GPZ7000 And The Garrett Carrot Pinpointer

[strick]

The Garrett carrot has three sensitivity adjustments...so if it's going crazy you can dumb it down to the lowest for big junk targets and pinpoint more effectively.

Strict

[fredmason]

thanks everyone...I need one!

 

fred

[strick]

Scott- maybe you can find a spot on the back of your harness and rivet  the pin point holster to that.  I bought a cheap bladder pack from Big Five and cut off the arm and waist straps and attached it to the back of the pro swing harness. I carry my pick on my side but would rather have it on my back as you do. I don't find that it interferes with the 7000 that much on my side but the long handle on the pick sometimes hits my legs which is annoying.

 

strick

[fredmason]

Happy almost my birthday present to me from my darlin' wife. 

I confess I never felt a pinpointer would be worthwhile in the parks-wrong again! My wife ordered me a garret carrot and I am impressed. I was just digging in a local park where the grass in a rats nest and strong as fishing line. This gc made finding stuff shallow and deep a breeze-why did I wait so long?

I am eager to get out in the gold fields to see how/if it helps with deep targets...I never would have got one without imput from this forum.

fred

 

[sjmpainter]

I use a retractable lanyard with mine. Keeps it far away from the coil but still available for use. I also never leave it behind anymore.

[PhaseTech]

On October 13, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

Carry my Garrett Carrot every day. In rucksack on upper back, no problem.

When doing a frequency scan have the pinpointer turned on a few feet away, and it pretty much eliminates interence when operating the pinpointer while detector is turned on.

That's it Steve. I use the Deteknix Wader Li when swinging the 7000 or 5000 with any coil bigger than a 12". If you don't do the trick above, and your detector settles on a bad frequency, then the Deteknix may interfere about 5 feet away. But Noise cancel so the Pin-pointer is taken into consideration and you can get quite close.

No issues with hot ground with the Deteknix either, and 4 Sens clicks and a retune if you really want to home in. Still hoping I'll need to use that Retune button on a mother of a deep nugget though  

[Nevada Brian]

Wrapping aluminum foil around the coil part of the Garrett Pinpointer will allow you to carry the pinpointer in a front pocket or on your belt.  I had the same problem and the foil solved it, I'm using a GPX 5000.  You can also line the holster with a pie tin as a friend of mine has done, the al foil will eventually tear.

[californiagold]

Ive used the newer Nokta pointer around my 5000 with bigger coils and I havent noticed any interference. I think I saw  guy on youtube comparing the garrett and nokta pinpointers. they both had pros and cons. I put my pinpointer in my back pocket. 

[Sourdough Scott]

Happy Easter Everyone!