Garrett AT PRO in SaltWater

[GatorBoy]

Are you ground balancing it properly? Try swinging your coil Parallel to the water Instead of crossing varieing degrees of compaction and salt content.
And ground balance each time you change the conditions your swinging over.
You shouldn't be getting constant False signals.. some is normal.. but they're easy to tell apart from repeating targets.

[svensken77]

Mine didnt do good in salt. i have tryed all possible different settings and even changed the coil, didnt help so i bought an Excalibur II and uses the Garrett AT PRO for land and freshwater.

[LifeNRA]

I don't think a corroded fitting will stop the AT Pro from working in saltwater That looks more like owner error to me. Looks like the detector was put away saltwater wet more than a few times.

Anything involving saltwater requires to be rinsed off at the end of the day! Otherwise you get this!

[Sandman]

Not all saltwater beaches are the same as for salt concentrations and black sand. This can even change on the same beach whether in the water of on the wet sand. This is why many say it is not a Saltwater detector. Only the double freq detectors or PI's operate without falsing at wet sand saltwater beaches. AT Pro works on the dry sand and some of the wet stuff and is a good freshwater unit too. Though again somebody is going to complain about a leak and totally bad mouth it. It is not a water detector guys.

[GatorBoy]

Well put.
I do routinely use mine in 1-3 foot depth saltwater with no problems.

[lookindown]

Ive had mine submerged for hours in saltwater with no problems...I used it two Summers ago in saltwater on 15 to 20 hunts, all 6 to 9 hours.

[GatorBoy]

Man.. you hunt like me.
Pack-a-lunch

[lookindown]

Man.. you hunt like me.
Pack-a-lunch

Yeah, its about 90 miles to the water from where I live and when we go we get our moneys worth.

[NJnuggetpirate]

I don't think a corroded fitting will stop the AT Pro from working in saltwater That looks more like owner error to me. Looks like the detector was put away saltwater wet more than a few times.

My pro shaft is all scratched up but that's ok right

[GatorBoy]

Yeah.. mine is too.. it happens.
Try to make sure you rinse it real well before retracting the shaft..little bits of sand can get in and act like sandpaper.

[NJnuggetpirate]

Yeah.. mine is too.. it happens.
Try to make sure you rinse it real well before retracting the shaft..little bits of sand can get in and act like sandpaper.

Okay I will going out again today

[MBbeachrat]

The AT PRO is the true dream machine. Gets great depth even on small jewelry without any false signals. Picks up gold chains. Quiet operation even in black sand. A dream in the salty surf, it is so stable. The guys that use them where I hunt always kill it. That will be my next machine for sure!

[NJnuggetpirate]

The AT PRO is the true dream machine. Gets great depth even on small jewelry without any false signals. Picks up gold chains. Quit operation even in black sand. A dream in the salty surf, it is so stable. The guys that use them where I hunt always kill it. That will be my next machine for sure!

Love mine still haven't found gold yet though

[GatorBoy]

One of those pull tabs wont be a pull tab one of these days..

[Jay In NewKen]

Mine falsed some at Myrtle (wet sand and and surf) but can't wait to give it another go next month in Jersey. Now that i got a decent scoop, I'm curious how it will perform there. Def prefer the stock coil over the 5x8 at the beach.