Lost My Pro pointer Whitley Bay!

[silverwood]

I regularly wash my pro pointer and no water ingress yet... though i did have one which started to sound off for no reason... but regtons were great and replaced immediately without quibble ..

Seconded for regtons.
Nigel swapped mine too.
No questions asked.
cannot praise them highly enough.

[Fusion]

I was in my local ASDA store this evening, and noticed a promotional display of Duck brand "DuckTape" in assorted colours, and assorted patterns, like leopard-skin. The ones that caught my attention were bright pink "Piggy Bank" and lime green "Twist of Lime". It occured to me that the pink especially would be a good choice for partly wrapping a pinpoint probe, to help find it when lost. I sometimes use markers to mark findspots and aid pinpointing, they are just 6cm diameter card circles cut from packaging (eg. cereal boxes), and I found bright pink to generally be the most un-natural stand-out colour.
They were all priced at £3 per reel, 9.1 metre reels (not the 15 yards mentioned on Ducks' website):
Here's the Duck website link:
http://www.duckbrand.com/products/duck-tape
Note they also make glow-in-the-dark tape - may also have its uses...

A quick search showed that some sellers on eBay stock these tapes, so they are not exclusive to ASDA.

[SheffieldSparky]

how did you manage to destroy them??

Water ingress mainly lol.
rock pools-piss pots- you name it....ive dropped one in it rl;

Now that doesn,t suprise me Shaun

[Gwawrer]

I hope you find your pro pointer. I used to live in Whitley Bay and I can remember the beach and the massive breakers it could of been washed out to sea by now

I lost mine once and was very lucky to find it.

I have a pair of wellies with a strap and buckle and I slot my pinpointer in there. Plus I've attached a long length of shirring elastic and tied it the the buckle and pinpointer. This is the best set up for me.

[ronleake]

I think that after 12 months it definitely could HAVE been washed out to sea.

[skywalker71]

I would have kept an eye on Ebay and if anyone in the local area was selling a second hand pointer it might well have been your lost one!

I did Whitley Bay beach a while ago and thought it was very poor by the way!

[foci]

Pointer was never found. Bought a Replacement

[JBM]

A few years back I made up a bungee and now most of our folks use one like it.

NO more lost probes. Jerry.

[MarkSussex]

Confusing thread this one, seem's some haven't realized the original post that started the thread was made in Nov 12, 2013

[mrix]

We have this high quality lanyard listing on the MDF Auction at the moment...

Direct listing here - Pin-Pointer Lanyard

Confusing thread this one, seem's some haven't realized the original post that started the thread was made in Nov 12, 2013

Very true but still some relevant replies regarding security attachments and lanyards which will help others stop losing their pointers

Thanks for the update foci and sorry you never found your original pointer
Cheers
mrix

[Gwawrer]

Yes definitely washed out to sea and after this length of time. And after checking the tidal maps and charts I have tracked it to the Solomon Isles for you

[Harry Digger]

Would a pro pointer even come up as a diggable signal on the beach
More than likely it would sound like scrap and not be dug up anyway.

[Resurgam]

Buy a pointer; buy a lanyard and save a whole load of heartache!

Having once lost my Garrett ProPointer and been lucky enough to find it again I invested in a lanyard from the auction site on here and have never lost my ProPointer since.

Buying a lanyard was one of the best metal detecting investments that I have made, but wish that I hade bought it before suffering the loss of my ProPointer!

Short on cash; tie a piece of string to it!!!