Is your AT Pro doing this ?

[xmarks73]

I absolutely loved my ACE 250. This AT PRO seemed to resemble that detector plus be a water hunter to top. I was sold. I was getting close to making my purchase and jumped on here to see where everybody was buying theirs and also wondered what everyone thought. I am really glad I found this post. I have read a ton of reviews on others detectors and know from my readings that there are good and bad reviews for every machine. Usually personal preference or common problems is what makes or breaks the review. I am not sure if I want to take a chance with this falseing issue. I know waves, tall grass and surface bumps happen and I am far from the slowest swinger out there. Maybe this one is not for me. I’m kind of bummed because I always said I wished my ace was water proof. I sure wish Tesoro would re-launch their water machines again. Thanks for both sides of feedback in this post.

 

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[EZrider]

Xmarks don't judge yet. Me and the OP are going to the beach today to do some head to head testing. 4 diffrent machines. We will post up the findings.

 

[Geek Squad]

I have a old GTA 1000 that does this sometimes and found out that the COIL COVER had dirt in it. Cleaned it out DUCK TAPED the Cover ON so it wouldnt Vibrate PROBLEM SOLVED

 

[ultraflight77]

I bought a AT Pro in December and it does this, but like someone else has said once you get this coil near the ground it quietes down completely,this is correct!,unless you plan on pulling gold rings out of midair,I would not worry about it. I have already found some nice finds with this detector and I believe that its not a problem. But some have said they won't buy a AT Pro now because of this,COOL! because I will be cleaning house with mine!!! And as far as the whinning about how hard it is to connect the headphones Why not just leave them connected,I hang mine on the handle when I'm finished detecting,theres no reason to have to disconnect them.

 

[Willy]

I have a POS Bounty Hunter 'loaner' detector I decided to fire up the other day.. just to see if it did anything similar. Guess what? Crank the sensitivity and it does THE EXACT SAME THING! Go figger. I suppose people should hold off buying BH detectors too now. After all, don't wanna miss those 'floating targets'. ..Willy

 

[Keppy]

Loved your post re the Minelab dealer Keppy.

I've had a Moderator threatening to EAT ME a couple of days back. He "eats the British". Usual big mouth, no finds type. You can't question their opinion and I'm "anti Garrett" for saying hang on a few months. It is however acceptable to have a post saying ALL C-Scope's are rubbish.

Guess I'm lucky it costs more than $100 to get to Britain, so its out of his price range.

U.K. Brian ...Then you know how it is ............ On these fourms..............

 

[xmarks73]

Xmarks don't judge yet. Me and the OP are going to the beach today to do some head to head testing. 4 diffrent machines. We will post up the findings.

Sounds Good Ezrider. Cant wait to see how the AT pro worked out for ya. I am still holding on to the idea of this detector. My gut is telling me to go ahead a buy it. On another note, of course we dont detect midair, but even manufactures have used the bench test application. In fact I learned of a bench test from a Whites dealer. Its normal for people to worry when something seems wrong or different from what they were taught. My only concern is, I read somewhere the coil falses when swept over high grass, bumping the coil, and wave impacts. If this is true then, the AT pro would not be a good choice for me. I am hoping this was just an isolated case and not a thing of the norm.

 

[Keppy]

Xmarks don't judge yet. Me and the OP are going to the beach today to do some head to head testing. 4 diffrent machines. We will post up the findings.

Sounds Good Ezrider. Cant wait to see how the AT pro worked out for ya. I am still holding on to the idea of this detector. My gut is telling me to go ahead a buy it. On another note, of course we dont detect midair, but even manufactures have used the bench test application. In fact I learned of a bench test from a Whites dealer. Its normal for people to worry when something seems wrong or different from what they were taught. My only concern is, I read somewhere the coil falses when swept over high grass, bumping the coil, and wave impacts. If this is true then, the AT pro would not be a good choice for me. I am hoping this was just an isolated case and not a thing of the norm.

I tested my AT Pro out side in the real world on Sat. it did not false at all when i bumped into snow banks or grass ..... I even put the coil about 8 inches down in the snow like it was in water and still no falseing.......... The only sound was when it went over a coin......... I think this has been blown why out of proportion...........Every one getting all worked up over nothing.......... I tried that test shown in the video with my other garrett and my minelab and they all did what you saw in the video they were picking up the coil cable..............They all sounded off when i waved that coil in the air....

 

[xmarks73]

Xmarks don't judge yet. Me and the OP are going to the beach today to do some head to head testing. 4 diffrent machines. We will post up the findings.

Sounds Good Ezrider. Cant wait to see how the AT pro worked out for ya. I am still holding on to the idea of this detector. My gut is telling me to go ahead a buy it. On another note, of course we dont detect midair, but even manufactures have used the bench test application. In fact I learned of a bench test from a Whites dealer. Its normal for people to worry when something seems wrong or different from what they were taught. My only concern is, I read somewhere the coil falses when swept over high grass, bumping the coil, and wave impacts. If this is true then, the AT pro would not be a good choice for me. I am hoping this was just an isolated case and not a thing of the norm.

I tested my AT Pro out side in the real world on Sat. it did not false at all when i bumped into snow banks or grass ..... I even put the coil about 8 inches down in the snow like it was in water and still no falseing.......... The only sound was when it went over a coin......... I think this has been blown why out of proportion...........Every one getting all worked up over nothing.......... I tried that test shown in the video with my other garrett and my minelab and they all did what you saw in the video they were picking up the coil cable..............They all sounded off when i waved that coil in the air....

Good deal. I am so glad to hear that. Thanks for posting your results Keppy. Feb 11th gonna smack the money down for it. Now if the snow will melt. lol Take care

 

[artyfacts]

I read all posts first then watched your video. If you do the exact test in the field and it does the same thing, your coil is bad. I had a new 8" DD Excellerator go bad in the field and it acted the same exact way. It would false as soon as it was moved to fast or touched anything. I only had the one coil with me and continued to hunt in a very slow deliberate manner otherwise it was home for me. I wouldn't be standing in a line to hunt that way. Just my thoughts and good luck to you. When the milks sour its sour. Get a new coil. Arty

 

[Keppy]

I read all posts first then watched your video. If you do the exact test in the field and it does the same thing, your coil is bad. I had a new 8" DD Excellerator go bad in the field and it acted the same exact way. It would false as soon as it was moved to fast or touched anything. I only had the one coil with me and continued to hunt in a very slow deliberate manner otherwise it was home for me. I wouldn't be standing in a line to hunt that way. Just my thoughts and good luck to you. When the milks sour its sour. Get a new coil. Arty

But the video just shows what most all detectors will do with coil off..... detector on... and waveing the coil around......... It shows notheing about what happens outside in real life detecting........

 

[artyfacts]

I'm with you, outside with coil on or off. If it does it both ways it would seem to be a coil or wiring to the coil problem. It is extreme. Arty

 

[Indasurf]

I don't own an AT-Pro yet..........but from the responses I've seen from this posting it would seem that this specific machine (maybe a few others too) were originally calibrated too "hot" to operate smoothly. The video appears to be a bit extreme and the detector should be sent back to Garrett for service. I also agree that the wire is helping to act like an antenna with the coil off the machine.

Garrett has one of the best customer service departments available! If you call them directly and explain the whole situation, I would bet they'll take care of the shipping (can't promise this though)! To be fair, if the machine is set too hot, and Garrett has said to send it in for a check, and you're unwilling to let them correct the situation and send you back an acceptable working machine, I don't really understand that?

If it does false this consistently when detecting it needs to be serviced. I don't understand the fear of having Garrett adjust or calibrate (de-tune) the machine properly so it can be used successfully, if it's not really useable the way it is now?

From what I can gather, most folks say this erratic behavior stops when actually detecting but an occasional bump might get a false tone (normal for most machines). JMHO.........Thanks

 

[dogpound]

I will be out by the ocean on Sunday doing gold depth tests with my partner , and we will be checking depths in the wet salt sand , the damp salt sand , and the dry sand , on 4 different machines ....... I will make a video ..... All coils will be attached as they would be when hunting , and sorry, but I can't change the water, and no there will be no wires around
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so synthnut how did your AT proform on sunday?

 

[Willy]

I'd rather have a detector that 'runs too hot' that I can dial down, than have one that's 'detuned'. Yup, there will be areas where I can't run at full blast but, conversely, there will be ones where I can go whole hog. Thing is, I nugget hunt a lot, so my detector is generally running a bit ragged anyway, and at full sensitivity. ..Willy.

 

[John-Edmonton]

so synthnut how did your AT perform on sunday?

If the results that I have seen are true, they are exceptional.....but because synthnut took the time to test and hopefully make a video, I'll let him present his results.

 

[Keppy]

EZrider & stnthnut.......... were both to give us results after last week ends hunt........ but so far they have not let us know what happened.............

 

[EZrider]

Jim has it going on Toms fourm. In short the CZ was king. AT was next in line. ETRac and then Excal. Although the AT could hit the target at depth. The tone and ID was all over. There was no way to tell if it was good or not. Same thing with the ET,,,, all over. The CZ hit hard and clear mid tone.

 

[Keppy]

Jim has it going on Toms fourm. In short the CZ was king. AT was next in line. ETRac and then Excal. Although the AT could hit the target at depth. The tone and ID was all over. There was no way to tell if it was good or not. Same thing with the ET,,,, all over. The CZ hit hard and clear mid tone.

EZ ... i posted before that ones i knew......... that had the E-trac then got the AT Pro ...........said that the AT pro out did there E-trac .......... and some got pretty mad at me for the truth................ That a $600.00 detector beat a $1500.00 detector................. And i see that it beat up on the Excalibur to..... ................ Looks like Garrett is right on ...........A good detector at a reasonable price..............

 

[xmarks73]

Jim has it going on Toms fourm. In short the CZ was king. AT was next in line. ETRac and then Excal. Although the AT could hit the target at depth. The tone and ID was all over. There was no way to tell if it was good or not. Same thing with the ET,,,, all over. The CZ hit hard and clear mid tone.

EZ ... i posted before that ones i knew......... that had the E-trac then got the AT Pro ...........said that the AT pro out did there E-trac .......... and some got pretty mad at me for the truth................ That a $600.00 detector beat a $1500.00 detector................. And i see that it beat up on the Excalibur to..... ................ Looks like Garrett is right on ...........A good detector at a reasonable price..............

Yes this makes me VERY sad! I also seen a video where the At pro was pulling 1 Gr nuggets at 6” I also seen the etrac beat by a DFX and AT Pro on Gold items. Etrac did not even blip. I could never sell m etrac, but the AT will probably become my new traveling partner as of next week.