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I have a small backyard range at home, I mainly use it for my .22's, but I have also been shooting my new Glock 17 Gen 4 there, normally I don't worry about the .22 brass, but the 9mm brass I want to retrieve and possibly reload for, so I needed a way to search for the fired shells in the mowed grass...
Enter my secret weapon, a Garrett ProPointer pinpointer metal detector, it makes finding those elusive fired cases much easier....
Turn it on, and wave it horizontally just skimming the tops of the grass, the beeping increases in rapidity the closer you are, once you're in the general area of maximum signal, turn the pointer vertical and narrow the search cone, when the beep is nearly constant, you should be on the target
If, like my shooting area, you also have to contend with some old buried .22 brass, here's a hint, you can narrow the focus of the pointer by finding a buried .22 casing, locking target on it, then rapidly turn the pointer off and then on again, that tightens the search cone and makes it ignore, or at least reduce signals from buried .22 brass, since you're looking for fresh brass on the surface of the lawn, it should notice the buried brass much less
Enter my secret weapon, a Garrett ProPointer pinpointer metal detector, it makes finding those elusive fired cases much easier....
Turn it on, and wave it horizontally just skimming the tops of the grass, the beeping increases in rapidity the closer you are, once you're in the general area of maximum signal, turn the pointer vertical and narrow the search cone, when the beep is nearly constant, you should be on the target
If, like my shooting area, you also have to contend with some old buried .22 brass, here's a hint, you can narrow the focus of the pointer by finding a buried .22 casing, locking target on it, then rapidly turn the pointer off and then on again, that tightens the search cone and makes it ignore, or at least reduce signals from buried .22 brass, since you're looking for fresh brass on the surface of the lawn, it should notice the buried brass much less