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Okie-Colin
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Seems like someone should have a better idea. I have used an Ace 250, and currently a Fisher CZ-3D. I also have some experience with a few White's detectors. All the non-motion pinpointing feature on these detectors seem to work on the same principal. If you are in a discrimination mode and you get a good signal in a trashy area and you push the pinpointer button, often the detector will pinpoint on a nearby ferrous object and ignore the good target you are trying to get. This appears to be because when the pinpointer is pushed the detector goes into all metal mode and hones in on the strongest signal within the search coils range. You can "tune" the pinpointer by engaging it closer to the target, but if the trash is nearby even this doesn't usually work. I have ordered a Fisher five inch coil that I hope will improve my pinpointing in the trashy areas I hunt by narrowing the field of the coil and I am trying to get better at not using the pinpointer at all. Nevertheless, I am wondering why some electronic engineering genius can't design a non-motion pinpointer that discriminates at the same time? While they are at it they could surely design better discrimination to eliminate rusty nails that signal as coins (but this may be related to the aforementioned pinpointing problem). I now have enough experience that the thrill of digging out a rusty nail has faded. In fact, mothers with small children have begun to flee when near me and listening to my cussing! Just sign me - tired of digging nails and in a real slump!
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