At pro

[tapoutade]

Anyone in the boothwyn, pa area familiar with the garrett at pro?

 

[Keppy]

Were is boothwyn ? It is not in my RAND McNALLY Atlas.......

 

[tapoutade]

Its by aston. Chi chester. Just by the delaware boarder

 

[Chips]

Hi,
I'm not from your part of the woods, but one of my detectors is an AT Pro. All I would ask is how great is the mineral content of your soil in which you wish to hunt. Where I live in NZ (Where's that!) the At Pro has to work in rather high mineral areas (85-90) and some moderate areas. May be it is just me but depth sensing seems more positive in moderate mineralization. Still bang for buck, I like it, you can pay much more to get just a little better

 

[NHDUG]

Get in pro mode, zero discrim., dig all #'s 50 and higher except 99(hot rocks) Ground balance in auto everytime and again if necessary during the area hunt. In pro mode the tones will let you know if it is deep by being quieter than a shallow louder tone. Except if it is just a tiny target, which can fool you for being deep. Still gotta dig-em. If it is quiet and shows deep on depth gage, the #'s can be lower like 48 46 45, I will dig to see if they come up in tone and Digital #'s.....they can and will be a good find sometimes. But generally stick to 50 and higher. I still need more experience with iron audio, it will help with bottle caps crimp on type. Good luck.

 

[Chips]

I agree Pro mode and zero discrimination.
Its good to hear the full story, to what's under there.
In pro you will hear "a lot" of tones, and its only by digging that you will find out what those "subtle differences in tone roll" mean.
I am still learning, but after a while you can start trusting the tones more and only, referencing the screen for confirmation of a possible good target,
or in my case a possible addition to my bottle cap collection haha.
Oh and don't use your wife's Trowel for digging! I have discovered that its not really a good idea.

 

[Sluice hunter]

I cant afford an AT Pro. But would love 1. Is the ACE 350 compairable?

 

[tapoutade]

Cheers guys for your imput. Ive already broke the wifes trowel, thats how i convinced her i need a gator digging tool lol. Im taking it out to england in 18 days so im trying to get really comfortable with it. I hve used a ace 350 and if you use the at pro in standard mode its pretty much the same, id say you get a little deeper with the at pro. Pro mode is what makes this machine great in my opinion. You also have a water proof detecter with the at pro.

 

[Sluice hunter]

Hopefully I'll be able to find some good stuff and work my way up to an AT pro!! England would be an awsome place to hunt! Over here in the states we only have a few hundred years of western civiliization, over there you could find Roman reclics/ coins!! Good luck!

 

[tapoutade]

Thanks im big into the roman era and viking era so thats what im hoping for. Im actually from england but married an american lady and moved here 4 years ago, i only got into detecting since i moved here so never done any back in england. You would be very happy with the at pro, i think u get a hell of alot of detecter for the money. Hope u get one soon

 

[mpro1]

Thanks im big into the roman era and viking era so thats what im hoping for. Im actually from england but married an american lady and moved here 4 years ago, i only got into detecting since i moved here so never done any back in england. You would be very happy with the at pro, i think u get a hell of alot of detecter for the money. Hope u get one soon

Just don't get anywhere near highly mineralized saltwater beaches the thing will drive you nuts.....dry salt sand and land/freshwater only....