AT Pro for silver coins

[Mtcooley]

I am new to the At pro and I was wondering how you guys think the At pro stacks up against the e-trac or safari for silver coins. I have not found any yet and I am getting a little discouraged. What is the best settings and should I stick with the At pro or get a minelab for coins? I really like the At pro for relic hunting that I do sometimes.

 

[togamac]

I've had the AT-Pro for two years and have about 130 hours on it. I've found one silver coin, a merc at 8 inches deep in damp ground, in those two years. I've brought this up on this forum and was told that it's not the machine, it's where I'm hunting.

I think the only way to know for sure is to go out with someone who has an e-trac, hunt a site together and compare notes.

 

[idaho dan]

I really like my ATPRO. I hunted with 2 other guys the other day in dirt adjacent to older homes. One guy uses an ETRAC and found a few things. The other guy uses an ATPRO and found a TON of coins (he even found several coins in an area that I had already worked with my ATPRO). He has used his AT more than I and it sure shows. I am getting better all the time with my AT but am really learning that more experience generally yields more finds. I have been using my machine in Standard Mode, set to Zero, with sensitivity set at least half. Good Luck.

 

[Pastor bob]

Last year with my AT Pro i found 70 silver coins. I use the pro mode in zero. I go slow and listen for the high tone and the depth. Found a lot of those coins next to iron so this machine can do it. Deepest coin was 10". E-trac in the hands of an experienced user will likely do better, but I would rate the ATPro even with the Safari. But, if the coins aren't there no machine will find them.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I don't know about the other detectors, but if you are always comparing one machine against the other, you will never be satisfied. However, the AT Pro will get the silver and at times will meet and beat other detectors. Click on the link to see some of the great finds made by users on this forum.....

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?79,1522378,1522378#msg-1522378

 

[eagle52]

115 Canadian silver coins found last year and some US silver dimes.

 

[John-Edmonton]

n/t

 

[togamac]

Yup, it probably comes down to experience. Because of my personal situation, I don't dig every tone. In fact, if I'm at a park, I'll notch out zincolns and won't dig deeper than about 8 inches (too much dirt!). So, I may be missing some deep silver. I've pinpointed some old foundations on maps and will try to really listen for the faint signals this summer. Of course they're in the woods so I'll take along my little shovel (which I NEVER use in public places).

 

[sparkster]

Standard mode is not the way to go. Put the Pro in zero mode, all metal if possible and the sensitivity two bars below max. Try that, if you can keep the Pro stable while raising sense to max, do it. If all metal drives you nuts, play with the discrimination a little. Drop some metal on the ground and dust sense so it just barely does not see the metal. That's where you want to be. Another tip is to get yourself a 1964 or earlier Rosevelt drop it on the ground see what it reads, should be 82-83. Now burry it 4" see what it reads there. Now you have a barometer to go buy.

The pro is an excellent silver machine. The silver has to be there for your coil to go over it. I will be honest with you. I have a CTX 3030 and I use my pro before I use it to find all the shallow coins. Then I will use the CTX to see if there is any deep silver. 90% of your silver finds are going to be 4" or less. Go slow 3-4 second passes with your coil and scrub the ground with the coil guard. Your goina find silver sooner orvlater. If it was easy, everyone would be out there doing it. Research old areas of town, check vacant lots, old houses (with permission), median strips and most of all under old clothes lines.

Good luck----------------you have the right machine for the job------------------it's not the machine.

 

[joetoilet]

I've been in a silver slump the last few weeks. Today in between jobs I found a 1948 rosie in a field behind my sisters home. Then while waiting on some guys to show up for another job, I grabbed my ATPro and hit the side of the road close to the driveway and found a 1950 rosie, a 1954 rosie and a 1936 merc. When I first got my pro I had doubts myself, I've been using a whites m-6 and really like it. It just takes time and location, location, location. When you learn the sound of silver, you know when you got one. Most times that is...HH and hang in there.

 

[Grunter]

My silver count is way up since I started with my ATP last Jan. I added to it yesterday with a 1937 Walker. My third for the year. I've probably hit 30 silvers to date this year,only had about 20 for the whole of 2012. I was hunting with my buddy and he was running a CTX. He scored 4 wheaties and a nice chauffers license from the 40-42 period but no silver. We pounded a yard about a week ago that gave up 22 silver coins. He got 14 and I got 8. This was a lot not more than 30 sq. The ATP will find silver if you walk over it. Dimes 82-83,quarters 84-86,halfs 88-90. I haven't found a dollar coin yet, so I don't have any VDIs for them yet. Somedays my bud finds silver,other days I find silver and some days we both find silver, and some days we don't find squat.