Garrett doesn't call the AT pro a beach detector, they call it an All Terrain defector...that's what the AT stands for.We have to watch out for false advertising all the time. Even with Garrett calling the AT Pro a beach detector. Yeah, you can use any detector on the beach with various success. But to put the guts in another box and calling it NEW is just dirty pool. Next someone will tell us that certain colors produce more gold rings. LOL.