Minelab - Waterproof Pinpointer Metal Detector for Experts with Tone ID & Adjustable Sensitivity (Built-in Flashlight, Holster & Lanyard Included) (PRO-FIND 35)

Brilliant, perfect gift

Excellent for localised small finds work.

Minelab Pro-Find 35. Waterproof, accurate, ferrous non-ferrous detection, adjustable sensitivity are all accurate in the field. This pinpointer is only beaten by the Bullseye TRX but that's a narrow margin. In real terms, both are excellent. The 35 has on many occasions directed me to tiny valuable artifacts any sane person would have given up on knee deep in the dirt. I run mine alongside my CTX3030 & Etrac & find pinpointers of this standard to be invaluable. Only tiny niggle is the Pro-Find35's LED could be a bit brighter, but again, in the field, it's not really an issue since I'm no nighthawk & if I was out in the night, I'd have my head torch with me anyway. A top tier pinpointer.Top-tip: The top cap, battery placement point, can be insanely hard to reopen due to the o-ring seal & tight thread ensuring waterproof operation. It has a vice-like grip. A small amount of vaseline on the thread each time you replace the battery, combats this without compromising the seal.

This is my first pinpointer, I chose well, a very simple user friendly bit of kit, there are better on the market, but for the price this is a no brainer.

Well made sturdy works very well

Didn't find any gold yet but this easily identified metallic stuff in awkward underwater places.

For the price i would expect more from Minelab. It’s nice to have the option of sensitivity settings but it’s hit and miss. Increase the sensitivity by just one and the first piece of metal it senses sets it off and it doesn’t stop beeping until it’s switched off. Decrease the sensitivity by just one and it struggles to locate the smaller objects. You literally have to touch the object to hear a beep. Most of the time it works fine but it really struggles with the small stuff and being over sensitive if you raise it’s sensitivity. It also occasionally beeps at random times when nowhere near a find. I thought this was down to a low battery so I swapped it for a new one. It still randomly beeps. Frustrating when you think you have a signal on a find but there’s nothing there. My old £35 pinpointer was faultless and only upgraded to this, thinking it would raise my game. The Minelab Pro Pinpointer 15 or 20 would have been a better option.

Received my pointer on time put the battery into the product and the light just flickered when I pointed it at a metal object it turned off. I was about to return the product as faulty but I tried a new battery and it worked light bright and loud sound. So check the battery and happy hunting.