sound when laying detector down

[leroy1937]

When I lay my AT down to dig Target it bell tones and show 81.
Do you think something is wrong with it.
In Yuma ground is hot 91

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Could be that the ground is that littered with buried trash? Does it happen every time you put it down ?

 

[nugget71]

Make sure your machine is ground balanced properly and try turning down the sensitivity a few notches at a time........if what you say is true and your ground is HOT it may be causing the AT to false. In some areas I hunt my machines sensitivity is turned down to about 3 sometimes 2 notches........salt water beaches/wet sand........and high electrical areas. I still find plenty of good targets and no noise or falsing to bother me. 80% of the time my sensitivity is on max. Hope this helps.
Cheers!

 

[leroy1937]

Does it all the time.
will try lowering sensitivity .
Run it high now,wide open

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Had the first AT PRO 's that came out did same.
Sent it in to Garrett's for a fix and has been good now.
There was a problem with many of the first batch of detectors
that were sent out.
They were super sensitive to any bump of the coil.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Does it all the time.
will try lowering sensitivity .
Run it high now,wide open

That could be your issue right there ... having your sensitivity maxed-out. Good luck !

 

[MikeLab]

make sure coil wire is secured.

 

[Johnny Cache]

I always reduce my sensitivity to 2 bars when I lay it down while I dig. When I'm done, I turn it back to max sens and keep hunting.

 

[PKB]

or stand it up , coil over your shoulder