The Sunray probe was the first pin-pointer I have had that I feel is a very high quality product. I had other brands before the Sunray and even a few of the more expensive ones but after getting irritated with them quickly they sat on the shelf. In 2009 I finally broke down and spent the money on a Sunray. You don’t have to look far to find all the great reviews and people speaking highly of the Sunray but I guess I just had a hard time justifying spending that much money.

 The Sunray is very easy to add to your machine. Installing mine on the E-Trac probably took less than 10 minutes and with the cable running through the shaft of the E-Trac and Explorers before the Sunray is installed it makes coil change much easier when you have the probe installed because now the cable runs on the outside of the shaft up to the Pin-pointer.

 One of the first things I noticed when using the probe is its ability to work in discrimination mode. Using the probe in Discrimination mode is especially useful when you have multiple targets in a hole, you can separate those targets within the hole because you can hear the same tone as you would with your machine. Once you have the targets separated within the whole you can put your machine in pinpoint mode and then find exactly where that target is. As far as I know there is no other pin-pointer on the market that has multi-tone and this is a huge advantage because there is nothing worse than having a junk target at 4 inches in a hole and a coin at 6 and a regular pin-pointer only hitting on the junk first and scratching a good coin or relic trying to chase junk.

 The Sunray probe is a very durable, hard working pin-pointer that always gets the job done. I have seen Sunrays that have been in use for many years and have worked flawlessly and they have certainly proved themselves with detectorists on any kind of machine they offer Sunrays for.

 The Pros: Heavy duty, well designed pin-pointer that attaches to your detector and works as an extension of your machine and being attached ensures you will not lose it like you could a handheld. It is the only pin-pointer on the market that works through your machine and you can hear the separate tones if multiple targets are in the hole and this can be the difference between a good recovery or a scratched coin or relic. I think a lot of people think the Sunray is hard to install or will be complicated, this is not the case at all. The Sunray also gets very good depth and in my opinion it is perfect, the average depth is about 2-3 inches on coin size objects.

 The Cons: Can only be used with one machine at a time, could be used on other machines if it takes the same probe but would have to remove it from the one machine and re-install onto the other. The added weight can be noticeable after a long day of detecting.