I have several different detectors( all have a time and place for use). I've been taking my AT PRO to places that have been pounded for years and are close to being picked clean, NOW here is where the PRO SHINES( IMO). I have been able to pick through the iron to finds relics. I hit a spot today that we named "button Hill"( obviously we found a lot of buttons there). It's been hunted so many times by lots of detectors that no one really detects there any more. I went today and dug 10 buttons everyone was in or near iron targets.( I will post my finds tomorrow). Now I don't think it works any better in open, non trashy places any better then my trust ???? detector( that I know very well).JMO
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Simple question here.... honest answers please
- Thread starter tony (Orlando FL)
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Bottomfeeder
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Both of them I'm just starting to use as of a week ago.
The Pro is easier to move around in the settings , reads out well, and gets good depth. Its also lighter than the Trac, and has the famous bell tone I like.
On the flip side, the E-Trac is more complicated, you don't just go in and make changes without reading the manual, and or, getting some experienced help first. I've been hunting with the trac this week. last week was the Pro.
I plan to alternate back and forth, and see which one actually is doing more for me. I'm keeping track of what each finds, so far the trac has found two Rosies, but the pro has more shallow finds.
Neither of them is for sale. I will say this, I thought about selling the Pro after I got out and tried the Trac, the trac is that impressive. but the trac can't "swim" like the Pro can. Water doesn't phase the Pro, but would kill the trac.
However, depthwise, the trac outdoes the Pro by a good 2-3 inches at least. The signals are clear, and the digital readout is awesome.
Both of these have a place in my arsenal,and they each have great points. I would be hard pressed to pick one, and give up using the other.
Hope this helps.
There is NO absolute car, woman, or detector out there, if there is, I haven't found any of them yet. JMHO.
The Pro is easier to move around in the settings , reads out well, and gets good depth. Its also lighter than the Trac, and has the famous bell tone I like.
On the flip side, the E-Trac is more complicated, you don't just go in and make changes without reading the manual, and or, getting some experienced help first. I've been hunting with the trac this week. last week was the Pro.
I plan to alternate back and forth, and see which one actually is doing more for me. I'm keeping track of what each finds, so far the trac has found two Rosies, but the pro has more shallow finds.
Neither of them is for sale. I will say this, I thought about selling the Pro after I got out and tried the Trac, the trac is that impressive. but the trac can't "swim" like the Pro can. Water doesn't phase the Pro, but would kill the trac.
However, depthwise, the trac outdoes the Pro by a good 2-3 inches at least. The signals are clear, and the digital readout is awesome.
Both of these have a place in my arsenal,and they each have great points. I would be hard pressed to pick one, and give up using the other.
Hope this helps.
There is NO absolute car, woman, or detector out there, if there is, I haven't found any of them yet. JMHO.
Bottomfeeder
New member
I think maybe you've reached an age or place in your life where you are questioning yourself, and or, your life.
I'm not criticizing you, You sound like a very intelligent and likeable guy. One i'd go hunting with anytime.
I'm 62 now, and the last few years I have been witness to my not being the young Hercules I have always thought of myself as.
However, I am blessed with generally very good health, a good and faithful wife, and my life, while I am not wealthy, is good.
Count your blessings my friend. if all you have to grumble about is a detector you say yourself is the best Garrett ever built, well, look inward and get on with a happy time out with your machine. Bless you my friend. be content,,, and happy.
I'm not criticizing you, You sound like a very intelligent and likeable guy. One i'd go hunting with anytime.
I'm 62 now, and the last few years I have been witness to my not being the young Hercules I have always thought of myself as.
However, I am blessed with generally very good health, a good and faithful wife, and my life, while I am not wealthy, is good.
Count your blessings my friend. if all you have to grumble about is a detector you say yourself is the best Garrett ever built, well, look inward and get on with a happy time out with your machine. Bless you my friend. be content,,, and happy.
You greet to all the readers of the forum
I am in Italy, bought atpro from almost 3 months, it never ends to surprise the great functionality, only the problem of the iron great dimension or cork of beer it crowns for his part of protection nukel that even if rusted if a lot of depth plays out then as coin mixed sound or nothing
Also the moderate iron / yesterday steel has deceived me because the sound was not really perfect as it is of a coin, but it doesn't matter, for me ATPRO is excellent, also when I used sovering mineland, great iron you/he/she has always deceived me and for dwarfish coins it didn't feel her
/ Yesterday I complete of hunting 8 coins 6 buttons a crucifix I bronze and a medal religious aluminum
I use the maximum one of sensibility if I don't feel troubles of interference
I also possess XP Maxxim II but it doesn't like salt of the sea, only well for mineralized well ATPRO for everything
Regards and good person it chases X friends forum
Algerio
I am in Italy, bought atpro from almost 3 months, it never ends to surprise the great functionality, only the problem of the iron great dimension or cork of beer it crowns for his part of protection nukel that even if rusted if a lot of depth plays out then as coin mixed sound or nothing
Also the moderate iron / yesterday steel has deceived me because the sound was not really perfect as it is of a coin, but it doesn't matter, for me ATPRO is excellent, also when I used sovering mineland, great iron you/he/she has always deceived me and for dwarfish coins it didn't feel her
/ Yesterday I complete of hunting 8 coins 6 buttons a crucifix I bronze and a medal religious aluminum
I use the maximum one of sensibility if I don't feel troubles of interference
I also possess XP Maxxim II but it doesn't like salt of the sea, only well for mineralized well ATPRO for everything
Regards and good person it chases X friends forum
Algerio
Caretaker me
Member
Tony, have used so many detectors might be the problem, you are use to what they do and this might be a different animal, I remember when the XLT came out , there was a like/dislike about it, I think once you use it more and grow into what it does, you will love it 80 % of the time
Tony I used the AT Pro for the first time yesterday and I can empathize with your feelings thus far. It's a noisy machine, just like my F75 LTD. The factory headphones are Treasure Wise headphones, and sound identical to the Treasure Wise headphones I bought for $20 a few years ago to use as backups when my Sunray & Killer Bs failed me. You will get different audio with higher end headphones, the Treasure Wise phones are very bassy/muted whereas the higher end phones are more pitchy (if that makes sense). You may like the audio better with headphones you're used to as the sounds will be more familiar.
I need to get a lot more time under my belt on the AT Pro before I post any thoughts on it's cabilities, but right off the bat there are three things I didn't like:
-The short headphone cord. I'm not sure why they had to make it so short like it was intended for midgets.
-The display is great in that it provides lots of information, but the display is so tiny that a lot of the information is lost as it's difficult to see.
-Lastly it's not very ergonomic, I think because the arm cuff doesn't extend that far back it makes it act heavier then it is and will wear you out quicker then a heavier machine. Maybe that gizmo extender is the answer to that. It's interesting because they list the AT Pro as 3 lbs on the Garrett website, and the F75 LTD is listed at 3.5 lbs, but yesterday when I put both machines in my car, the AT felt noticeably heavier then the F75 LTD.
I'm on my way to another site today, I'm debating using the AT or the F75
On the other hand I know I'll never learn the AT if I don't force myself to use it.
Oh yeah, I used MY real $$$ to buy the machine
HH,
Brian
I need to get a lot more time under my belt on the AT Pro before I post any thoughts on it's cabilities, but right off the bat there are three things I didn't like:
-The short headphone cord. I'm not sure why they had to make it so short like it was intended for midgets.
-The display is great in that it provides lots of information, but the display is so tiny that a lot of the information is lost as it's difficult to see.
-Lastly it's not very ergonomic, I think because the arm cuff doesn't extend that far back it makes it act heavier then it is and will wear you out quicker then a heavier machine. Maybe that gizmo extender is the answer to that. It's interesting because they list the AT Pro as 3 lbs on the Garrett website, and the F75 LTD is listed at 3.5 lbs, but yesterday when I put both machines in my car, the AT felt noticeably heavier then the F75 LTD.
I'm on my way to another site today, I'm debating using the AT or the F75
On the other hand I know I'll never learn the AT if I don't force myself to use it.Oh yeah, I used MY real $$$ to buy the machine
HH,
Brian
tony (Orlando FL)
New member
Hey Brian,
The AT is just plain ole different is all. This is the first tector I couldnt use right out of the box without some sort of foreplay to help me understand what it is trying to tell me within all the noise. IMO, no matter how good you think you are, a sterile bench test doesnt tell a whole lot to anyone other than what clean targets should sound like.
The AT seems coil heavy and that could be from the angle of the hand grip PLUS the muscles we are used to using. After 2 weeks now, I really hardly notice the weight of the AT unless I switch to another unit I have been using a long time.
The tones/sounds are very explorer like which was among my most unfav units ONLY because of the busy-ness of the tones and each tone sustaining much longer than they needed to imo.
I hit a newly demo'd homesite yesterday and because I only had a couple minutes I used it in STD mode. Dont be fooled, STD is pretty capable and deep. I ran it 4 bars under max due to all the surface trash and was able to dig 7 wheats and a 1949 Rosie. They were at the 7-8 inch range.
The Proportional mode was toooo noisy for the few moments I had at this site yesterday. I do plan on going back tomorrow and run it in the proportional mode and then compare each hit to the STD mode.
Hang in there, like they told me. You will get the sounds down.
The AT is just plain ole different is all. This is the first tector I couldnt use right out of the box without some sort of foreplay to help me understand what it is trying to tell me within all the noise. IMO, no matter how good you think you are, a sterile bench test doesnt tell a whole lot to anyone other than what clean targets should sound like.
The AT seems coil heavy and that could be from the angle of the hand grip PLUS the muscles we are used to using. After 2 weeks now, I really hardly notice the weight of the AT unless I switch to another unit I have been using a long time.
The tones/sounds are very explorer like which was among my most unfav units ONLY because of the busy-ness of the tones and each tone sustaining much longer than they needed to imo.
I hit a newly demo'd homesite yesterday and because I only had a couple minutes I used it in STD mode. Dont be fooled, STD is pretty capable and deep. I ran it 4 bars under max due to all the surface trash and was able to dig 7 wheats and a 1949 Rosie. They were at the 7-8 inch range.
The Proportional mode was toooo noisy for the few moments I had at this site yesterday. I do plan on going back tomorrow and run it in the proportional mode and then compare each hit to the STD mode.
Hang in there, like they told me. You will get the sounds down.