MNCoinhunter
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westwardHO...so do we. Please let us know how the AT works for you....we would love to see pictures of your finds.Find's Treasure Forums
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- Thread starter Detectorguru
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westwardHO...so do we. Please let us know how the AT works for you....we would love to see pictures of your finds.I think the $600 price tag is going to be a bargain
for what the machine is capable of doing.
I think it will do better than the Whites MXT or M6
of which I thought were very good detectors and cost a few $$$ more!
The AT Pro should be even better considering the new technology.
I watched the videos and the "roll tone audio" is an extra feature
you won't find on any other detector for the money!
We pre-ordered one for my son and I don't see how it could
not be a great machine.
for what the machine is capable of doing.
I think it will do better than the Whites MXT or M6
of which I thought were very good detectors and cost a few $$$ more!
The AT Pro should be even better considering the new technology.
I watched the videos and the "roll tone audio" is an extra feature
you won't find on any other detector for the money!
We pre-ordered one for my son and I don't see how it could
not be a great machine.
Willee - Texas
Well-known member
I can see Garrett not wanting to release detectors that they need to call back ... or in 6 months do an upgrade to.
Who wants to see an AT PRO II come out within a year and destroy the resale value of the original AT PRO.
With all the speculation flying around I hope the new AT PRO can live up to the expectations.
Some are already touting it as the greatest detector ever made ... and no one has one yet!
Will it compete with the Excalibur ... only time will tell ... but at that price I am hoping.
Wait a minute ... who needs a beach full of new users with high performance detectors?
Garrett was needing a good discriminating detector for beach and shallow water since abandoning the older AT detectors some time ago.
They were a decent beach machine and IF the new AT PRO is a bit deeper and more sensitive to small gold THEN it will be as big a hit as the ACE 250.
Wonder how much KellyCo will discount that price ... I am thinking ... $479 with accessories.
Who wants to see an AT PRO II come out within a year and destroy the resale value of the original AT PRO.
With all the speculation flying around I hope the new AT PRO can live up to the expectations.
Some are already touting it as the greatest detector ever made ... and no one has one yet!
Will it compete with the Excalibur ... only time will tell ... but at that price I am hoping.
Wait a minute ... who needs a beach full of new users with high performance detectors?
Garrett was needing a good discriminating detector for beach and shallow water since abandoning the older AT detectors some time ago.
They were a decent beach machine and IF the new AT PRO is a bit deeper and more sensitive to small gold THEN it will be as big a hit as the ACE 250.
Wonder how much KellyCo will discount that price ... I am thinking ... $479 with accessories.
SteveP(NH)
New member
Willee said:
There is no way it will compete with an excal at a beach. The excal was designed as a beach machine the AT PRO wasn't. If you look at the recommended applications chart in Garrett's latest catalog you will see that the AT PRO *IS NOT* recommend for surf hunting. Brad from Garrett customer service has told us that the AT PRO doesn't have any special circuits or software to help it do better in the surf. It should perform much as any other high frequency VLF machine that can GB to salt and that does not have ground tracking when it is used in the wet sand at ocean beaches. If you want to compare it to a Minelab machine then do a fair comparison for the AT PRO, the XTerra 705 would be the closest model that they make. If you want a Garrett machine to compare to the excal then look at the Infinium.
A lot of people have jumped to the conclusion that because Garrett made it waterproof to 10 feet that it was meant as a beach machine and that just isn't true. The listened to all the folks saying they wanted manufacturers to start making general purpose machines waterproof so they could use them in a rain storm without worrying they were going to destroy their detectors. If you look at the feature set of the machine it is plain as day that it was designed as an inland relic machine. Since coins are just another type of relic it will also be a good coin shooter but probably not the best one in Garrett's lineup at least once they update the GTI line which I bet is the next thing on their plates.
Willee said:
Dream on brother - the list price of the machine is $699 and it is being discounted by KellyCo to $599 and you can usually beat that price if you are a regular customer with a local dealer and that is as cheap as it is going to be for quite a while. The AT PRO is already selling like hot cakes as the pre-orders have already far exceeded Garrett's expectations. There won't be any need to discount the price further as the machine is going to continue to be a big seller. Those accessories they give away with aren't worth a hill of beans either, I could on about those accessories more but if I do this post will likely get deleted.
BuckeyeBrad
New member
http://www.kellycodetectors.com/garrett/garrett-atpro.php
Willee, are you thinking there will be a temporary "intro or Christmas special" price in order to get the $497 instead of the $597 being advertised everywhere now?
Willee, are you thinking there will be a temporary "intro or Christmas special" price in order to get the $497 instead of the $597 being advertised everywhere now?
Rob in (Ca)
Active member
Remember The AT Pro is a silent (no threshold ) Detector, so a lot of the old timers are going to find that a strange feature to getting use to. It took me months to get use to it on The White's M6 ....which I loved, but took time.
Jason in TN
New member
There was never any date set other than November. All Garrett said was November.
I think this machine was designed to be a do-all machine, so that a potential buyer should not have to own a "machine for this, a machine for that", and so forth. With that being said, most of us probably already have enough specialized machines to cover out hunting types. I know that I do.
[size=large]If nothing else the ads and hype put out on the AT PRO shows how good "Word Art" can be. It's purpose is to get people to think something was said when it wasn't. You'll not find any words or phrases that say the AT PRO will work in SALT WATER or SALT WATER SURF. There likewise none that say it won't. Only graphs that show Garrett doesn't recommend it. Some knowledgeable folks feel it still will. Garrett never said it will.
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Willee - Texas
Well-known member
SteveP(NH) said:
Even during the worst hurricane here on the Gulf coast I have never encountered rain that put me 10 feet under water.
Besides ... Zip lock bags and rubber bands will rainproof any detector.
By Garrett saying that it is waterproof to 10 feet is the same as saying it is a wader class water detector.
SteveP(NH)
New member
Willee said:
So you are saying that when Garrett says it isn't recommended for surf that they are wrong about their machine? Also explain how to make a detector waterproof to 1 inch so it will stay dry in a thunderstorm downpour or be ok if it is accidentally dropped in a stream but not be ok to 10 feet. In otherwords they got the 10 feet just from making it waterproof. They are open and honest about it not having any features to help it deal with wet salts and yet some people who don't look at their marketing materials are going to jump to the conclusion that it is a salt water machine and then damn them when it doesn't even work as good as a GTI machine (which at least has ground tracking) at a salt water beach.
This isn't rocket science just look at the feature set of the machine - it doesn't have ground tracking - how is a VKF machine going to keep up with the changing ground balance values at the beach without tracking? It has 3 different features to give it better resolution on iron, why do you need enhanced iron resolution on iron for beach machine - you just discriminate out iron at the beach it doesn't matter to you what type of iron it is, but if you are relic hunting it does. Brad at Garrett customer support has said that it doesn't have any special circuits or software to help it handle salt water beaches! If Garrett was going to make a surf machine don't you think they would add some features to help it handle the salt water beach environment?
Use your brain it is plain as day to see this isn't a surf machine - Garrett is saying it isn't a surf machine why don't you want to believe them?
Good point Oak!----People should be realistic in what they are getting for the price.----Go by the price, features listed (for what they need) & lastly & most importantly field results.---But don't try to make the machine into something it isn't (or wasn't designed to be).-----Me, I'm going to get one & give it a good (fair) testing in my hunt environment/conditions.----If it "cuts the mustard" (FOR ME) it stays--if not, it "takes a hike"---simple as that.----And no, I shore ain't rich---just a "tector nut"! 
----There's no perfect detector (by any manufacturer)--you just try to get one that meets (most) of YOUR needs.----------Del
----There's no perfect detector (by any manufacturer)--you just try to get one that meets (most) of YOUR needs.----------Del