I got out early this am to beat the heat and discovered just how deep the AT Max is in all metal. The ground balance numbers in this particular park were in the mid 90's and just about every single frequency detector I have tried struggles to get much deeper than 6 inches or so. I hit some areas loaded with clad before hitting the sled riding hills. This is a 100 year old park and the coins on these hills are 8 inches plus deep. There is not much modern trash on these hills so I decided to try the all metal mode( sens two bars from max and threshold 1)
I was about ten minutes into the first hill when I got a relatively loud signal that bounced between 53 and 60. It pinpointed small and 8 inches deep on the scale. I was hoping the with the 53 number a nickel might be in order and sure enough from 8 inches comes a 1927 Buffalo. That makes 5 Buffs with the AT Max and I have only used it six hours or so! Within six inches of the plug for the Buff, I got another fairly loud signal bouncing 60 to 80. An old wheat. When I re-checked the area, I heard another similar signal inches away. Now I knew I was on a spill so I started checking the signals in "zero mode max sens" I could not even get a peep in this disc mode and I was somewhat shocked. I really thought the Max would see the target in zero, but I remembered just how bad this ground was. All metal was a breeze here and I ended up with four more wheats, with two approaching ten inches deep. I finally got the signal that I hoped would be silver(repeatable, small pinpoint, deep on the gauge, and with some numbers in the low 90's. Pristine mercury dime from 9 inches.
This all metal mode has it's place when trash is somewhat minimal and targets are deep. I found that the numbers bounced on targets deeper than 8 inches. If you are in all metal and see coin numbers and the target is deep, don't hesitate and dig it. This is proving to be a real sleeper of a detector. You just don't hear much chatter about the Max out on the forums, but I am glad I decided to try one!
I was about ten minutes into the first hill when I got a relatively loud signal that bounced between 53 and 60. It pinpointed small and 8 inches deep on the scale. I was hoping the with the 53 number a nickel might be in order and sure enough from 8 inches comes a 1927 Buffalo. That makes 5 Buffs with the AT Max and I have only used it six hours or so! Within six inches of the plug for the Buff, I got another fairly loud signal bouncing 60 to 80. An old wheat. When I re-checked the area, I heard another similar signal inches away. Now I knew I was on a spill so I started checking the signals in "zero mode max sens" I could not even get a peep in this disc mode and I was somewhat shocked. I really thought the Max would see the target in zero, but I remembered just how bad this ground was. All metal was a breeze here and I ended up with four more wheats, with two approaching ten inches deep. I finally got the signal that I hoped would be silver(repeatable, small pinpoint, deep on the gauge, and with some numbers in the low 90's. Pristine mercury dime from 9 inches.
This all metal mode has it's place when trash is somewhat minimal and targets are deep. I found that the numbers bounced on targets deeper than 8 inches. If you are in all metal and see coin numbers and the target is deep, don't hesitate and dig it. This is proving to be a real sleeper of a detector. You just don't hear much chatter about the Max out on the forums, but I am glad I decided to try one!
