Pinpoint Waterproof Metal Detector Pinpointer with Belt Holster

This is a handheld pinpointer probe from PudiBe, sold under the Pinpoint name: the short, narrow detector you use once a full-size machine has told you a target is somewhere in a patch of ground. Two things separate it from the usual beep-and-buzz probe. It has a backlit LCD, and the listing puts a maximum underwater depth on it, which brings rivers, ponds and the shallow sea into scope rather than just wet sand.

Who this suits

The listing names adults and kids as the target users and the operation type as one-touch, so there is nothing to learn before the first outing. Compatible environments are given as river, brook, pond, lake and sea, which is a wider brief than most pinpointers claim.

It suits a hobbyist detectorist who already owns a full-size machine and works in and around water, and families who want a simple probe for beach and river days.

Skip it if you want one tool that covers ground on its own. A pinpointer has no sweep coil. It tells you the metal is right here, only once you already know it is roughly there.

How wet it can go, and the caveat

Two rows describe the water side. The waterproof rating is IP66, and the maximum underwater depth is 20 ft, with an underwater usage duration given as up to 48 hours.

Those two rows do not sit together neatly, and you should know that before you buy. IP66 is the rating for powerful water jets, not for holding a device under pressure. A depth claim normally sits behind a submersion rating instead. Twenty feet, roughly six meters, is a genuinely useful number if it holds: that is snorkeling depth and it covers almost all river and pond work. If you plan to take it on scuba dives, ask the seller to confirm the depth before you rely on it, because the two rows on this page point at different things.

The screen, and why it matters underwater

Most pinpointers give you a beep and a buzz and nothing else. This one adds an LCD with backlight, carrying a signal level display and a battery condition readout.

Underwater that changes how you work. In silt or low light your ears are busy and a buzzer is hard to place, but a signal strength bar tells you whether the last inch you moved took you closer or further away. The battery readout matters for the same reason: you find out you are low before you swim out, not after.

Three alert modes, three sensitivity levels

The probe runs three modes: vibration only, which is silent, audio only, and vibration and audio together. Silent mode is the one for a busy park or a quiet campsite. The combined mode is for wind and moving water, where either signal on its own can slip past you.

On top of that there are three sensitivity levels, and the search type is listed as 360 degree, so the probe reads metal all round its body rather than only off the tip. Drop the sensitivity when mineralized sand or nearby scrap starts triggering it constantly.

Power, and what is in the box

It runs on a single 9V battery, and the listed accessories are the pinpointer itself, a holster, that 9V battery, a hanging wire and an English user manual. Belt holster included is called out as its own row, which matters more than it sounds: a probe you have to hold is a probe you put down and lose.

The listing gives no weight and no case material, so if either decides the purchase for you, ask the seller rather than assuming.

Which version this page covers

One configuration, one color. The listing gives the color as black, the quantity in the package as one, and the year of the latest model as 2021. There are no size or color variants to choose between here.

The bottom line

The screen and the depth claim are the two reasons to pick this over the alternatives. Three alert modes and three sensitivity levels cover the normal range of conditions, and one button keeps it workable with cold hands. It is not a full detector and it will not tell you what metal it found. And the gap between the IP66 rating and the 20 ft depth row is worth a question to the seller before you dive with it.

Specifications