just got AT Pro

[tometusns]

I just picked up an At Pro. I took it out in the front yard with my grand daughter. I was digging up a penny when she hit another good signal and sure enough it was a penny too. She`s five years old and has her first coin. I didn`t get any headphones with it and see that it has a special hook up for them. so I recon I`ll need either an adapter or some made for it. do the adapters work well with other headphones or should I get some made for it. Thanks!

 

[BigCatDaddy]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess you bought this used because the new ones come with 'phones. Anyhow, to answer your question, the adapters work just fine if you already have some good quality ones you want to use.

 

[knightsquad]

Tom,
Yes it does sound like you got it used so maybe you don't know that
this detector is waterproof to 10 feet. You may want to get a pair
of submersible phones for it. Just a thought..
Oh, Also read some posts about the 5X8 coil too! Works real
nice on this machine...

Pete

I just picked up an At Pro. I took it out in the front yard with my grand daughter. I was digging up a penny when she hit another good signal and sure enough it was a penny too. She`s five years old and has her first coin. I didn`t get any headphones with it and see that it has a special hook up for them. so I recon I`ll need either an adapter or some made for it. do the adapters work well with other headphones or should I get some made for it. Thanks!

 

[tometusns]

Yes, I bought it used. I`m the second owner, it was purchased in Feb. of this year so I wondered if the warranty would be transferrable. I have found a set of the original headphones for $30 so I`m going to get them. He didn`t have the owners manual but thought he might be able to find it. I went to the Garrett site and downloaded it. I have also watched a few videos on it and it seems like a very good machine. I played with it and how you can put a coin with a nail and it will give you a good sound on the coin is awesome...I couldn`t hardly believe it but I tried it and it really worked. Going to try it out this week and see how it does. I have a 705 with a digger coil on it now, so I`ll take them both out and see what happens. On one video I watched a guy comparing it with the e-trac on iffy signals. Well all I could say after watching it was, for twice the money I would have expected the e-trac to be a lot better and I wasn`t 100% sure he had the AT Pro set up right either. He had the iron disc set at 40 and in the Garrett video he said to not set it any higher than you needed to..? I really don`t know much about either one but I thought the AT Pro held it`s own against what is considered to be one of the best out there. Something else in the video was all of his iffy signals ended up being coins...that seemed a little suspicious to me. Digging iffy signals is what I`ve been advised to do quite often on here and I certainly haven`t always come up with coins...lol. Thanks for the advise.

 

[Johnho]

I'd suggest that rather than spend the $30 on the Garrett headphones spend $40 for the adapter and then you can use any brand headphones as you get into it. With the small adapter from Radio Shack (another 8 bucks I think) for plugging into the Garrett adapter (that has the special plug you need to convert it) you can then use earbuds with the small jack in the summer when it's too hot for headphones.

 

[knightsquad]

Good Luck with it Tom!
You'll love it...

Pete
Check these Vids from Garrett!
http://www.garrett.com/hobbysite/hbby_at_pro_videos.aspx

Yes, I bought it used. I`m the second owner, it was purchased in Feb. of this year so I wondered if the warranty would be transferrable. I have found a set of the original headphones for $30 so I`m going to get them. He didn`t have the owners manual but thought he might be able to find it. I went to the Garrett site and downloaded it. I have also watched a few videos on it and it seems like a very good machine. I played with it and how you can put a coin with a nail and it will give you a good sound on the coin is awesome...I couldn`t hardly believe it but I tried it and it really worked. Going to try it out this week and see how it does. I have a 705 with a digger coil on it now, so I`ll take them both out and see what happens. On one video I watched a guy comparing it with the e-trac on iffy signals. Well all I could say after watching it was, for twice the money I would have expected the e-trac to be a lot better and I wasn`t 100% sure he had the AT Pro set up right either. He had the iron disc set at 40 and in the Garrett video he said to not set it any higher than you needed to..? I really don`t know much about either one but I thought the AT Pro held it`s own against what is considered to be one of the best out there. Something else in the video was all of his iffy signals ended up being coins...that seemed a little suspicious to me. Digging iffy signals is what I`ve been advised to do quite often on here and I certainly haven`t always come up with coins...lol. Thanks for the advise.