tony (Orlando FL)
New member
About a week ago, I said I wasnt quite sure about the hype etc etc about the AT Pro. This week, I can honestly say I have enjoyed using it the last two days. My original batteries are down to one bar, it seems to have taken me this long to witness some of its strong points.
I can now say, from my own experience that IF you want to learn the AT Pro, I suggest you dont go to a worked out area right off the bat. My mistake was taking it to a couple of the absolute worst places we tect at. First off, the sites are loaded with major iron of all sizes and depth, secondly, the # of good targets just arent there anymore or simply undetectable. It can be very frustrating, no matter how much tecting experience you may have and no matter how smart you may think you may be when using any detector be it new or old.
The FIX for my personal situation was to go to an older park and simply look for coins, which I rarely do. I tend to look more for relic like items however dont mind digging a coin while I am out looking for old fort / home site items.
I spent about 4 hours at the park and learned what good signals sound like and how they act in both modes (STD and Pro). At the end of my hunt, I had plenty of coins from respectable depths with amazingly accurate target ID.
After learning to walk in the park I AGAIN took the AT Pro to the site with all the worst conditions imaginable and this time I found all sorts of things. Coins (non old) old silver plated pocket watch pieces from the 10-11 inch mark while running sens 3 bars from max. Found way old make-up and lipstick containers, dog tag, eating utensils etc. Mind you, I was at this same place a week ago and found maybe 2 coins and my head was going to explode! Now, I was able to determine exactly what was dig-able and what wasnt.
Even though I can reliably guess the bottle cap acting like a Quarter, I still cant let myself leave em in the ground. I still dig em and will for a little while longer just to be sure I have a definite handle on the bottle cap sound .
I am glad I took ya'lls suggestions and hung in there, it paid off nicely.
Tony
I can now say, from my own experience that IF you want to learn the AT Pro, I suggest you dont go to a worked out area right off the bat. My mistake was taking it to a couple of the absolute worst places we tect at. First off, the sites are loaded with major iron of all sizes and depth, secondly, the # of good targets just arent there anymore or simply undetectable. It can be very frustrating, no matter how much tecting experience you may have and no matter how smart you may think you may be when using any detector be it new or old.
The FIX for my personal situation was to go to an older park and simply look for coins, which I rarely do. I tend to look more for relic like items however dont mind digging a coin while I am out looking for old fort / home site items.
I spent about 4 hours at the park and learned what good signals sound like and how they act in both modes (STD and Pro). At the end of my hunt, I had plenty of coins from respectable depths with amazingly accurate target ID.
After learning to walk in the park I AGAIN took the AT Pro to the site with all the worst conditions imaginable and this time I found all sorts of things. Coins (non old) old silver plated pocket watch pieces from the 10-11 inch mark while running sens 3 bars from max. Found way old make-up and lipstick containers, dog tag, eating utensils etc. Mind you, I was at this same place a week ago and found maybe 2 coins and my head was going to explode! Now, I was able to determine exactly what was dig-able and what wasnt.
Even though I can reliably guess the bottle cap acting like a Quarter, I still cant let myself leave em in the ground. I still dig em and will for a little while longer just to be sure I have a definite handle on the bottle cap sound .
I am glad I took ya'lls suggestions and hung in there, it paid off nicely.
Tony
