Anyone relic hunting with the ATX?

[BootyHunter]

If so, please describe how mineralized your soil is and what settings you are running. Most posts on this ATX forum seem to be geared toward beach hunting, which I also love to do, but I'm just wanting to get some field reports from the relic hunters. Also has anyone that has used a GPX used the ATX and if so how did your overall experience using the ATX compare to using the GPX as in, weight/fatigue, ease of use, and finds. I am NOT starting a detector war, or even a detector comparison, just wanting to know from someone that's used both those detectors to describe the overall experiences, not which detector is "better", which is ultimately an individual opinion for everyone to decide for themselves. Thanks in advance for your replies.

 

[frog21]

I relic hunt with the ATX. I live in Northern Virginia and our ground has fairly high mineralization. I have used the ATX a few days in Culpepr, VA where the ground is very highly mineralized. I use factory settings but sometimes vary the sensitivity and I hunt in motion mode. The ATX is not phased by the soil around Culpeper. I have also hunted in close proximity to high power lines with no effect to the ATX. The ATX is a heavy machine but I can hunt all day and I am not in really good shape. You need to set it up so the arm cuff is as far back toward your elbow as possible and your upper arm is vertcal and tight to you body. This takes the stess off your arm and uses your shoulder. The supplied bungee strap helps some but I think it gets in the way. I have not used a GPX enough to compare the two. If you use the ATX, you need a well built and sharp shovel because you will be digging very deep.

 

[BootyHunter]

I relic hunt with the ATX. I live in Northern Virginia and our ground has fairly high mineralization. I have used the ATX a few days in Culpepr, VA where the ground is very highly mineralized. I use factory settings but sometimes vary the sensitivity and I hunt in motion mode. The ATX is not phased by the soil around Culpeper. I have also hunted in close proximity to high power lines with no effect to the ATX. The ATX is a heavy machine but I can hunt all day and I am not in really good shape. You need to set it up so the arm cuff is as far back toward your elbow as possible and your upper arm is vertcal and tight to you body. This takes the stess off your arm and uses your shoulder. The supplied bungee strap helps some but I think it gets in the way. I have not used a GPX enough to compare the two. If you use the ATX, you need a well built and sharp shovel because you will be digging very deep.

Hey thanks, just the kind of real world experience I was looking for! Thanks again!!

 

[John-Edmonton]

I used it last fall in a very alkaline dried up beach, and pulled out a nice old spoon DEEP and about 20 rotted out coins.

 

[shelton7522]

ATX is too heavy and if you have a lot of iron you will dig all of it. This is an iron magnet. Iron Check work but only for surface trash.