Well, on land, that is. Finally decided to see what the A T Pro was all about. I am pretty much an old coin and relic hunter, but since retiring I find that my wife and I vacation at water spots, like up in Minnesota, 3 or 4 weeks every summer. So, thought the A T Pro might be the way to go.
Anyway, my first outing with it was this morning at one of our big old city parks. This place has been pounded for 30 + years, but on occasion still gives up a goodie. I started right off in Pro mode zero with iron audio on and 6 sen. After a few minutes, bumped the sen up to 8. Oh, and I had the 5x8 DD coil on. Also have the 11" DD, but am already loving the 5x8. At this spot I recovered most of the clad, Memorials, the 2 tokens and the sterling ring with a red stone. The ring was about 3" deep and was reading 81-82. Dug some trash just to get a feel for tones and vdi readings.
After a couple of hours of swinging I decided to leave and hit a small park that is located on the corner of a very busy intersection. This little spot had been hit hard by three of us back in the spring and had yielded each of us several silver coins and numerous wheat cents. I wasn't expecting much considering how hard we had hunted it and mainly wanted to see how the Pro handled emi. This spot has plenty of such when getting up near the streets along two sides. Fortunately, the A T Pro had no emi issues what so ever. And I was running the same settings as at the other old park.
My very first target up near one of the streets was a 1918 wheat cent from 6," using the Pro pin pointer as a measure gage. A few minutes later got the other wheat cent, a 1950. After recovering a couple of 4" deep Memorial cents up along the other street I hit the1940 Merc. It also was about 4," but partially masked by a small piece of iron.
Beyond the coil connection situation, which took me 15 minutes to hook up last night, ( I hope it gets easier) I believe I am going to really like this little rascal. HH jim tn
Anyway, my first outing with it was this morning at one of our big old city parks. This place has been pounded for 30 + years, but on occasion still gives up a goodie. I started right off in Pro mode zero with iron audio on and 6 sen. After a few minutes, bumped the sen up to 8. Oh, and I had the 5x8 DD coil on. Also have the 11" DD, but am already loving the 5x8. At this spot I recovered most of the clad, Memorials, the 2 tokens and the sterling ring with a red stone. The ring was about 3" deep and was reading 81-82. Dug some trash just to get a feel for tones and vdi readings.
After a couple of hours of swinging I decided to leave and hit a small park that is located on the corner of a very busy intersection. This little spot had been hit hard by three of us back in the spring and had yielded each of us several silver coins and numerous wheat cents. I wasn't expecting much considering how hard we had hunted it and mainly wanted to see how the Pro handled emi. This spot has plenty of such when getting up near the streets along two sides. Fortunately, the A T Pro had no emi issues what so ever. And I was running the same settings as at the other old park.
My very first target up near one of the streets was a 1918 wheat cent from 6," using the Pro pin pointer as a measure gage. A few minutes later got the other wheat cent, a 1950. After recovering a couple of 4" deep Memorial cents up along the other street I hit the1940 Merc. It also was about 4," but partially masked by a small piece of iron.
Beyond the coil connection situation, which took me 15 minutes to hook up last night, ( I hope it gets easier) I believe I am going to really like this little rascal. HH jim tn
You are going to really kill some stuff once you get that Pro in the water. Unbelievable how well you did your first day out, and in this heat with the ground all dry and whatnot..Awesome work!
Pretty strong little machine eh? Wait until you dig a foot for a nickel in the right sand situation, you will really be impressed, but I see you are already...Great post!.
