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AT Depth Again

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Caprock_1964

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Just askin. A lot of reports on relatively extreme depths have been forthcoming and I assume with the stock coil, 8.5 x 11. Sounds like the AT is a good buy for the money but I suspect it is not the magic wand in very trashy areas where a small shooter coil might be more appropriate. Bigger coil= greater depth. So tell me, how does the AT stack up in depth (target id too) with smaller coils? Stated differently, how might it compare with say an F75 or MXT given coils of the same size.
 
I hope this is ok to post here. I done a video comparing the AT Pro with the sniper to the Omega with a sniper on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5r3tQmFKA
 
Hi Bill,

Thanks for posting that video.

I have the Omega and it's a great machine, it loves silver, but it's not (at least in my soil) a super deep seeker on silver like say an Etrac. After watching your video, it looks like the Omega is a deeper machine then the AT Pro, but it's not quite an apples to apples comparison as the Omega is using a 5" DD and the AT Pro is using a 4.5" concentric.

Could you do the same test with the 11" DD on the Omega and the 11" DD on the AT Pro...that would be as apples to apples as they can get.

I've been following the AT Pro, it looks like a versatile machine (I like that it's waterproof), it looks like it does great in iron, but I really need a machine that's deeper (by a fair bit) then the Omega on silver. Most of the silver coins left out here are either deep or masked by trash. I'd be curious as to you thoughts between the two machines.

Thanks,
Brian
 
cap I have an atpro and an F75 special edition. the fisher has an 11x5 dd and the pro 8.5x11 dd

the atpro gets greater depth ( unfortunately) than my fisher, even with the fisher's boost on! retail price of my fisher is $1,449.00

retail price of the atpro is $699.95
 
garrettlover said:
cap I have an atpro and an F75 special edition. the fisher has an 11x5 dd and the pro 8.5x11 dd

the atpro gets greater depth ( unfortunately) than my fisher, even with the fisher's boost on! retail price of my fisher is $1,449.00

retail price of the atpro is $699.95
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Hello Garrettlover,
I do not own a F75 SE, but I do own a F75. I would say that if the your AT Pro is deeper than your 75SE, you either have a very bad F75SE or a very hot AT Pro....I have an AT Pro and I think it is a very good detector. I also think that it is an excellent detector for what they cost. What comparisons have you done to make a statement like that. I am not disagreeing with you, as I am learning the strong points of the AT pro...
Good Hunting,
Clyde (La.)
 
for starters we do a lot of relic hunting and use both detectors. when i find really deep objects with the pro i have my wife come to the find and see if the f75 will locate it. sometimes it does sometimes it don't.on the other hand the atpro has never failed to also find things she discovered with her f75. not a scientific test i know,and i sell all brands of detectors and make a lot more if i sell a f75.wasn't trying to bash any detector just giving him some examples of comparison tests i do with various detectors.
 
I read that some are having issues with the sniper small coil a sticker made of metal is on the inside of the coil causing the coil to lose depth...and not pin point...
 
I think there is a lot more difference between detector than we believe. I've noticed extreme differences in what people report. A little discrepancy I can under stand but some are as different as night and day. I base this on some experience of my own.

I've owned 4 different White's DFX's and 3 different Minelab E-Tracs. Each and every one had its own character to varying degrees, and some were as different as night and day. I even sent a DFX in not once but twice because I was sure it had problems it was so different than the others.

I saw the video of the air tests with the AT Pro and Omega 8000 4.5 coils and was shocked. I had the Omega 8000 and while it was a good detector it was nowhere as deep as my AT Pro. Frankly, I suspect and video that shows a 4.5 coil hitting a coin sized target at 12". Goes against all practical science. On a 4.5 coil 5-6" should be the very MAX one could ever expect, but 12" on a nickle with a 4.5 is just outrageous insane.

Anyway, I think a lot of what we see in different reports is more a quality control issue than we're aware of.
 
There are a couple of you that caught my attention. I am considering an A/T Pro and was wondering how it stacked against the F75. Some of you mentioned having both so if you don't mind, I will use this thread as a place to ask a few questions; they deal with depth so it's still on topic.

1. Those of you with the F75s that are giving depth comparisons. How are you running the F75? Disc mode or motion all metal mode? I done the videos on the F75; one of which Fisher has up on their website as a how to for it. I noted early on that the F75 gets a TON better depth and target response in motion all metal than running it in disc mode. Even if the disc is set to a very minimum amount, the all metal opened it up to several more inches of depth. So I was just curious about that. Does the A/T Pro have a true all metal mode or the ability to run at near 0 disc level? The reason I ask is because this is a big determining factor for me. I hunt in heavy iron dirt that will mask anything in it if you run any discrimination at all. Basically it's like throwing a coin under a sheet of rusty tin from a roof and trying to knock the tin out and hit just the coin. Case in point, the F75. In disc mode even with it set at near 0, you're looking at 6-7" tops on a minie ball. Throw it into motion all metal and you're closer to 12-13 inches with a solid signal although the target ID will be reading as iron with the minie ball in ground. I've seen the videos of the A/T Pro showing how it does with its iron ID...which is really good in most soils but not for mineralized iron dirt because everything in it sounds like iron. So that wont be one audio option I can really use; but a single all metal style mode or audio would be really beneficial.

2. Most all videos I've seen of the A/T Pro are of air tests and not real world hunts. The ones I have seen on real world hunts, haven't gave any footage of the detector actually sounding off on the in ground target before digging...it's always AFTER the hole is dug and the target out of the hole with them showing what they have found. I want to see some of the detector actually sounding off on in ground targets before they are dug...then showing what the target actually is after digging. If anybody has a link or links to videos like that, please send them my way.
 
Try turning your ground balance down to 20 and re-try the air test...lots more depth you will get usually.

Good test...!

Alan
 
Yeah, let's see the Omega pick up a tiny gold nugget as deep as the AT Pro.:rofl:
 
Bill_S said:
I hope this is ok to post here. I done a video comparing the AT Pro with the sniper to the Omega with a sniper on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY5r3tQmFKA
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Please redo video with the At-Pro in Pro/Zero Mode not Standard. GB both to ferrite first. I bet you'll see different results.
 
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