Beachcomber
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Ok I would like to know how to get one of the 16" deep air test versions of the AT Pro like John Edmonton and Keith Southern have. So far the two that I have seen and tested at the Dealers have only been the 12" Air Test version like Pyledriver's. I have already told my Garrett Dealer that as soon as he gets one of the 16" units in I will take it. But so far no luck. Now I know some of you are going to jump right in here and say air tests don't matter and that they are not valid tests of a machine and while that is partially true it isn't totally true. Whatever depth a machine air tests at is the maximum depth that machine can get under ideal circumstances. Now in the wet salt sand I would never be able to get the air test depth but in the dry sand at the beach air test depths are easily attainable so for the locations that I hunt I want that extra 4". Even if you go over onto the PI Forum and ask Eric Foster he will tell what he has always said about his PI's and that is whatever depth his PI's Air Test at that is the depth that you will get on the same target in the ground. The only machines that I have ever found that do better in the ground than they do in an air test are the multifrequency minelabs because they actually need the mineralization in the ground in order for their circuitry to operate properly. A perfect example of this is taking a Minelab to a freshly plowed field. They get almost no depth in that environment and a single frequency machine will blow them away. But as I said they are the only machines that I have ever come across that go deeper in the ground than they do in an Air Test.
So if anyone knows how to order and get one of the 16" deep air test AT Pro's please let me know as I would really like to get one.
Thanks
Beachcomber
So if anyone knows how to order and get one of the 16" deep air test AT Pro's please let me know as I would really like to get one.
Thanks
Beachcomber