banjonyc
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- Sep 13, 2012
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- Garrett AT Pro, White Beach Hunter ID 300, minelab Excalibur II
Hi,
So I just got an AT Pro and went to Rockaway beach to run it through some paces. I already have an amazing Whites Beach Hunter, but I wanted a device that I could do some relic hunting on dry land and also use it on the beach. It is much much lighter too than the Hunter. I had a frustrating day and so I need some insight. This might be long, but I want to get out some points and I tend to ramble.
First, I was falsing a lot. Let me explain. With the Beach hunter, you can literally skim the sand with the coil. This gives you optimum reading. I rarely get a false reading when using the whites. I tried to skim the sand with the AT Pro and it would give a nice bell sound that indicated a coin, but i knew there was nothing there as the bell would happen on the beginning and end of my swing. In addition, when i tried to dig a coin and set the coil down on the sand behind me, it would also ring as if it were on a coin. I stopped skimming the sand and did my swing about 1/2 inch above it. I still would get an indication there was a coin, but again it would be at the beginning or end of a swing. I would check by doing an X pattern and the bell sound would not happen, so no coin.
My question is, what am I doing wrong here? The machine was grounded and I tried a few settings to notch out iron etc. It is frustrating because I want to get a nice bell sound only when there is an actual coin.
Thanks
So I just got an AT Pro and went to Rockaway beach to run it through some paces. I already have an amazing Whites Beach Hunter, but I wanted a device that I could do some relic hunting on dry land and also use it on the beach. It is much much lighter too than the Hunter. I had a frustrating day and so I need some insight. This might be long, but I want to get out some points and I tend to ramble.
First, I was falsing a lot. Let me explain. With the Beach hunter, you can literally skim the sand with the coil. This gives you optimum reading. I rarely get a false reading when using the whites. I tried to skim the sand with the AT Pro and it would give a nice bell sound that indicated a coin, but i knew there was nothing there as the bell would happen on the beginning and end of my swing. In addition, when i tried to dig a coin and set the coil down on the sand behind me, it would also ring as if it were on a coin. I stopped skimming the sand and did my swing about 1/2 inch above it. I still would get an indication there was a coin, but again it would be at the beginning or end of a swing. I would check by doing an X pattern and the bell sound would not happen, so no coin.
My question is, what am I doing wrong here? The machine was grounded and I tried a few settings to notch out iron etc. It is frustrating because I want to get a nice bell sound only when there is an actual coin.
Thanks
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