Finally got an ATG

[Atlas]

Hi All

We'll after much procrastinating I finally got an AT gold. Read lots of good stuff on the machine and thought what the heck. Waterproof and simple to run were some of the main features I liked. I'm a water hunter and a gold nugget hunter so it seemed like the perfect machine.

Went out on Sunday to one of my local parks and you can see the finds. Nothing big but not bad for a few hours. The cross is heavy but not silver. I can't wait to get it in the water the swimming area opened this weekend.

I thought the recovery speed was excellent and I didn't dig any iron at all. Which is a bit of an improvement over my other machine. A few scratch signals that were coins especially nickles in disc 2 but they still sounded good. Iron audio worked great.

One concern I had was the connections coil and phones. when I seated the coil connector into the slot with the key slot lined up I could only push in as far as the O ring. I then tightened down the nut but it's hard to get at and I wasn't able to get as many turns on it as I thought would be normal. The machine works fine but I don't want any leaks. The O ring was seated in the groove properly. Black Davy suggested a little silicone on the O ring so I'll give that a try.

HH

 

[outdoors]

coil connection and the headphone connection they both should be pushed in until the o-ring is not showing....and then it should screw on easly with no problem if it is hard to screw on then
the o-ring is not seated properly and can cause it to leak.... go back and watch the video on the two connections again

 

[Atlas]

Thanks for the feed back. Where are the videos? Garrett site? Somewhere else?

OK found it on the Garrett site. I'll have to redo the connection mine didn't slide in that easy.

 

[JoshuaA]

I use a bit of plumbers grease on the O-rings (headphone and coil connection as well as the battery compartment)

 

[senda]

Hello, when you go to plug in your headphones and coil, place the unit in inverted position, coil up, and will be easier. I have both connections, cable and machine, marked with white Tippex two points, when they coincide in without problems. Before long the thread will work smoother.
un saludo

 

[Black Davy]

Hey Atlas,

Nice hunt ATG Rocks, bet you can't wait to hit the marina this weekend! Gotta luv the light weight also