction. If it fits in a crevice, it's not a crevice..it's the grand canyon.</p><p></p><p>Unless pin pointers have advanced since I've used them, they have on/off and sensitivity only, not discrimination.</p><p></p><p>The last 2 points in your paragraph, if newbies took a bit of time to learn to pin point and master the hand and coil technique they could for the most part negate the need of a pin pointer. It's not hard to master and is much quicker than trying to locate a sub gram nugget in the spoils.</p><p></p><p>I'll agree with you on the people with disabilities though, I'd imagine there are a lot of prospectors out there who lost a hand in the war or to a croc bite and had a pin pointer fitted instead of a hook.</p><p></p><p> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madtuna, post: 533317, member: 44"] Just a couple of things... remember your pin pointer has to be relatively close to the target for it to register. So if your target is not a surface target you're probably still going to have to dig anyway. As for checking crevices, it wont register on flower gold unless you poked it in a jar full, you'll need to pretty much touch tiny sub gram nuggets to get a reaction. If it fits in a crevice, it's not a crevice..it's the grand canyon. Unless pin pointers have advanced since I've used them, they have on/off and sensitivity only, not discrimination. The last 2 points in your paragraph, if newbies took a bit of time to learn to pin point and master the hand and coil technique they could for the most part negate the need of a pin pointer. It's not hard to master and is much quicker than trying to locate a sub gram nugget in the spoils. I'll agree with you on the people with disabilities though, I'd imagine there are a lot of prospectors out there who lost a hand in the war or to a croc bite and had a pin pointer fitted instead of a hook. :D [/QUOTE]
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