Pinpointers

[RickUK]

7 hours ago, phrunt said:

I had to look up what that was Rick, looks very unusual

26 detectors and 54 coils is without a doubt divorce material..... I wish you the best I'm living on the edge with my collection.

Pretty easy to understand actually,beside the cable that goes to the pinpointer as in the picture that you posted is a connector that you screw in a audio lead that then goes to the audio socket on the detector.....you then have a switch that you run in audio mode as per normal headphone setup,when you locate a signal that you wish too pinpoint you then take the probe and flick the switch this then knocks out the uadio from the detector and all you then hear is the pinpointer sound.

Once you have heard the target through your headphones and retrieved the target then you flick back the switch into normal detecting audio mode and carry on detecting till the next target and then the same method is used to locate the target.

Rather than say having to move the headphones on one side so that you can hear the target you hear it through the headphone,also another major feature is that because its a PI probe it will give you extra depth of maybe a couple or 3 inches extra depth when locating the target.

Also another big trump card with this setup is that you can buy a rod assembly and a mono coil from the suppliers,unscrew the pinpointer from the headphones and then connect your mono coil and you then have a self contained Pulse detector all built into the headphones,they do 2 coil sizes a 8'' and a 10'' mono coil,but in the last couple of years they have stopped selling this headphone/probe setup and also the coils and rod are hard too find as well,often you can find them that someone has old stock.I have located a 8'' coil from a supplier across the pon so that is heading home to good old Blighty.

 

[ivanll]

On 7/29/2019 at 6:09 PM, RickUK said:

I am aware that this thread is years old,but i finally got my hands on a brand new ' DetectorPro Uniprobe ' they are as i am aware not made anymore,but here in the UK not only are they ultra rare but also horrendously expensive that is when they had been stocked by just say 2 supplier.But in the last 2 days bought a brand new one and also 2 brand news coils for the PI headphones,but no shaft but as they are a common shaft setup will probably use a spare bran new Golden Mask collapsible shaft that i have laying around.

Although the coil and shaft setup can be kept in the back of the truck,it was the headphones/probe part of it that i really always wanted,i am going to have too stop buying anymore detectors and coils as i am currently upto 26 detectors and 54 coils i jest not ?

It's not often to see/hear mentioning of DetectorPro PI coils and here you mention 2.
Were they both the same size ?
I got the 11" coil for my Uniprobe Headphones and use it every so often, as it's always in the car.
Not an easy coil to find, it made the Uniprobe Headphones a complete PI detector and much more useful.
Wonder why the coils are no longer made ?

 

[ivanll]

As age are with you on every outing and the legs are no longer as flexible like before, preventing you from getting down on a knee, more so to get up again, then a pin-pointer is handy.
When using a PI detector with a good size coil that have good depth but less good at IDing a deep target that is also difficult to get a fix on, then a probe on a stick that can go in the water filled hole is just the ticket to find or not to find the target, but more important it can save an old persons back from a deep hole digging strain/injury.    

[Steve Herschbach]

On 1/16/2025 at 10:12 PM, ivanll said:

Wonder why the coils are no longer made ?

Used to be a dealer. Lack of sales.

I think I still have a Uniprobe someplace, need to look, thanks for the reminder. 

[BigSkyGuy]

On 1/13/2014 at 6:58 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

I had and really liked the DetectorPro Uniprobe http://www.detectorpro.com/uniprobe.htm which is a PI probe built into what are basically Gray Ghost headphones.

I loved the Uniprobe back in the day. I bought it from Steve. Was very precise. The object was always directly beneath the probe and it had pretty good depth. The problem that I had was the connections/wires were constantly breaking. I don't know how many times I sent it to NY for repairs. I still have it somewhere.