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Well, after another session (at the beach this time), I have come to the conclusion that my Accupoint is faulty. Initially it was performing ok after pairing it up with the method mentioned above, but after half an hour of use it started to act up, ie, it would sound off with continuous falsing in the wet sand and would continue once held in the air. The audio through the headphones was distorted. To make matters even weirder I got the “disconnect “ prompt and looked at the screen on my Legend and noticed that it had shut down..???? What the hell’s going on?

Rebooted everything and started again.... no probs for awhile and started searching again. After another couple of on off cycles with the pinpointer the same thing happened. 

I can only think that the Bluetooth in the Accupoint is causing these issues as my Legend has been flawless and has never shut down spontaneously before.... and yes my battery had full charge at the time.

I’ll be returning it to my distributor (Nenad).

 

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On 10/13/2023 at 11:45 AM, Digalicious said:

The replaceable tip with the little digging tool on the end are nice touches.

I hunt in some ground that is quite muddy, so the screen would become unreadable real quick. When need be, I could give it a wipe, but wonder if repeatedly doing that would scratch up the screen. Hopefully Nokta used a very scratch resistant screen. Although, the first thing I would do is put a screen protector on it, and replace it as necessary. I'm also glad the speaker isn't on the side, because in my sloppy sites, a side speaker gets totally clogged up and useless. Well anyway, it's great to be able to see the sensitivity, charge level, etc, and not have to deal with button sequences and the like.

MFF,

What's the word on that "Audio Booster"?

 

It looked like it a some sort of protective strip on it.  I went ahead and put a piece of transparent tape over the screen just to be safe.

On 10/16/2023 at 8:24 AM, glacialgold said:

Yeah, that was my first concern, as well. It's an excellent feature -- being able to see the pinpointer's actual status, settings, charge, etc. -- but doesn't mean much if the screen can't hold up to substantial abuse. I'll be curious to see how these hold up over time in real world conditions.

As for the screen protector idea, I wonder how long a screen protector would hold up under typical pinpointer conditions?

I put a piece of transparent tape on mine.  Easy to change!

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On 11/10/2023 at 2:28 PM, F350Platinum said:

Got mine today, same deal as another got. No box but everything included.20231110_155654.thumb.jpg.88775a15b6f15c2fc184302d287f0343.jpg

I'll do some air testing and in ground testing against the Carrot, the F-Pulse, the MI-6 and the Quest Max.

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@MFF18B did such a great job reviewing this pinpointer that I'll add any observations I make here. ?

I've seen Nokta exclude the box on other FREE PinPointers but the Legends I've sold so far all had boxes.

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On 11/12/2023 at 1:51 PM, glacialgold said:

OK, I finally caved (and by finally, I mean quickly) and put an order in for an AccuPOINT from Fort Bedford. The display screen is the big selling point for me since I continually mess up holding down the button on the carrot and don't know where I'm at in the settings.

My original plan was to hold of until more reviews and feedback came in, but dangit, I've been such a good boy lately and deserve an early xmas present. Plus my Garrett carrot has suddenly started falsing more frequently for some strange reason. (It's noted that the reason may very well be me creating a pretextual justification for buying a new pinpointer, however. ?)

Anyways, looking forward to its arrival, and I'll try to post some notes once I've run it through plenty of targets in the wild.

The best gifts are the ones you buy for yourself.  You get EXACTLY what you want!

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17 minutes ago, Bohemia Miner said:

I've seen Nokta exclude the box on other FREE PinPointers but the Legends I've sold so far all had boxes.

Yeah don't know how Serious Detecting got them, maybe they fell off a truck, but I got one early ?

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What a great Review!  Thanks, 1FF18B!

I wasn’t looking for more depth as much as I wanted a BT Pinpointer for my Legend.  If I use my Z-Lynk system, it’s not as weatherproof.

I took mine out for a short 1.5-hour test run yesterday.  I updated to V1.13 and paired them at home, according to Dilek’s instructions.  They worked fine.  Neither unit automatically paired in the field.  I find that pressing the Mode button on the Headphones often helps.

Other problems I encountered besides connectivity, were constant squealing even while holding it in the air.  Pressing the button briefly stopped that.  Several times, it wouldn’t locate a target in the plug but would find my watch.  Every time I turn the Pinpointer off, a few seconds later, she says “Disconnecting”.  That’s kind of annoying.  I hadn’t noticed any deterioration of sound with the Headphones.  I’m also unsure whether I’m supposed to touch the tip to the ground when powering on to GB the unit.

From what I understand, Bluetooth is not designed to have multiple devices operating at the same time.  That’s probably why most of the companies used WIFI.  I would hazard a guess that even Garrett's Z-Lynk is based on that technology.  Going to BT gives customers more Headphone options but I haven’t had any issues with manufacturers' brands other than the unavailability of Earbuds.

 

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On 11/26/2023 at 5:12 PM, Bohemia Miner said:

From what I understand, Bluetooth is not designed to have multiple devices operating at the same time.  That’s probably why most of the companies used WIFI.  I would hazard a guess that even Garrett's Z-Lynk is based on that technology.  Going to BT gives customers more Headphone options but I haven’t had any issues with manufacturers' brands other than the unavailability of Earbuds.

 

Just to clarify and inform:

Bluetooth DOES support multipoint operation (operation with multiple devices) but it has to be enabled by the firmware in the device.  The Legend Headphones DO have this feature that is how the headphones are able to connect to both the Legend detector AND the Accupoint pinpointer.

Garrett's Z-Lynk is similar to bluetooth but uses proprietary software.  It is NOT WiFi.  Proprietary wireless detector audio is also used by Quest and Minelab.  Minelab did use low latency Bluetooth for Equinox 600/800, Vanquish, and the GPX 6000 but abandoned it in favor of a proprietary variant of Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) in the Manticore, Equinox 700/900, and the X-Terra Pro.

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11 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said:

Just clarify and inform:

Bluetooth DOES support multipoint operation (operation with multiple devices) but it has to be enabled by the firmware in the device.  The Legend Headphones DO have this feature that is how the headphones are able to connect to both the Legend detector AND the Accupoint pinpointer.

Garrett's Z-Lynk is similar to bluetooth but uses proprietary software.  It is NOT WiFi.  Proprietary wireless detector audio is also used by Quest and Minelab.  Minelab did use low latency Bluetooth for Equinox 600/800, Vanquish, and the GPX 6000 but abandoned it in favor of a proprietary variant of Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) in the Manticore, Equinox 700/900, and the X-Terra Pro.

Thanks for the clarification, C.G.!  I'm definitely not the most techy guy in the world.  I know just enough to be dangerous!  ?

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