blade310
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On my first two hunts I took my At Pro and my Ace 350. I split each hunt between the two. But I didn't like the Idea of someone breaking into my truck and swiping one of my machines while I was off somewhere hunting with the other one. so I now I switch every other hunt. I have been using the At Pro more and more. for instance,today I did a 4 hour hunt with the At Pro and on the way home I thought I really gotta take the Ace out for another hunt. But I got home and got on the At Pro forum and after reading a few posts I am all fired up and ready to take the At Pro out again. I am very slowly (very very slowly) starting to understand a little of all the chatter in pro mode. The first couple of hunts I would start out in pro mode and be determined to stay in pro mode. But after awhile I would get over whelmed and go to std mode. ( I know this is because I started out my detecting career with the Ace 250 and didn't have to deal with so much info). Today I stayed in pro mode. I know I am missing alot of the deeper targets just because I am not understanding what the At Pro is telling me.I think I'll hear a good target among all the other noise but I can't seem to zero in on it. A good example is today's hunt. A buddy of mine wanted to try detecting so we hunted his side yard. he used my Ace 350 and I of course used my At Pro. His house was built in 1920. I was in pro mode coin setting iron disc 39. sens at 2 off max auto ground balance 87. I found 19 clad coins,7 wheat's,a spoon, a play money coin,and 2 keys. every thing I dug was under 5 inches,well the spoon was close to 8 but because of its size it had a loud clear tone 57-59 tid. I know the At Pro was tryin to show me deeper targets but I just wasn't able to grasp the info. some times I thought I heard a good deep signal but I couldn't seem to Isolate it and I would get frustrated. finally towards the end of the hunt I got a feint signal and slowed down my swing speed and slowly shortened my swing and was able to zero in on the sound it was steady 75 tid. I dug between 7 and 8 inches and found some sort of brass or copper doodad. I know some of you guys reading this are freakin a little knowing that there has to be silver hear some where. My buddy did find a 1953 dime he also found a few clad and two wheat's. I estimated the hole he dug for the dime to be about 6 inches. his wheat's were '41' '53'. mine were '18' two '20' '40' two '41' '47S' In the morning I'll be takin the At Pro out again. At least the ace350 got a little exercise today
sorry to ramble on so long.
sorry to ramble on so long.
