Really no need for the machine's pinpointer if you have a hand held propointer. Just my opinion.
I'll be sending mine in during the off season to,
the pinpoint button fell out this summer,
I still have it, it pops out very easily.
and I'm afraid of water getting down into the circuits.
the customer service is very good, should be as good as new when it comes back.
Don't get pissy,
huh? What gave you that impression? Not mad at all. I appreciate everyone's input.
All the best!
lol, it might have been me being pissy.. Just had tooth pulled last night
I guess I'm venting here. (My first post and It's to complain a bit). I'm new to metal detecting and bought an ATpro a couple of months ago.
I just returned it because the pinpointer didn't work. The coil would register a Target, then I'd move the coil off to the side where I wasn't getting a reading and I'd hold the coil about an inch off the ground and then push the pin pointer button and swing the coil back over the target area. Instead of increasing in volume when I went over the target area it would remain the same audio volume over a large area. In other words the pinpointer is not working. I called Garrett and spoke with a gentleman there and I threw a penny on the ground outside and let him actually listen to what was going on over the speaker on my cell phony. The metal detector behaved exactly the way I described above when I attempted to use the pinpointing function over the penny. The gentleman from Garrett told me that there was probably just some metal deeper down in the ground or something like that. The reason he gave made no sense at all (I've been having this issue now for the last three times I went out.)
The metal detector is only a couple months old. He told me to mail it back to Garrett (that it was up to me to pay postage back to Texas) and Garrett would pay postage when they sent it back to me. I just got back from the post office and postage with insurance came to about $30. I'm not happy about paying another $30 to return a flawed product for repair work.
I know that the ATpro is a very popular metal detector. Has anyone else here experienced this same problem with the pinpointer?
Thanks
RDW
In fact, I may be moving to the new Teknetics or Fisher pin pointers soon..
Spenglure, don't waste your time with a Fisher F Pointer. I got one with my first detector, an F2. In my experience it does not perform anywhere near as well as a AT pp or Whites TRX. It's less expensive then these two but doesn't perform anywhere near these two either. Tuned to where it just becomes quiet it will detect to a range of about .25 - .5 inch. I gave it away to someone without a pin pointer so he would have something to use while he researched pin pointers.
Spenglure, don't waste your time with a Fisher F Pointer. I got one with my first detector, an F2. In my experience it does not perform anywhere near as well as a AT pp or Whites TRX. It's less expensive then these two but doesn't perform anywhere near these two either. Tuned to where it just becomes quiet it will detect to a range of about .25 - .5 inch. I gave it away to someone without a pin pointer so he would have something to use while he researched pin pointers.
This is what I’m talking about. Seems to hit a lot deeper than my Garret and its waterproof. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSDnQvIWx5M
That does look very promising. My mistake in not having heard about it.
Just as a side note, if you have a DD coil, using the wiggle method completely prevents you from having to even use the pin pointer on the device (it's faster, too). Basically, just wiggle the center part (where the coils overlap) over the target and make it go "DING DING DING DING" and move backwards until the dinging stops. The object is exactly at the tip of your coil at that point. No pin pointer required.
I wouldn't even KNOW if my pin pointer worked. Never had a need to use it, with the DD coil.
Cheers,
Skippy
This is what I’m talking about. Seems to hit a lot deeper than my Garret and its waterproof. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PSDnQvIWx5M
I gotta go with Skippy. I've had problems with the pinpointer on my ATP but always use the wiggle method and its a lot faster recovery me. Just saying... you dont really need that Pinpointer on the machine if your carrying one on the belt