AT Pro...personal experiences...what are yours?

[Bev]

If you think spending more will give you more, think about it next time a Mercedes passes you by on a flat bed.

AMEN, sister! The AT Pro is a good machine that hasn't been without a few issues, but Garrett stands by them. If you (anyone) can't learn to trust or have confidence in it and give up on it, then unfortunatly it's your loss.

That's part of the reason I always chime in to tell that I have one of the early machines and have never had any of the issues ( I know other's too...), to show people that these issues were isolated. Something my father always told me to remember..."Nothing man made is EVER perfect..."

Speaking of cars... Had an aquaintance who purchased a new Range Rover, he drove it from the dealership to the office, about 8 miles, from the office it went back to the dealership on a flatbed. How's that for a confidence builder with a $70,000 vehicle?

True enough! I like your comment about early machines (most likely more simple) having little issues. That's why my favorite hunting vehicle is my '79 Jeep Cherokee:

 

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[dogpound]

Does anyone have experience with the AT Pro for beach hunting? I'm looking for another detector for my time down at the shore because I found the Compadre I bought does not perform well in the sand.

i use my AT pro at the beach. dry sand it has no problems, on the wet sand i just make sure that after i auto ground balance that i kick the ground balance down a few more notches and it keeps it from gettin chatty. i can also run my sensitivity pretty high by kickin the GB down manually. pinpointing in the wet sand can get tricky but thats when i use the wiggle method insted of the pinpoint button

 

[ossi]

I am very satisfied with the AT, the backlight would have been a few cents, 15 " search head would be produced if interested. I'm only 34 iron voice pro mode. Good machine .ossi

 

[Sailorman]

Well I have two machines. An AT-Pro and an E-Trac. I love them both and use them for different jobs in different places. The AT is great for me in the woods with the 5x8 coil. It does good on relics in my soil. It's also my wet machine and with the sniper coil a great totlot sweeper.

While it's also a great coin shooter alas the ET is deeper at the job and for the price it darn well better be. However the difference is not as great, in my experience, as some might think. It also weighs a lot more and sweeps slower so you cover less ground.

I did develop an issue with the ground balance and had to send it in last week but they are taking care of it. Feels odd with half my toolkit missing.

I have used it on saltwater beach and it performed well there for me. From wading to the dry sand it did good and made finds on stuff pretty deep. The ground balance needs to be setup right is the key. As mentioned above I did the auto procedure then cranked it down manually until it ran silent. Usually 0 to 2 submerged, 5 to 6 in the wet sand and 10 to 15 in the dry worked well.

 

[gleaner1]

Well I have two machines. An AT-Pro and an E-Trac. I love them both and use them for different jobs in different places. The AT is great for me in the woods with the 5x8 coil. It does good on relics in my soil. It's also my wet machine and with the sniper coil a great totlot sweeper.

While it's also a great coin shooter alas the ET is deeper at the job and for the price it darn well better be. However the difference is not as great, in my experience, as some might think. It also weighs a lot more and sweeps slower so you cover less ground.

I did develop an issue with the ground balance and had to send it in last week but they are taking care of it. Feels odd with half my toolkit missing.

I have used it on saltwater beach and it performed well there for me. From wading to the dry sand it did good and made finds on stuff pretty deep. The ground balance needs to be setup right is the key. As mentioned above I did the auto procedure then cranked it down manually until it ran silent. Usually 0 to 2 submerged, 5 to 6 in the wet sand and 10 to 15 in the dry worked well.

I see you developed an issue with gb on a machine and sent it in and they are taking care of it. Which one is it?

 

[Sailorman]

It was the AT-Pro. They replaced the large coil and one board inside and it's back in my hands and working again. No complaints from me!

 

[Keppy]

I did develop an issue with the ground balance and had to send it in last week but they are taking care of it. Feels odd with half my toolkit missing.

Yes what detector did you have to send in the E-Trac or the AT Pro ??

 

[GibH]

Yes what detector did you have to send in the E-Trac or the AT Pro ??

I'm guessing from his reply right above yours it was the AT-Pro

 

[Keppy]

Yes what detector did you have to send in the E-Trac or the AT Pro ??

I'm guessing from his reply right above yours it was the AT-Pro

Yep must have missed that......

 

[Gonehunting]

Im a new member to the AT group.. My first full day outing was actually relic hunting.. It's a place I had hunted before and found several buttons, bullets, and cool relics,, but nothing prepared me for what I found.. I hunt in Oklahoma so usually the oldest thing we find is usually Barber's and Indian heads and at that no earlier than the late 1880's and those are rare.
This day was my best day as far as coins go. First off it was about 20 mins before I was going to take a lunch break, was working up the back of an old home place and got a good repeatable signal that was on the surface.. It was a 1852 3 cent piece.. My oldest US coin. I had never saw one and by the size, I thought it was fake or some child's play money.. After figuring out what I had went and took a break and sort of a lunch, wasn't really hungry..lol
Went back to the general area and the very first signal I got was lower 70's and showed sort of deep. I was still learning the machine and having a tough time zeroing in on the target.. finally after about 5 mins of looking and listening I found my second oldest US coin and 1853 half dime.. I can't say enough about the machine.. Could my other machine found it, who knows, who cares, all I know is I had the right machine, at the right time that day.. Kudos to Garrett and both the ATPro and Gold.