Been waiting for it to show up. I open the box and put it together like a 4 year old at Christmas. My coil connector spun on with ease. I didn't think it was hard to line up. But my phone jack nut was tight. I looked at the threads and all I can say is a simple thread chaser would straiten out the problem at the factory. If you take it off and on 5 times the treads will clean up and work a lot better. Next I looked for my new velcro straps but there were none to be found. So I fired it up and it sounded just like my Ace. But I was soon to find out this was no Ace. It's a beast! It's cold here with snow on the ground but I have a 20 year old seasoned test garden. That's where I went. I used the auto GB feature and it's fast. I set it in Pro/zero mode with 6 bars of power. Iron disc zero. My test garden only consists of a zinc, copper cent, nickel, clad dime, clad quarter, round tab and square tab. Every target at a measured 6 inches. I have had a lot of brands and models over this garden with one thing in common. No TID machine has ever consitantly ID'd my nickel. I mean no lock at all. I always wanted to dig it up and see what was screwing with the ID's of these machines but never did. I have had machines from 5.59 to 22.5 kHz on that nickel and all were wacky. You know what I'm going to say now...... The ATpro shot a rock solid 52 every way I swung the coil! It hit all the other targets at great depth too by raising the coil. Like I said it's a beast! I then came inside for some more air tests and the iron ID worked flawless. I will have to say that every tone was smooth, crisp and pleasant to my ear. Do not let the cable connectors keep you from this machine! I'm telling you the audio is something very special. My soil is frozen 2 inches but as soon as it thaws I'll be digging! Also my Gizmo fit's perfect on the ATpro to extend the arm cuff back! What a plus!


