Which one to get

[MattinSC]

Im trying to decide between the Garret AT Pro or the AT gold. Im in SC and want to do relic and gold hunting. descriptions for the ATpro say it will find gold. Does anyone know how reliable it is that search? Or should i go with the gold and use it for relic hunting? Any hints??

 

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[Phantasman]

Two opposite spectrum's. Relics respond better to a lower freq and gold better to a higher freq. But not that much. If you want to relic hunt as well as gold, I'd go with the AT Pro. The only thing it may miss is the tiniest of gold, which is the AT Golds advantage.

 

[MattinSC]

Thank you for the input

 

[DiggerinVA]

I have both and like both very much....but if relics are your passion the AT gold should be your choice. It hits those deep bullets alot better than the pro and has the deeper threshold based all-metal mode.

 

[DiggerinVA]

As for frequency. ..a relic hunter generally wants a higher frequency machine and a coin hunter a lower. Take the Tejon for example a very popular machine designed for relic hunting uses a very high frequency around 18-19khz and then they have the Silver Umax designed for coins uses 10khz. The AT pro is designed to be a all purpose machine and uses around a 15khz frequency. Also...a thing to remember is if a machine is good for gold it will also be good on lead as they have very similar conductivity. The Gold will hit good and hard on anything from the nickel to the brass range which should cover most of your relics.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello,

I agree with "DiggerinVA". I have both and tend to use my AT Gold for my relic hunting needs, all metal and threshold really makes the difference.

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