![]() ![]() Garrett Pro-pointer AT is about $260 NZD shipped to get locally here Garrett Pro-pointer II is about $180-$200 NZD shipped to get here in New Zealand Looking at some of the other models you recommended: This is probably the most copied, counterfeit pointer out there. Personally for a first pin pointer, The Garrett Pro-Pointer II is a great unit, reliable, fairly inexpensive, with a great warranty. Save for a top quality unit and you won't won't be disappointed. I haven't used the Makro/Nokta units but many folks like them real well. Be careful of units priced super cheap from China, there's lots of counterfeit pointers out there. This is my list of quality Pin Pointers, Garrett Pro Pointer, & Pro pointer II, Garrett Pro-pointer AT (Carrot), Minelab Profind 35, White's TRX, XP Mi6, Fisher F-Pulse, Teknetics Tek-Point. Cheap (inexpensive) Pin Pointers Don't last long and have very poor performance. In my 45 years experience, I've found that a quality unit is the preferred road to take. Again there are many different pointers on the market. Park hunting requires a pin pointer as to not damage or to do as little damage to the turf as possible. For the wet sand or in the water you'll need a whole different, long handled "scoop" and there are almost as many options as there are hunters. A decent sand scoop is all that's required for the dry sand. Thoughts? Input? Suggestions? Anyone have any actual hands-on experience with one of these? etc.įor Saltwater beaches I've never, in hundreds of trips, ever used a pin pointer. Or should I just stick to the detector only, use it's pinpoint mode, knowing that realistically it will be at least 2-3 months before I'll be able to get a "decent" pinpointer. Are they likely to give enough advantage just through their basic function, to speed up and enhance the hunting experience, considering the cheap price, even though I acknowledge I will likely want a better one ultimately in the future, and considering I do have a detector with a pinpoint mode. What I'm seeking is some input on whether the cheap options are likely to work well enough for some basic beach and park hunting (not diving, maybe searching in surf or wet sand). The "UCPJLV Upgraded Waterproof High Sensitivity Pinpointer" on amazon, for about $85 NZD shipped (again seems to have decent reviews): The "SUMGOTT Waterproof Pinpointer" on amazon for about $50 NZD shipped (seems to have decent reviews on amazon if that means anything): "Cheap Out" and get a random non-known brand, imported one from Amazon, which I can justify now because it's dirt cheap, and then upgrade later on. (seems like a bit of an "unknown quantity", not much about this brand) Gold Century Pinpointer, which is about $99 NZD locally, shipped. ![]() Minelab Profind 35, which is about $265 NZD locally, shipped. Nokta Pulsedive, which is about $200 NZD locally, shipped. Then I should be able to afford a decent pinpointer such as: The Vanquish has a pinpoint mode, and that is probably good enough to do my first couple hunts. Unfortunately things here in NZ come at a premium, and all the "good branded, and known quality" pinpointers, are fairly pricy. ![]() Getting the Minelab Vanquish 540 for Christmas to go do some beach hunting this summer.Īnd I'd love to have a pinpointer to make things a bit easier when digging targets, but realize that I can't likely afford one. I've blown all my "hobby budget" (or technically my wife did buying me a present). So I'm just getting back into the hobby after many years (actually decades, but I'm choosing not to use that term out of denial!) □īack then things were a bit simpler it seemed, either that or I was young and ignorant. Hey everyone, new to the forum, so please go easy on me as I ask my first stupid question of what is likely to be many.
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