bowwinkles
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- Nov 3, 2012
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The early years when everyone had to divide and search to find that elusive dirt colored treasure in that carefully dug plug, usually ended up in a pile of vegetation and soil that no where resembled what was dug. Even with careful management the patch ended up looking bad. Very early on I invested in a pin pointer that was put out by Tinytec. This was a wonderful little tool which could give me a 2.5 inch look into the soil. It also had a very well designed small pointed shaft which could easily be probed into the soil plug to locate the find. This tool also had a switch which allowed for it to be carried probe up which turned it off and saved battery life. Once aimed down it was right back on to take on the task of locating the find. I used this sweet little pointer until I had wore the tip off to the point I had to stop. This process happened several times and would send it in to have it refurbished. I also kept my eyes open to new stuff on the market and along came the police baton sized Vibra Probe. I fell for the hype and tried one. This massive stick failed miserably because of its size and large blunt probe. I also did not like the “vibrate only” feature. My back up Tinytec came out of hibernation and the search for a possible replacement commenced.
First came the Pistol Probe, which is another massive probe which proved to have some impressive depth capabilities but failed because of size, shoddy construction (control cover door), on button that was nearly impossible to activate and mainly a large blunt probe that again tore up the plug. This purchase was followed by the Minelab Pro-find which proved to have good depth and acceptable function but the speaker always managed to end up under my hand and could not be heard. It also has that large blunt end. Not wanting to give up on this mission I acquired one of the new just released Nokta RS pointers. It has some what less depth than the Minelab but a very nice sound and deluxe switch setup. The RS also has that blunt probe which is just not acceptable. My final miss-adventure took me down the Garret path. I need not say a thing about this device because of its popularity. It falls behind the Minelab and RS as far as depth and it also has that blunt probe tip.
Now to the end of this mission, do the manufactures poke around here to maybe get some trend ideas as to how to improve their product line? Could they maybe make a pin pointer that is in the RS, Minelab, or Garret size that has a somewhat smaller pointed probe end that incorporates a replaceable wear cover. Other features should be a depth capability minimum of 3 inches, a speaker that is waterproof and loud enough for old ears. When the vibrate feature is on you do not have to guess that it is working. The tip up to turn off feature is also a nice feature to keep from the constant pushing the on/off switch which everyone here knows causes major issues with today’s crop of probes. Two versions of the same probe could be done, with one waterproofed for the beach crowd and a water resistant version for us land lovers.
Everyone call your contacts and let’s try to move the manufactures product line into a more user friendly product, which will better fit our needs. Your thoughts.
First came the Pistol Probe, which is another massive probe which proved to have some impressive depth capabilities but failed because of size, shoddy construction (control cover door), on button that was nearly impossible to activate and mainly a large blunt probe that again tore up the plug. This purchase was followed by the Minelab Pro-find which proved to have good depth and acceptable function but the speaker always managed to end up under my hand and could not be heard. It also has that large blunt end. Not wanting to give up on this mission I acquired one of the new just released Nokta RS pointers. It has some what less depth than the Minelab but a very nice sound and deluxe switch setup. The RS also has that blunt probe which is just not acceptable. My final miss-adventure took me down the Garret path. I need not say a thing about this device because of its popularity. It falls behind the Minelab and RS as far as depth and it also has that blunt probe tip.
Now to the end of this mission, do the manufactures poke around here to maybe get some trend ideas as to how to improve their product line? Could they maybe make a pin pointer that is in the RS, Minelab, or Garret size that has a somewhat smaller pointed probe end that incorporates a replaceable wear cover. Other features should be a depth capability minimum of 3 inches, a speaker that is waterproof and loud enough for old ears. When the vibrate feature is on you do not have to guess that it is working. The tip up to turn off feature is also a nice feature to keep from the constant pushing the on/off switch which everyone here knows causes major issues with today’s crop of probes. Two versions of the same probe could be done, with one waterproofed for the beach crowd and a water resistant version for us land lovers.
Everyone call your contacts and let’s try to move the manufactures product line into a more user friendly product, which will better fit our needs. Your thoughts.
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