Hi T4P
I have had mine for about 6 months now, I'm still learning a lot about my AT Pro, but I can honestly say from my "extensive" researching before I bought mine, you can't beat it for what you get right out of the box. It does perform very well.
I haven't had "any" of the problems recently mentioned here, and I bought the latest serial number stock that was available back in October.
Mine performs very well in any weather condition (rain, snow, cold (-5 C) or sun). I have dug items that were about 1/4" in diameter down as far as 11" (or more) but safely speaking here, we will say 11". I made a video of this one but my editing skills aren't the best so it's going to take some time to upload it.
I like Garretts way of thinking as well. They give you something you can "actually" use right out of the box instead of having to buy more accessories just to make the MD work properly in a certain area like other companies do. I can hit a nail every 1" apart and still pick up a good target in between that (which I have done many times) using the stock coil, my other ML detector was as slow as molasses in recovery speed.
Having said all that T4P, their are great metal detectors out their no doubt about it, but you just can't beat Garretts price for what you get (a great turn on and go, fast performing machine right out of the box).
Just my 2cents for what it's worth T4P, I'm very happy with mine and it's put the "fun" back into metal detecting.
