Got My AT Pro (Euro Version) Tonite. Air Tests Looking Good For Gold :thumbup:

[John-Edmonton]

I got home from work, and there was a note by the mailbox that a parcel had arrived. I had to go pay some duty and brokerage charges, then went home to put it together. Man...is it ever light. The box almost felt empty. It went together basically like my ACE 150 & ACE 250. But....you must exercise caution when attaching those headsets. The water proof connector is like the Infinium and Sea hunter, which all have two tiny copper pins which must lined up to the female connector on the housing. DO NOT BEND them, as they may brake off if you have to straighten them up again.

It was -15C/5F outside, so I did some air tests in the house. I built a cardboard box over a plastic laundry bin, & tested it to make sure that there wasn't any metal around to affect my results. I only used the coin mode, as I have issues with ground balancing a detector in air. Nonetheless, the results were simply amazing. This machine is soooooo sensitive to gold. And....it gets fantastic depth on rings, either gold or silver.

Below is a histogram I quickly put together using my results on the 6 targets I tested. The Euro AT Pro is calibrated in metric (cm) and I am quite comfortable with either.

 

[mrwilburino]

Those are some nice numbers!

 

[Sky1]

Wow, would love to see a video of that, those numbers are very impressive!

 

[Critterhunter]

I like the looks of the machine and the fact that it's a water proof full lcd display detector that isn't heavy, so it's as at home on land as it would be in the water. That's unique in a water detector. However, being a high frequency machine I have my doubts about it's ability to not only hit at depth on silver/copper coins, but also to get depth on anything in high mineral land sites. From my experience only low frequency machines (like say 8khz or lower, with 3 to 6khz being ideal) get any type of depth in my soil, and as said hit harder on old silver/copper coins. Air testing is interesting but not a true world judge of depth. For instance, Minelab Explorers, Etracs, & Sovereigns are said not to air test very well at all, and will get much better depth in the ground. In fact, it seems like the worser the ground gets the better these machines perform. The way BBS and FBS machines work (they don't handle the ground balance like all other detectors) they need to see a ground load in order to achieve optimum depth.

What I'm saying is I'd like to hear how well the AT Pro does on silver, copper, and gold rings in some coin gardens. If there are any kind of minerals present my money is on the depth getting worse, where as it gets better with a Minelab. Not nocking the AT Pro. I may consider adding one to my line up down the road. I just would like to hear about in ground test results to compare to the above air tests.