Well, I almost bought one of the ATP's, but when I realized that my old Compass GoldScanner Pro was a much better detector at 30 years older,, I wondered why I should waste the money. You are the one that helped to open my eyes before I ran into the rattlesnake. My word, 3 of them? I had a similar misfortune with the Ace 250, my Daughter hated its guts because it was so xxxx noisy, so it's been a closet door stop for the last few years. Then I bought her one of these little 5.6 Khz numbers, and she nearly fell in love with it because it ran so nicely and found her more trinkets, especially old wheaties and brass/copper jewelry. I bought another one for one of my other Daughters, and she loved it too.
Like you, I thought the ATP was too unpredictable(?), to me too flimsy, and I also did not like its shallow depth signal to the ID screen. And the BOING sound nearly drove the rest of me to insanity..
*If you fill them with concrete they make fair boat anchors for under 14 ft..
So it's up to a giraffe's back in snow? I did 6 1/2 months in Alaska in the snow capital city of America, Valdez, up to 60 feet of snow, and I was probably the only person who ever searched in the town. They scoop snow there at least 8 months out of the year, so I can image what it's like at your place. .
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