AT PRO Water Hunting

[Texcam]

I've had my Garrett AT PRO for 8 days now. I've found a lot of coins and a few pieces of costume jewelery and 1 10K gold medallion and 1 small 14K gold ring.

The AT PRO works very well on land, but it takes some practice to pinpoint with the double D coil. I'm still having a lot of trouble with the pinpointing as I thought a might find a Toyota Corrolla in one of the holes I dug.

I tried the AT PRO in the saltwater surf for about an hour and it nearly drove me nuts in the shallow ankle deep water with the constant noise and chatter, which I retested the area with my Garrett Sea Hunter and no noise or targets. The AT PRO quieted down once it was in waist deep water and dug a few bottle caps.

I will have to give a longer water test the next time out.

 

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[bwirth1999]

You need to make sure of a few things when using it. First ground balance is imperative. I know that on the Florida east coast, most places i have been have a GB of about 11 to 13 in the wet sand, and even in the water.

Two, make sure your sensitivity is a bit lower. This I can only partly back up as I keep mine maxed out with my AT, and it's just fine.

And three, which kind of relates to number two.... Be careful you're not bumping or moving the coil too fast, the vibration from moving it in the water was causing mine to freak out when sensitivity was high, similar to the falsing issue that many people had an issue with.


Just work with it, and listen to the sounds. They tell you all you need to know.

 

[lookindown]

You need to make sure of a few things when using it. First ground balance is imperative. I know that on the Florida east coast, most places i have been have a GB of about 11 to 13 in the wet sand, and even in the water.

Two, make sure your sensitivity is a bit lower. This I can only partly back up as I keep mine maxed out with my AT, and it's just fine.

And three, which kind of relates to number two.... Be careful you're not bumping or moving the coil too fast, the vibration from moving it in the water was causing mine to freak out when sensitivity was high, similar to the falsing issue that many people had an issue with.


Just work with it, and listen to the sounds. They tell you all you need to know.

Do you have any trouble using automatic ground balance at the beach ?

 

[bwirth1999]

Nope, the only time I have needed to use manual is when I went back to the max GB. other wise the detector set itself perfectly.