HaroldILL.
Active member
I just ordered an AT-PRO and was wondering isn't Pro mode custom the same as zero except the disc. is set already so it is remembered by the detector when you turn it on?
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Pro mode?
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HaroldILL.
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Also can't you just use Pro mode zero and listen to the tones? That is how I run my CZ is leave disc. at zero and go by tones and modulation then look at the I.D. and decide to dig or not. Thanks.
hunter_46356
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One of the differences between Pro Mode and Standard is the audio respond you get is indirect proportion to the target, hence PRO in proportion. The tones will vary with size and depth of your target. The tones will vary in other ways that can only be described as you learn the AT. Basically the pro mode give you a lot more information on your target than just Standard does. Not really sure if I will ever use the standard mode. Don't skip the learning curve, take it out and dig everything in your first few outings. Mentally record what you hear and what you dig. Couple all this with a VDI and your have one great detector.
I'm still hunting mostly in standard mode, but if I run into a lot of junk, I use the pro mode. I haven't used the pro mode custom much, but it comes in handy if you're looking for something and want to reject everything else. Like if you were looking for a gold ear ring somebody lost and you scanned the other ear ring and had a couple notches to the left or right and stuff like that. That's just what I've read in the manual and with some of the videos I watched. I used the custom in my GTI-2500 to find a brass punch one time. It was in an area with tons of scrap metal and I found it after a little while. I'm still learning my AT/Pro.
Hi Harold. I run in Pro zero all the time, and dig everything above 40 (on beaches).
Do a bunch of bench tests and listen carefully to the machine. I got to recognize the different tones pretty quick, which came in handy.
This past weekend I was hunting a beach and heard a high and clear tone. Nothing showed on the meter or depth gauge, but I continuously heard the same tone, even going over the same spot from different angels, so I dug. About 8 inches down I found a 1937 mercury dime. If I didn't know my tones I might have passed by it. And the kicker, the exact same scenario happened about 15 feet later, this time a 1943 Merc.
I now trust the tone more than the meters.
I've only had my Pro about two months, but I learn something every time I take it out.
Good luck.
Do a bunch of bench tests and listen carefully to the machine. I got to recognize the different tones pretty quick, which came in handy.
This past weekend I was hunting a beach and heard a high and clear tone. Nothing showed on the meter or depth gauge, but I continuously heard the same tone, even going over the same spot from different angels, so I dug. About 8 inches down I found a 1937 mercury dime. If I didn't know my tones I might have passed by it. And the kicker, the exact same scenario happened about 15 feet later, this time a 1943 Merc.
I now trust the tone more than the meters.
I've only had my Pro about two months, but I learn something every time I take it out.
Good luck.
hunter_46356
New member
ScoWin I believe getting an audible tone w/o a VDI value, is described in the manual or I've heard this is not uncommon in Pro mode. I think it's due to the fact that these targets are deeper than the unit is able to discern conductivity. Another good reason to know your machine and what it's telling. All in all it's a coin hog.
Hi Hunter. I agree, the AT Pro and my ACE 250 nail coins like crazy. I'm going to a beach that has been hit regularly by others all winter long, and being that this is New England, what is in the ground now has been there for a long time (not many sunbathers during blizzards). I'm still finding old coins every time I go out.
So far, in two months, I've found a 1941 quarter, a 1935 and a 1937 indian head nickel, the two merc dimes, a 1956 dime, a 14K gold wedding ring, a bunch of wheaties, and a fair amount of modern clad coins, all on the same beach.
I don't remember reading about the tone without display, but I didn't read the entire manual. I was figuring the coins were slightly on edge and deep, causing the detector to see something, but it couldn't determine what it saw.
I'll be back out every chance I get, there's gotta be more!!!
Happy hunting all, and good luck!!!
So far, in two months, I've found a 1941 quarter, a 1935 and a 1937 indian head nickel, the two merc dimes, a 1956 dime, a 14K gold wedding ring, a bunch of wheaties, and a fair amount of modern clad coins, all on the same beach.
I don't remember reading about the tone without display, but I didn't read the entire manual. I was figuring the coins were slightly on edge and deep, causing the detector to see something, but it couldn't determine what it saw.
I'll be back out every chance I get, there's gotta be more!!!
Happy hunting all, and good luck!!!
HaroldILL.
Active member
No offense,But shouldn't a 8'' coin give some type of I.D. along with the tone? I mean 8'' is not super deep?
I read the manual again and it does say "...pro audio depth can exceed target ID depth...".
I agree 8 inches isnt deep, maybe it was soil condition and coin position combined? The tone was nice, high and clear, but fairly quiet. Another factor is my estimation of the depth. My pin pointer is 9 inches, so thats what I use to gauge depth, but its possible I was off.
By the way, if the no offence was directed to me...none taken. ;-)
I agree 8 inches isnt deep, maybe it was soil condition and coin position combined? The tone was nice, high and clear, but fairly quiet. Another factor is my estimation of the depth. My pin pointer is 9 inches, so thats what I use to gauge depth, but its possible I was off.
By the way, if the no offence was directed to me...none taken. ;-)