Swapped my cheap pinpointer for a name brand one and I'm never going back

I used to hunt with a $30 pinpointer off Amazon that would false beep every time I brushed against a weed. After missing a silver ring last month in a park near my house I finally coughed up $130 for a Garrett carrot. The difference is night and day. It actually tracks the target depth and doesn't scream at me for touching wet dirt. Plus the sensitivity dial lets me dial it down near iron trash instead of digging every soda tab in a 10 foot radius. My signals per hour tripled and my arm isn't sore from digging blind. Has anyone else made the switch from budget gear and seen a real gain in finds?

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nora1847h ago

Rolled my eyes a little at @the_lucas coming in with the technical corrections like we're all studying for a pinpointer certification exam. Guess I'll throw my old $30 beeper in the trash and blind dig every square inch of ground like a true professional then. Seriously though, the false beeping from cheap pointers is still the worst part of the hobby, I'd rather have a rough depth estimate than dig a handful of wet leaves every time my detector farts near a dandelion.

the_lucas1d ago

yeah but I gotta call you out on one thing real quick. That sensitivity dial you mentioned, it doesn't actually let you tune out iron trash specifically. It adjusts how deep the pinpointer picks up signals. So turning it down does help avoid digging every little tab, sure, but it also makes you miss deeper targets that could be good stuff. I learned that the hard way digging a bunch of shallow junk thinking I was being smart. Also that depth tracking feature on the carrot isn't super accurate in my experience, it's more just a rough idea of how deep to dig. Still a huge upgrade from the cheap ones though, no argument there. The false beeping from wet grass drove me nuts too.