Difference between Subsurface Magnetic Locator & Metal Detector

Pin finders are designed to look primarily for vertical ferrous objects.?ÿ Your average metal detector is not.

We are surveyors. We tend to be stuck in our own zone. I bought one of those 20$ pin pointers. (Type metal detector pin pointer) on eBay. They are very compact and worth 20$. If you need to find a rebar 2ƒ?? subsurface itƒ??s not enough. But, 90% of stuff is not that deep.?ÿ
shonstedt 52 series is kinda the industry standard. In my opinion.?ÿ
Nate

@nate-the-surveyor

Thanks for the info. Most of my pins are found beneath brush or maybe under 1"-6".

Do you think a $20 pin pointer would be useful in such a scenario?

Adrian,

its 20$. Itƒ??s not going to take the place of a professional $800 detector. But,if you need to find 5-6 pins, and know where to search, it can be useful. On the 20$ one, stick a bunch of things in the ground, and test it.?ÿ
16d

20d

40d

3/8 rebar

1/2 rebar.?ÿ
it can be useful. But it will never replace a big one.?ÿ
N

@nate-the-surveyor

?ÿ

Their Maggie IMHO is crap. My coworker likes to call it the "offset edition".?ÿ The 52s are good, but I loved my CST Berger MT200 stick. 3' deep no sweat. On level 3 I could find non ferrous concrete markers and one level one could differentiate a rebar next to a chain link fence. Nice stuff.