:csflag::garrett:AT PRO in salt water.

[Ron Lord]

Bought an AT PRO on Friday ,went land huntting today and found a little over $8.00 in change Tomorrow I going water huntting in salt water Too find out what all the chatter is about.

 

[Neil]

what chatter are you referring to?

 

[Ron Lord]

Everyone I have talk to say the AT PRO chatters in the salt water.

 

[TerraDigger]

All VLF detectors chatter in salt water, or become inoperable due to the level of chatter. VLF (AT Pro) detectors see salt water as metal. But you might want to post general area where your beach is and perhaps some forum members can give you detector settings advice. Save you time and frustration.

 

[Neil]

Everyone I have talk to say the AT PRO chatters in the salt water.

I never waded with mine in salt water but have wet sand hunted it at the ocean and had waves going over the coil and it didnt chatter. I ground balanced and then dropped the sens down one notch from highest setting and it worked fine.

The place I got the most interference from was a stream I hunt that is right next to a major road and I suspect thats from the wires that run on the poles there. I could only run about half sens there and I could still here it mumbling a little.

Good luck at your beaches.

 

[Neil]

All VLF detectors chatter in salt water, or become inoperable due to the level of chatter. VLF (AT Pro) detectors see salt water as metal. But you might want to post general area where your beach is and perhaps some forum members can give you detector settings advice. Save you time and frustration.

My sovs and excals dont and there are others that dont also. Ive waded with an Xterra 70 at bay beaches up to my knees with no problems. It didnt get the depth of the Sovs but did well and was quiet. the new G2s balance well on wet sand but never waded the one I had.
there are a bunch that are ok at it actually.
it might be the beaches you hunt that do this to all vlfs.

 

[TerraDigger]

I was under the impression JunkLord was going to have the coil 'in' the salt water...not wet sand. Also assumed the beach was mineralized to some degree and he was using a VLF (land based), not a VLF specifically built for use in salt water.

 

[Neil]

all Im saying is years ago it was true about vlfs at the beach but today there are quite a few that work well there both on wet sand and in the water. I dont think Ive ever seen a vlf specifically built for salt water but perhaps you might post it up so I can see.
Fishers CZs and Whites BHID are also vlfs that work in the salt water environment

I was just responding to your statement that all vlfs chatter in salt water or become inoperable due to the level of chatter, which simply is not true.

 

[Ron Lord]

All wright you two you can stop your fighting ,I'm back from the beach AND, The AT PRO from dry sand to wet sand and into the salt water no chattering . This is a very sweet detector very quit.I have hunted Land ,wet sand and salt water,I hunt in custom PRO mod.32 on iron, auto ground Bal. and no chatter at all I love IT.

 

[John-Edmonton]

http://www.garrett.com/hobbysite/hbby_at_pro_saltwater_video.aspx

 

[seahunter34]

Then there must be something wrong with my Garrett modified ATP? It goes crazy in the salt! Lots of false signals. I even took it to the Caribbean where the ground minerals were low- no Dice! Yet it works perfect on land. I tried Pro mode with reduced sensitivity. But I forgot to try reducing the GB manually.

Really, if the rest of you have smooth running machines in the salt, then I have to send mine back to Garrett again???

 

[seahunter34]

junkloard3139, where did you have sensitivity set at in the salt? Did you have Iron Audio on? Did you test reducing GB manually? Thanks.

 

[Neil]

All wright you two you can stop your fighting ,I'm back from the beach AND, The AT PRO from dry sand to wet sand and into the salt water no chattering . This is a very sweet detector very quit.I have hunted Land ,wet sand and salt water,I hunt in custom PRO mod.32 on iron, auto ground Bal. and no chatter at all I love IT.

I apologize, I didnt realize it looks that way. I would guess alot of our findings are site dependent.

Glad to see your AT works where you are

 

[TheGeorgiaCanuck]

Well mine goes NUTS here in Vancouver in the surf. I've tried auto GB and Manual GB, even reduced the sensitivity to under -20 and still its going nuts. Dry sand or wet and its fine, but the moment I hit the surf...it goes insane. I'm hoping it was only that beach, will test it this week at another beach farther south.

 

[Ron Lord]

Iron Disc 35, iron audio off,sensitivity 4 Bars , auto GB IN THE WATER,Freq set at F4,nothing notched out. If you like this setting let me know.