What is the best pinpointer? Fisher Fpulse vs Minelab Profind35 vs Nokta Pointer!
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2022
- In this ultimate showdown of Metal Detecting pinpointers, review the Fisher Fpulse Pinpointer and then compare it to two of the other best pinpointers on the market to determine which one is best! Will the Minelab, Nokta or Fisher take home the title of best pinpointer (I am also aware the Garret Carrot exsists in the US and is a very popular and solid pinpointer over there, from what I can gather it has ever so slightly more depth then the #2 pinpointer again, but still not even close to the winner).
Remember this is just one test and my opinions and experience with these pinpointers, you situation could be totally different and a totally different pinpointer may suite you better.
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Picked up F Pulse yesterday, first Fisher product ever. You are correct, it blows the Garrett Carrot out of the water and into orbit, orbit around Pluto. Absolutely LOVE it!
Thanks for the video, I was looking for a backup pinpointer, and this has helped me to decide on the f-pulse. You earned a Subscriber thank you
Thanks a lot! Glad you found the video useful and hopefully the machine finds you plenty of treasure.
Great job all around fam. Loads of cool info fam. Keep at it. Gold Squad Out!!!
For gold hunting which one is the best? Your opinion.
I already have nokta, so thats why im looking for Nokta Pulse Scuba, so i can get it into the holes bellow the trees and stones. Please let me know what do you think about that or i should buy something other like ML35 or XP 6.. sorry for my bad english i hope you understand me hahaha.👍
I have the fisher pulse and its super good bro !
Just an FYI. The Land & Sea Pinpointer used pulse induction successfully for years before the F Pulse came out. It was an excellent off brand Pinpointer that unfortunately never really caught on because it was rarely advertised and only available from a few dealers (e.g. Golddigger).
Cheers thanks a lot bro, never heard of that one thanks for the heads up
I have the Nok pp and works great. I want to be close but not so far away that I'm digging constantly.
Nice I have the older Fisher F pulse, I. Don't know what they improved on it. But I recently brought a quest Xpointer Max ,
That’s a matchup I’d like to see
I have know clue why people go on about depth on a pinpointer. Your pinpoint with your detector and that should allow you to dig a plug in the proper location. Your handheld pinpointer is just to "pinpoint" the exact location of the target in your plug or the ground just outside your plug. You only want the pinpointer to go off when your within inches and then lead to within an inch of the target. You can debate pinpointers all day. I just spent a week going through all this depth and sensitivity nonsense. Almost ordered a few different ones. The only one I knew worked and not because of a review, but because it was what almost everyone used. I bought the carrot and never looked back. Some say the one button is a drawback. Turns out they just never learned how to use it. Set it up once. Turn it on and locate, hit the button and it pinpoint closer, hit the button again and it will only go off right on top of your target. You could close your eyes and find it.
Great stuff bro, I have a carrot as well and love it, but it all depends on size and shape of your target, take a beach for example, a good pinpointer may prevent you from needing to get your shovel out at all, sometimes your target may ring up deep but be really shallow and vice versa, the carrot is a solid pinpointer but wont get the same depth as the fpulse, however it does its job nice and easy no issues at all and would definitely be an extremely close 2nd place for me, and imagine if your pinpointer only had a 1inch depth, would be a total pain at pinpointing everything, and with the likes of the fpulse it progressively gets louder the closer you get, therefor making the extra depth no downside at all and just a bonus for the times when the target may be a bit deeper or in the lid. I definitely get what your saying on depth isnt as big a deal in a pinpointer as it is with a normal detector however its still handy to have. Cheers
Incorrect.Your statement applies to soil. Beach or river rocks is a different story. Digging targets under rocks is much easier under flat rocks with a pointer. Have found many silver coins which NOX guys missed since a detector does not hit targets under multiple rock layers. The metal detector signal gets dispersed and you pick up nothing. With the pinpoint you can get into tight spaces where your coil can't go. The pinpoint of a coil can get distorted due to mineralised soil or the halo effect of big iron objects. Try and find 0.925 silver in black sand. Have found more than 70 silver coins with a pin pointer alone.
Normal rocks don't effect a metal dectors depth. If the metal detector didn't find it why would you be digging under multiple layers of rock in the first place. They don't call it a pinpointer for nothing. If you good enough the pinpoint on your detector will get you close enough for digging a small plug. Then the pinpointer will keep you from grabbing the detector and swinging over the hole and plug trying to see where it's at and then grabbing a hand for of dirt and running it past the coil. With a pinpointer I can go from getting close to getting the tip right on the target by hitting the detune button. I'm not buying a pinpointer to detect with. @@ArcanZA
actually I find theled lights the tiniest bit useful, yes I wish they were stronger, but when I pull a target in the dark I'll hold it in the light to see exactly what it is
How does the longer range affect the battery life?
I don't see the necessity of a longer range pin pointer when used in conjunction with a full size detector.
I would say it lasts just as long if not longer than other pointers. It used pulse induction technology which is totally different to other pointers, so isn’t necessarily using any more power. And lot of situations yes longer range is no help but there are so many times where it’s been a saviour on weird or super deep targets
I love the functionality of the F-pulse but they kept dying on me. They'd get a death screech & then crap out. I never dropped or abused them & after the first one which actually lasted the longest I absolutely babied the F-pulse but the second & third (all from the same place) had the death screech right out of the box which I took video of but they'd been sitting for quite awhile the boxes were completely faded. I'm gonna try one more from a different retailer because I loved the F-pulse otherwise but it was stressful never knowing if/when it was gonnacrap out on me.
new friend from philippines, watching your youtube channel
Just got got fisher f pulse says new version with black cap not sure if any difference to the one you have ?
Little bit less depth/sensitivity for the sake of stability. Only difference
I have thought of getting one jus for cracks on bed rock on the sides what do you think if that
I think it could definitely work, but unless it’s large nugget country and you don’t have I normal detector I don’t think it would be worth it overall, it is very sensitive compared to other pointers but still doesn’t come close to most quality gold detectors, however if there was for example an utlra deep crevice you couldn’t get the detector in but wanted to check for bigger bits with the pointer it could work. Thanks for watching!
What size piece of gold can it detect in a crevice?
@@danzielinski672 It depends how close the gold is to the pointer, anything smaller then 1/10th of a gram it generally detect at all, but 1/10th-1/4 gram pieces it can get at an inch or maybe two two and a half depending on the surface area of the piece, anything bigger than that it can get at a reasonable depth as long as you are going over the crevice relatively slowly I would guess.
Great Video
Pretty good and realistic representation for coin and jewellery hunting, if it was done with small gold nuggets the roles reverse with the Minelab coming out on top followed by the Nokta then last is the F-Pulse.
Cheers, yeah it can’t pick up anything very small unfortunately but really anything Aprox 1/4gram+ it still has very solid depth, but the smaller bits are not the best.
@@TheSluicers From your experience which is better for tiny gold...the F-Pulse or the ML 35? Any advice would be greatly appreciated...thanks.
@@Master...deBater We don’t have the Ml35 but I know the Fpulse generally won’t pick up anything below 1/5th of a gram in gold size, it’s really good on the stuff bigger then that but just won’t pick it up, so for the small gold I would have to say the Ml35 probably wins 👍.
@@TheSluicers Thanks for the fast response. I'm confused...weren't you just testing the Minelab Profind 35 (ML35) in your video?
@@Master...deBater Yes we were and the Fpulse definitely beats it in most catergorys (I obviously didn’t have small gold avalible at the time) but pulse induction machines (like the fpulse) are super sensitive on the slightly larger targets but won’t pick up super small things at all
I am new to metal detecting and still researching what is the best buy. Many frown on "air testing" metal detectors. Is this true for pin pointers?
So Air testing can be less accurate then the ground for both detectors and pinpointers however soil can change so much from area to area an Air test is a much better baseline in my opinion as some pointers perform better in some soil but another patch they could perform way worse, so an air test is the best baseline. Cheers
@@TheSluicers Thank you for the kind and informative reply. I ordered my Fisher F Pulse just a day ago.. Now the hunt for a detector. I think I have it down to two. Minelab Equinox 800 or Nokta legend. Thoughts?
@@gunstanksplanes9001 No worries bro, that’s awesome hopefully it does work for you! Those were actually the two I had to pick between Legend or Nox, it was a very hard decision but in the end I went Nox just as it’s more well known and at the time had proven itself more, but now honestly go either way, they are both very comparable machines, I believe the legend is a bit cheaper too. Cheers
@@TheSluicers Thank you! Cheers!!
In case you are curious. I went with the 800. Plenty of support here in Arizona. I couldn't find any support for Nokta. Thanks again.
Its an excellent pin pointer for sure. I have the teknetics Tek-Point and it is identical to this down to the sticker on the box. Its color is green though.
And I agree. The Garretts suck compared to these better ones. Its easy to look up different brand and I cannot understand why most detectorists still choose the old crappy Garrett carrots.
Yeah definitely! I recently got a garret and it is still a very solid reliable pinpointer however it doesn’t compare to the fpulse. I think they are very overrated
I absolutely don’t want a pinpointer that goes so deep - however I understand many would.
100%
ah mate, could you try the Nokta Pulse pinpointer compared to the F-Pulse
Cheers bro, I will see if I can in future :)
F-Pulse is deeper, by a lot. I ran air tests with the Tek-Point (same as F-pulse) and Nokta PulseDive. It was also true in the ground.
You might want to check out the Garrett carrot.
Yep I have. Here’s a vid right here Garret AT Pro Pointer complete test and review!
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Try it against the Nokta pulse pin pointer and the mi-6.
I would have done but simply didn’t have those two available at the time sadly
I can’t speak for the mi-6 but I can speak for the Nokta PulseDive. F-Pulse blows it too out of the water.
Nokta pulse dive finds deep targets. Picking up lots of silver with it and some 10k gold. Am struggling with small 14k and 18k gold jewellery like thin chains or small stud ear rings.
The detecor should help with depth. The pinpointer is not meant for more than 2" or the digger is not good at digging the target. Just sayin'
No-one is ever just saying
I have a Garret pin pointer and it is very good! Problem is that I got the newer one that isn’t water proof⛏🏴
It’s a shame I couldn’t get the garret to compare, but from everything I have heard it’s an exceptional pointer as well. Shame it’s not waterproof tho that would be a real bugger!
@@TheSluicers yeah it’s really annoying. The older model is waterproof but the new one isnt! I just presumed the new one would be so was my own fault!
What Garrett isn't waterproof? The Pro Pointer AT is their current pointer and it is waterproof.
@@phrunt I thought I had the most recent one but I suppose that was bought a few years ago. I have the pinpointer 2. The black one!
@@ScottishGoldHunter yep, the Garrett Carrot (black) is a very old model, the AT is the current model and its waterproof and an excellent pinpointer
Why don't you use the LOST MODE to find the one your dad misplaced ?
Haha yeah that would have helped if it was on. What happened is I turned it off along with everything else and put them in the car, we unloaded when we got home, I took the detector in for charging and left the pointer and shovels in the garage, my dad thought “ooo we might need soon” so chucked it into his van apparently , only for us to never find it again after two weeks searching so got a new one as it’s just so much harder detecting without it, hopefully the old one shows up at some point. Thanks for watching.
Most pin pointers i have brought in the last 15 years or more do not last very long. I think for the price of the 100 dollar ones are a waste of money.
Yeah they aren’t the longest lasting machines sadly, my two fpulsed have lasted for hundreds of hours detecting and still going strong luckily
@@TheSluicers Maybe next one I buy I will try that one. Thanks for the info.
I hope your wrong lol
Should do GROUND TEST....NOT AIR TEST
I would totally disagree, air is a very good baseline however when looking at ground it can vary from mineralised-not mineralised- dry - wet, so much more variable and won’t be valid at all for all detectors, I think an air test is a much better baseline to do an overall test.
F pulse is deff not the best.
Test pinpointers by using a tiny gum wrapper foil piece. If it doesn't sing then it's junk.
Can't tell you how much time I've spent on small foil thinking it was small gold that the detector would pick up but the pp wouldn't.
I use the only good thing Garret makes and that's the garret carrot. Does great on tiny foil/gold and everything else.
Cheers bro. It outperforms the garret by far in every catergory other then micro fines, I recently did a garret review video comparing it to the f pulse, the garret beats it on tiny targets and that’s all
Please get a tripod. Sometimes you need both hands.
Plz nagghits test
Hoping to in future :)
get a camera stand
Puh very hard to understand if you learned normal english in school. :-/
I did learn normal English in school and as a matter of fact when I was younger have actually won awards for speech and poetry. It’s simply a strong rural south kiwi accent that is hard to understand from foreign accents (just like they are hard to understand for us).
He was very easy to understand, maybe he should have spoke RETARD!, so you could understand!🤣