Pinpointer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which pinpoints.
  2. 2
    A type of hand-held metal detector.

    "Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer."

Example

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"Detectorists may also carry headphones, a metal detecting shovel, hand tools such as a hori-hori (a serrated, steel hand shovel), a “finds pouch,” and a hand-held precision detector called a pinpointer."

Etymology

From pinpoint + -er.

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