Garrett Pro Pointer Review
Nov 9, 2026
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Review of a Garrett Pro Pointer which I use for metal detecting. I didn't realise how slow digging a target could be until I got this pointer. Now finds are located easily and the risk of damage to a valuable target is much reduced.
Note to self: It is only useful when it is switched on.
I made a mess of the first dig but decided to leave that part in to show how frustrating digging a target can be without a pointer (or with a pointer which you have switched off and forgotten to switch back on)
Overall: 10 out of 10.
I really can't imagine being out detecting without this hyper useful tool.
In this video I'm going to demonstrate this fella,
which is a very dirty Garrett Pro Pointer.
Takes a little 9 volt battery in here,
on off switch, there, switches it on and off,
and it's got a blade here for scraping through your muck,
and also a light for nighttime use
if you want to go night hawking.
I'll just demonstrate its usefulness in the air first
of all. This is a little one pence that I found before,
here's the Pro Pointer.
Switch it on away from any source of metal
and demonstrate how that works
in the real world by digging up this target.
Hopefully
it'll be
a decent
target.
It's
making a
reasonable
signal
so we'll
give it
a go and
see what
turns up.
I've dug
too deep
Deep.
which tells us that this is probably either a one pence
or an old half pence. Often gives a strange depth reading but
targets in here
somewhere.
Helps
if you have it
switched on. And
there we have
a one pence
which I could have found a hell of a lot earlier
if I'd actually had this thing switched on.
So that demonstrates its usefulness quite nicely.
And this dig's going to show how it should be done
when you have the pro pointer switched on.
It quickly
tells me
that we've
got some
rusty crap
giving us
the signal.
And pass the coil over just
to check there's nothing else still in there.
It's telling me
that there is
still something
in there,
and it's a penny.
Just trash left around
there, so we'll fill it in,
and on to the next one.
As you've seen, this helps you recover targets a hell of a lot quicker
than if you didn't have a pointer of any sort.
You'd have to resort to pulling out
the stuff you're digging out, passing it over your coil,
or keep passing the coil over your excavation,
which is very frustrating and time-consuming.
This speeds up the process no end,
providing you do have it switched on.
That always helps.
It's washable, so I tend not to wash mine because I'm a messy bugger,
but you can pass this under the tap. I doubt it'll be fully waterproof,
but it's certainly splash proof,
rain proof, and cleaning proof as well.
As long as you clean it with running water under your tap,
good scrub, brings it up nice.
Especially if you're in mineralised soil,
you don't want soil which might have a metal content sticking to here
because it'll give you false readings.
Overall, 10 out of 10.