borntohunt460
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- Jul 30, 2013
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- Garrett AT Pro, Tesoro Silver uMax
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I had three hours today so I went to the park with my brand new AT pro.. Did I just not look hard enough or is there a reason no one told me the garrett digging tool is worthless? First, the endcap of the handle popped loose into the handle so if I tried to use my palm for leverage at all it felt like I was being crucified.
yeah....lets put a rubber grip on the handle that slips down as soon as you grip it and push down. I actually ended up taking this rubber "comfort" grip off at the end of my hunt.
why in the world would you design a recovery tool with this god awful right angle at the base of the handle? ---- probably after the third hole my pointer finger was bleeding since it is what absorbed the blunt of my force pushing down on the handle
most notable is that unless your digging in the sand, mud, or the hopper of a slushee machine, you will not efficiently move any dirt. I used a 2 dollar trowel with my silver umax and this 40$ piece of garbage increased my recovery time from around 1 minute to a minimum of 6 (with extreme frustration and pain)
As if my "relaxation" time wasn't going bad enough--- my pro pointer now is useless. It air tests normal on metal objects but the second that I put it in a hole of dirt it starts beeping sporadically and continues to do so if I pull it out and up into the air. For every target I had to put my head phones back on and use my coil to half ass pinpoint. I am the original owner of the pro pointer but I didn't fill out any warranty info a year ago when I got it as a gift (I directed them to the site where to purchase it)-- I guess ill call garrett and throw myself at their feet.
As far as the Atpro, it was a little overwhelming at first but I think I just need to get used to it.
1. I started with pro zero , iron discrim at 29, full sens, and auto balanced but as soon as I swung it on the ground, I got beeps for everything that had ever been in the ground.
2. I tried to use std coin mode and make myself feel good about a shallow quarter but the bleeding knuckles outweighed this
3. I finally started seeing some repeatable 90's read outs but the high pitch sounds were never alone..there was always a midtone or iron tone thrown in there even if it was a coin and even if I had my iron discrim at 30.
4. The depth indicator is wildly inaccurate
5. I didn't dig any coins deeper than 4 inches regardless of what the depth indicator said. the faintest repeatable signals I got were quarters at 5 inches
6. people have mentioned that theres a point where it will beep a sound and not necessarily have a readout number but I noticed that this is an extremely small window.
found a dollar in clad today with an equal number of trash digs. 3 hours down 97 painful hours to go
Im not discouraged with the Atpro yet but the propointer and digger made for a very bad day
yeah....lets put a rubber grip on the handle that slips down as soon as you grip it and push down. I actually ended up taking this rubber "comfort" grip off at the end of my hunt.
why in the world would you design a recovery tool with this god awful right angle at the base of the handle? ---- probably after the third hole my pointer finger was bleeding since it is what absorbed the blunt of my force pushing down on the handle
most notable is that unless your digging in the sand, mud, or the hopper of a slushee machine, you will not efficiently move any dirt. I used a 2 dollar trowel with my silver umax and this 40$ piece of garbage increased my recovery time from around 1 minute to a minimum of 6 (with extreme frustration and pain)
As if my "relaxation" time wasn't going bad enough--- my pro pointer now is useless. It air tests normal on metal objects but the second that I put it in a hole of dirt it starts beeping sporadically and continues to do so if I pull it out and up into the air. For every target I had to put my head phones back on and use my coil to half ass pinpoint. I am the original owner of the pro pointer but I didn't fill out any warranty info a year ago when I got it as a gift (I directed them to the site where to purchase it)-- I guess ill call garrett and throw myself at their feet.
As far as the Atpro, it was a little overwhelming at first but I think I just need to get used to it.
1. I started with pro zero , iron discrim at 29, full sens, and auto balanced but as soon as I swung it on the ground, I got beeps for everything that had ever been in the ground.
2. I tried to use std coin mode and make myself feel good about a shallow quarter but the bleeding knuckles outweighed this
3. I finally started seeing some repeatable 90's read outs but the high pitch sounds were never alone..there was always a midtone or iron tone thrown in there even if it was a coin and even if I had my iron discrim at 30.
4. The depth indicator is wildly inaccurate
5. I didn't dig any coins deeper than 4 inches regardless of what the depth indicator said. the faintest repeatable signals I got were quarters at 5 inches
6. people have mentioned that theres a point where it will beep a sound and not necessarily have a readout number but I noticed that this is an extremely small window.
found a dollar in clad today with an equal number of trash digs. 3 hours down 97 painful hours to go
Im not discouraged with the Atpro yet but the propointer and digger made for a very bad day
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