Pinpointers

[D&P-OR]

Are the Minelab Pro Find 35 & Pro Find 40 good pinpointers?-----What's the difference between those two models?

[GB_Amateur]

Isn't the 35 model Simon's ( @phrunt 's) favorite pinpointer of all time?? 😏  (Stated facetiously...)  I'm confident he'll chime in.

[phrunt]

I believe the 40 has many of the problems of the 35 fixed up to some degree.  You couldn't give me a 35, the energy required to reach out and grab it wouldn't be justified.  I've had 3 35's in a replacement cycle trying to find a good one, they were all the same.

It's just a very unstable pinpointer.   It's lucky it has sensitivity settings as you need to run it very low sensitivity to keep it stable.  The 40 acknowledged this and improved upon it.

[D&P-OR]

Let me re-phrase my question (if I may). :)-----IYO-----what is the best hand held pinpointer currently on the market?------Anybody?

[phrunt]

My current favourites

Water use: Nokta Pulse Dive

Beach use: Fisher F-Pulse

Gold prospecting: Sphinx 03

Coin/Jewellery hunting: Sphinx 03 or Garrett Carrot AT closely followed by XP Mi-4

VLF pinpointers are getting a bit like VLF detectors, not much in it when it comes to performance so feature requirements tend to heavily factor into which a person would like the best.

[Chase Goldman]

Garrett Carrot - Old faithful, there are more sensitive pointers, some with more features.  But the Carrot is durable, reliable, waterproof and gets the job done. Sides are more sensitive than the tip.  Wireless version is great companion with Zlynk audio system or Garrett detectors with built in Zlynk transmitters (AT Max, Apex, Axiom, and Vortex)

XP Mi4/Mi6 - Very sensitive, more features are unlocked if wirelessly paired to your Deus (Wi6). But Mi4 is decent as a standalone pointer.  Waterproof.

Nokta Accupoint - Decent Iron disc, stable but lacks some sensitivity compared to Garrett/XP, good controls and mini display.  Has Bluetooth Wireless Audio capability.  Waterproof.

Fisher F-Pulse/Teknetics Tec-Point - Very Sensitive PI pinpointer but has durability issues (in my experience).

[kac]

ML 35 is a piece of ####.

Using a plain non wireless carrot and its running flawless. I may have just jinxed myself but will find out tomorrow.

[A-HEAVY-1]

Gp pointer and all the identical clones whether they are $12 like the one I have or $100+ (the ones with major brand names on them)are all the same they will all interchange parts the difference seems to be in quality control over assembly of the components the two main problems being bad soldering connections and seating of the coil if you can solder (boards) then you can correct it if you happen to get a bad one.if it's not detecting till you are right to the tip the coil needs to be seated all the way to the tip.mine ($12 amazon) works exactly as it should and at that price is a no brainer.i don't have brand loyalty just to what works,if it does what I've paid for it to do.

[phrunt]

1 hour ago, A-HEAVY-1 said:

Gp pointer and all the identical clones whether they are $12 like the one I have or $100+ (the ones with major brand names on them)are all the same they will all interchange parts the difference seems to be in quality control over assembly of the components

Have you compared your GP Pointer to a real genuine Garrett Pro Pointer AT? I bought a couple of GP Pointers and another generic pointer as they're so cheap to see as people often say they're good, but these people usually bought one and haven't experienced a branded one, they just were in the price they wanted to spend.   Neither of the two GP pointers nor the TRX lookalike was even remotely as good as the genuine article, less depth and less sensitivity.