first report on new pi xpointer

[dingdong]

Hi Geoff,I am using preditors they worked fine with the Safari but they are un- unusable on the GT,a real pain!!!

[Chef Geoff]

Umm? well it won't be the headphones but it's reacting with the GT, does switching channels on the noise cancel have any effect?

[dingdong]

Honestly Geoff I don't know,I havjust tried it out for the first time today on settngs I was told to use initially, if you got any ideas I would be more than grateful, if you can suggest anything,I will try out tomorrow and advise you on return from your Rally(me can't get away sorry)
Don't want to run to the expense of buying a new pointer unless I absolutely have to.

[Chef Geoff]

Other than changing the noise cancel channel you would just have to make sure that the coil is not close when you use the pinpointer, I naturally turn my headphones off when I use one as I cant hear it otherwise.

[dingdong]

Cheers Geoff,will try a few changes,however, I think Nigel at Regtons had something to say about x-pointer on DW a few weeks ago!I thought it might have been a bit of sour grapes!!perhaps you could find the piece!!!
Good luck and every success for tomorrow.

[Dryland]

Count yourself lucky having a pin pointer at all, the people in the Rhondda have to use a worm on a stick

[Val Beechey]

Hey Dylan, I was talking to a fisherman today who was digging lug worms with one of those syphon thingies. He told me that over the years he'd found a few rings when digging and one with the syphon.  I want one 


Val

p.s. did you know the tackle shops charge £14 per lb for lug worms 

[Dryland]

£14  anybody want to buy a worm on a stick £10 each

[dingdong]

Hi,Chef,I have tried various different options on the GT but the interference is the same what ever I do!
However,when I did exactly the same options with a Garrett Pro-pointer I got no interference at all,completely silent!!!....any ideas why??
So it looks like there is a difference in the electronic components used or how they are assembled.... Don't know!!...but I will be selling it and ordering a pro-pointer!!.
Mind you,in have read accounts of other DW members having the same problems.
Members contemplating buying this item should be made aware of its idiosyncrasies.

[marknewbury1]

Hi,Chef,I have tried various different options on the GT but the interference is the same what ever I do!
However,when I did exactly the same options with a Garrett Pro-pointer I got no interference at all,completely silent!!!....any ideas why??
So it looks like there is a difference in the electronic components used or how they are assembled.... Don't know!!...but I will be selling it and ordering a pro- pointer!!.
Mind you,in have read accounts of other DW members having the same problems.
Members contemplating buying this item should be made aware of its idiosyncrasies.

hi old boy used the xpointer on the rally to day with the xp work OK all day it plays up if I use the safari when it s 2 close to it move the mc 2 feet a way it's OK chef said to day if you turn off the head phones it might be ok

[dingdong]

Hi Mark,thanks for your comments, however I never had any problems when I used to own a Garrett pro-pointer probe!!!
But its alright to switch your headphones off,"maybe" but try and switch off your headphones with wet sandy gloves on a beach with a force 10 gale blowing......well,impossible, never had to bother with the Garrett,therefore, I shouldn't have to put up with it with an x-pointer,agree???

[troutmasterfunk]

Calm down calm down lol 

[Dryland]

 

[Val Beechey]

That Chris is the blight of Internet shopping.  I think most of us would admit to 'dropping a brick' with one purchase or another over the years (some more recent).  It's a bitter pill to swallow but, hey ho, there you go, it's only money and you can't take it with you when you go.
No good harbouring recriminations.  We all have 2 choices, after the event.  Either get over it and move on or make the most of it.
As far as the item is concerned, well you can either sell it or give it away.  I reckon there are some very happy refugees somewhere in the world who have benefited from my 'dropped bricks'

Val
 

[Nigel at Regtons]

Cheers Geoff,will try a few changes,however, I think Nigel at Regtons had something to say about x-pointer on DW a few weeks ago!I thought it might have been a bit of sour grapes!!perhaps you could find the piece!!!
Good luck and every success for tomorrow.

No, not sour grapes at all, can't remember exactly what I posted but it was along the lines of all probes have their good & bad points, the X-Pointer uses PI technology, good point, does not react to salt water, bad point, will react with most BBS or FBS machines, your GT is BBS.

Hope this helps

Nigel