Sand Pirate
Jr. Member
- Jun 26, 2013
- 38
- 6
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro, Garrett Pro Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Up until yestereday, my ATP has been working great...no issues. I last used it this past Sunday and it worked flawlessly. BUT....
Yesterday I went for a spin on the beach....turned it on and it just went crazy!....It would not ground balance...numbers did not change, and it wouldn't shut up. I moved to another location thinking I may have been over a can or something, no help. This thing had a mind of it's own. It was making every sound imaginable, display was bouncing all over the place and it would not stop. I turned it on and off several times...did a factory reset, changed frequencies, took out the battery pack, checked for moisture etc, unplugged the coil connector checked for moisture, nothing....put everything back together...still going crazy. I could not get it to tone on anything either. i put the coil directly on my scoop and it would not "see" it...no tone other than the prolific chatter. It reminded me of something having a short in it....After about 30 minutes of doing this over and over, she finally settled down a bit, but to keep it steady I had to turn the sensitivity down to two or three bars. HIGHLY unusual. I still could not get a good GB, and she was still chirping when she shouldn't have been....I still managed to find 4 pennies before the rain came....
Anybody else experienced this?
Yesterday I went for a spin on the beach....turned it on and it just went crazy!....It would not ground balance...numbers did not change, and it wouldn't shut up. I moved to another location thinking I may have been over a can or something, no help. This thing had a mind of it's own. It was making every sound imaginable, display was bouncing all over the place and it would not stop. I turned it on and off several times...did a factory reset, changed frequencies, took out the battery pack, checked for moisture etc, unplugged the coil connector checked for moisture, nothing....put everything back together...still going crazy. I could not get it to tone on anything either. i put the coil directly on my scoop and it would not "see" it...no tone other than the prolific chatter. It reminded me of something having a short in it....After about 30 minutes of doing this over and over, she finally settled down a bit, but to keep it steady I had to turn the sensitivity down to two or three bars. HIGHLY unusual. I still could not get a good GB, and she was still chirping when she shouldn't have been....I still managed to find 4 pennies before the rain came....
Anybody else experienced this?
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