I have a Garrett AT Pro and I'm having an issue with it. I have returned it to Garrett numerous times for repair to no avail. They even sent me a new AT Pro but the issue persists. The issue is that when detecting in a field if there is a tiny, single, taller spring sticking up higher than the grass and I hit it with the coil, I get a coin signal. However, there is nothing there. It makes it very difficult to hunt. On the beach it does the same thing if I accidentally touch a mound of sand. Has anyone else had this issue? Any ideas on what may be causing this or how to remedy the issue? Thanks for any suggestions.
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Issue with Garrett AT Pro
- Thread starter Pocket
- Start date
A lot of detectors I have used will sound off, often as a good target when suddenly coming in contact with a stick, touching the soil, hitting stationary target. That is normal. It can be caused by the coil wire just above the coil slightly moving, and the detector reading it as a target. A lot of deep metal detectors will do this. You can do a few things to help prevent this thing:
[size=large]1) Wrap some Velcro tape around the coil wire close to the coil to decrease the amount of wire movement.
2) Turn down your sensitivity
3) Switch to a smaller coil
4) If the tall grass is giving up some great targets, cover the grassy areas with a sheet of plywood, then walk on it while detecting the grass underneath.
5) Ignore those signals (best suggestion) and except them as one of the warts we have to deal with, and keep on tect'n. As long as you are sometimes getting those phantom signals, you are assured that your metal detector is set up to get near or maximum depth. Decreasing the sensitivity will sometimes decrease your ability to reach those deep targets.[/size]
Good Luck!
[size=large]1) Wrap some Velcro tape around the coil wire close to the coil to decrease the amount of wire movement.
2) Turn down your sensitivity
3) Switch to a smaller coil
4) If the tall grass is giving up some great targets, cover the grassy areas with a sheet of plywood, then walk on it while detecting the grass underneath.
5) Ignore those signals (best suggestion) and except them as one of the warts we have to deal with, and keep on tect'n. As long as you are sometimes getting those phantom signals, you are assured that your metal detector is set up to get near or maximum depth. Decreasing the sensitivity will sometimes decrease your ability to reach those deep targets.[/size]
Good Luck!
doc holiday232
New member
With some of the earlier Garretts--1970's this was an issue,but it was determined by Garrett that the coils were unshielded. They corrected this issue and we never had any more problems.