Best Pinpointer To Buy?

[GB_Amateur]

2 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Looks like a beta tester is reluctantly letting his go. /s

Is that allowed?  (Not that people never do things that are prohibited....)

[phrunt]

18 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Is that allowed?  (Not that people never do things that are prohibited....)

One of the reviews which wasn't as positive as most on Facebook was from a guy that bought one off a tester.

[Chase Goldman]

3 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Is that allowed?  (Not that people never do things that are prohibited....)

Once they are released from the NDA they can do anything they want with it.  After all, they paid $89 for the privilege of being a Nokta beta tester.

[pavelka72]

On 22.10.2023 at 06:06, phrunt said:

да, я не знаю пинпоинтера, который бы этого не делал.   

Pulse Dive — идеальный пинпоинтер для пляжного/водного охотника, такого как вы, Эрик. Другой хороший вариант — F-Pulse, хотя лично я предпочитаю Pulse Dive F-Pulse, особенно учитывая, что он может использовать катушки, но F- У Pulse также очень тихий динамик, который мне не нравится. Я считаю, что Pulse Dive глубже, чем F-Pulse, но F-Pulse очень хорошо работает в соли, так же, как и Pulse Dive.

Pro find 15 :)

[GoldenboyCO]

I recently needed a new pointer and decided to get one with standby mode.

Choices were a Sphinx-03 but couldn't find one so I chose the Quest Pro Max w/Magic Holster. I'm glad I tried a pinpointer with that function - It's way more efficient in that regard. You do need to keep an eye on how you holster it as that matters on turning it off.

The past few years I've used a profind-35 so that is the comparison and below is only my opinion on where I hunt-mild soil condition parks/fields. Also it's a 100 Promax targets vs. 1000 PF35 targets and a comfort level of use as well.

Things I noticed is that the Promax has a more precise search pattern toward the tip of the pointer. Good if you want to pop coins out of turf and like a precise pointer. Maybe not so good if you want quick general hit to pick up a coin in totlot wood chips as the PF-35 gives a more broad search pattern.
A pinpointer small LED is hard to read in the sun but all I change is signal strength and sound/vibration. You do need to push the 2 buttons at the same time to change power levels. I can say for a fact my promax is not as sensitive to thin foil and tiny aluminum coming from the ground. I have only found a few small pieces of jewelry so the jury is still out on this. It appears way more stable than the PF in regards to falsing, however I haven't been in the wet ground yet.

Overall I'm happy I bought it but I do wish it had a higher operating freq.   Take Care.
 

[pavelka72]

19 hours ago, GoldenboyCO said:

I recently needed a new pointer and decided to get one with standby mode.

Choices were a Sphinx-03 but couldn't find one so I chose the Quest Pro Max w/Magic Holster. I'm glad I tried a pinpointer with that function - It's way more efficient in that regard. You do need to keep an eye on how you holster it as that matters on turning it off.

The past few years I've used a profind-35 so that is the comparison and below is only my opinion on where I hunt-mild soil condition parks/fields. Also it's a 100 Promax targets vs. 1000 PF35 targets and a comfort level of use as well.

Things I noticed is that the Promax has a more precise search pattern toward the tip of the pointer. Good if you want to pop coins out of turf and like a precise pointer. Maybe not so good if you want quick general hit to pick up a coin in totlot wood chips as the PF-35 gives a more broad search pattern.
A pinpointer small LED is hard to read in the sun but all I change is signal strength and sound/vibration. You do need to push the 2 buttons at the same time to change power levels. I can say for a fact my promax is not as sensitive to thin foil and tiny aluminum coming from the ground. I have only found a few small pieces of jewelry so the jury is still out on this. It appears way more stable than the PF in regards to falsing, however I haven't been in the wet ground yet.

Overall I'm happy I bought it but I do wish it had a higher operating freq.   Take Care.
 

The problem is how to insert it, not because they didn't copy the SPHINX Magnetic correctly, but because of the design of the holster. You can't hit the hole in the holster the first time. This was the case in my youth, but here it is impossible to learn. You lose all the time you saved on shutdown... The devil is in the details :)

[NCtoad]

15 hours ago, pavelka72 said:

The problem is how to insert it, not because they didn't copy the SPHINX Magnetic correctly, but because of the design of the holster. You can't hit the hole in the holster the first time. This was the case in my youth, but here it is impossible to learn. You lose all the time you saved on shutdown... The devil is in the details :)

I had the same problem myself with the Pro Max.  The hole in the bottom of the holster has an inner shelf that catches the tip of the pinpointer making one have to fidget with it to drop through and fully seat. I took some epoxy putty and filled that so that the tip of the pinpointer can’t catch on it anymore.  Works great now.  

[F350Platinum]

19 hours ago, NCtoad said:

I had the same problem myself with the Pro Max.  The hole in the bottom of the holster has an inner shelf that catches the tip of the pinpointer making one have to fidget with it to drop through and fully seat. I took some epoxy putty and filled that so that the tip of the pinpointer can’t catch on it anymore.  Works great now.  

Good one NC! ?

 

I just made the hole bigger ?

[phrunt]

Did they copy the Sphinx and get it wrong? 

The Sphinx 03 works fantastic with its auto on and off feature, I use it exclusively and never get any problems.  I never touch the button anymore; I do my settings by my phone which I rarely need to change anyway once setup and I turn it on and off with the holster.