AT Pro vs. Minelab X-Terra 505

[IKSDoomsday]

Hello all!

First of all I am new so thanks for any advice beforehand! I live in Washington State and as some of you may know we have some very rocky mineralized ground out here. I have had my Ace 250 for years now and I am looking to upgrade. The question is go with the AT Pro or the Minelab. I open the discussion for any advice that will help me out as they are in the same price range and look to be of the same quality. Thanks all for any help.

 

[BH_Landstar_]

Out of the two, get the AT Pro.

Now if you had said the X-Terra 705, that would have been the choice and not the AT Pro.

 

[IKSDoomsday]

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[widebody]

[size=large]Landstar nailed it. Here in washington we need either the better minelabs or the ATPro. The ATP is more versitile in our mineralized soil between the two choices. An Ace 250 is just as good in the right hands.

HH [/size]

 

[IKSDoomsday]

Went with the ATP but have been having some major depth issues... Quarters will not show up below 6''. My settings pro zero/inron disc 35-40/ Auto GB 93/ sens all the way up. Buried some coing at 6/7/8/9'' and the ATP could not hit anything below 6'' at those settings.

 

[Fletch88]

You must build a test garden and let it age at least 1 year to give any depth comparisons. Freshly buried objects won't give any depth at all. It's easier to just go hunt, rather than getting too worked up on test gardens and air tests. Good luck!

 

[Rainyday101]

You must build a test garden and let it age at least 1 year to give any depth comparisons. Freshly buried objects won't give any depth at all. It's easier to just go hunt, rather than getting too worked up on test gardens and air tests. Good luck!

It will take longer than a year, try 3 years. Once you disturb the ground matrix it takes along time to re-establish.

 

[Mike Hillis]

Manually lower your ground balance settings to 80, even 75.

Freshly buried coins can be hard to hit if you have mineralization.

HH
Mike

 

[Fletch88]

You must build a test garden and let it age at least 1 year to give any depth comparisons. Freshly buried objects won't give any depth at all. It's easier to just go hunt, rather than getting too worked up on test gardens and air tests. Good luck!

It will take longer than a year, try 3 years. Once you disturb the ground matrix it takes along time to re-establish.

Yes I agree, my point was that you can't dig a hole and drop a target in and perform a depth test, that's why I said at least 1 year, but 3 is even better.