Thinking about the AT Pro

[Roseburger]

I live on the Florida coast and would really like to comb the beach and some shallow coastal areas. I have read both that the AT Pro is great and not so great depending on who it is. Would this machine work well for what I want it to do? It's just at the top of my budget so I couldnt opt for a pricier machine

 

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[Loco-Digger]

The AT Pro is not a bad detector, but it is not what you want when you plan on hunting in the salt water or wet sand. It should do okay in the dry sand like most all other detectors.

Hopefully Terry Solomon will post a video for you concerning this topic.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

You will find that there are about a dozen manufacturers making good products and each one has a full selection of models.... why? Because there is no perfect detector to use everywhere and in every situation. Some are set up as a more general use machine and others are specialized for specific hunt conditions. One of those specialized conditions is a salt water beach, due to the wet (potentially) conditions and the unique way it usually effects detector performance.. That's one of those places where people generally want a sealed, waterproof detector that will detect targets filtered deep in the sand. Electronically it can be a challenge for manufacturers to get a machine to work well in those conditions. Some manufacturers have overcome this by utilizing multi-frequency technology (which can get pricey).

The AT Pro is one of the most popular general use machines... it works very well in most conditions like inland and away from the beach. But being a single frequency detector, it isn't set up to sense targets as well in comparison to specialized beach machines in the salty beach sand. But that doesn't mean an AT Pro will not work at all at the beach... it's just not optimized for those conditions. As a first detector it will work just fine though and is often recommended to new users.