One of my older sons had been getting the itch to try metal detecting with me and I came here to Findmall to see what was new in detectors. I took the time looking around for what was new and when I got to this AT PRO forum I decided that the PRO would be a good fit for him. I started reading every thing I could find here and went to far as to read back 100 pages of posts on here and was so impressed with this detector I decided I also wanted one for myself. I have 8 upper end detectors already (so what's the matter with having one more. )
I suggest you do the same. There are many many very good tips on how to get the best performance with the PRO. It still winter here in Wisconsin but I did get one day when I could hunt along a tree line on our 20 acre lot. I found a few targets and was impressed. I also did some checking on my coin garden and using some of the tips I'd read on this forum I was realy impressed. By the way I was using the 5X8 DD coil. The PRO with the 5X8 DD would give a good signal on a 9" dime with a rusty nail one inch from the dime ( my ground balances in the low 80's). I won't go into settings etc right now but there are lots of them available right here on this forum.
As you read this forum you will notice that there are a several regular users here who have used the PRO for as much as a year and I credit them for many of the very good tips on getting great performance on the PRO.
Good Hunting,
ArtWI