My cousin in Boise bought a 305G for his farm shop and the ground clamp literally melted during its first real use. He said it looked like a sad chocolate bar left in the sun. He ended up with an old Miller Bobcat from an auction and that thing just won't quit, even with all the abuse. Makes you wonder what they're building these things out of nowadays.

My old deck taught me that lesson with three rotten posts.

Lol right? @hannah_craig knows the pain. It's like the universe just swallows those little targets whole. I've spent way too long on my knees, digging through a hole the size of a dinner plate, just for a stupid pull tab. My old pinpointer was a total brick, beeping at everything but the actual find. Upgrading felt like getting superpowers, no lie.