First time out with the AT Pro.

Liu21 · Jun 20, 2015

Just got the AT pro, yesterday. SO today I took it out to the same local park, i found my first Mercury dime. I detected for about 1 1/2hr, learning about the machine. At first it was really new to me, lots of different tones etc. I figure I dont have time to learn everything today, so i settled in Pro Coin mode. notched out everything from Iron to where I believe Zinc pennies were. Im sweeping along, finding some junk, some bottle caps, few coins copper pennies and dimes here and there. Mind you i already hit this area with my Bounty Hunter Time Ranger, so i was surprised and impressed that i am finding stuff with the AT pro. I thought i dug my first button, that round slightly domed thing with a squared hole in the center. Then I hit a signal that was STRONG, It gave a consistent bell tone. I knew it must be a coin, so i dug when i popped the plug up i saw something silver fall back into the hole. I looked down and in my head said WOW, my second Merc!. took it out rubbed it a little, just enough to see the date. 1937. Checked the hole with my PPer, filled it and got up and i just knew i had to take a picture of the dime with the At pro. Before getting the AT pro, i was thinking is the AT pro really that good? or is it just hype? however after this morning, Im a believer!

$0.66 in clad, 1 silver dime, from a total of 1.5 hour of hunting.

CoinandRelicMan · Jun 20, 2015

Nice first outing, getting silver is always a plus! :occasion14:

I always carry a small bottle with water to clear dates, never "Rub" any silver as it will scratch the coin.

kingskid1611 · Jun 20, 2015

Nice hunt!

cruiserkev · Jun 20, 2015

Nice Merc! Well done. :thumbsup:

Loco-Digger · Jun 20, 2015

Not doing too bad with the new detector, :thumbsup:

Nice merc, don't you just love to pull silver coins?? :occasion14:

BadM0nkey · Jun 20, 2015

Awesome. Love the mercs

Tnmountains · Jun 20, 2015

Sounds like you are figuring out your machine. As with any machine you get better and better with time. I hunt pro zero I think? But coins are not my main objective but sure would not want to miss any! Nice hunt sir!

BigWaveDave · Jun 20, 2015

Just wait until you get used to the pro...you aint seen nothin yet!

Ed-D · Jun 21, 2015

Congrats on the find and on the new detector. As you learn the machine more you will have some great finds. No matter what machine you have, dig everything as best you can. I was able to buy the ATP as my first and only machine when I got started 3+ years ago. It's a great all around machine. The only iffy operation is at the ocean, but for me I might get to the ocean once a year... maybe. If I was a consistent ocean hunter I would get a different machine for that. I borrowed a friends Minelab eTrac which I think is a really good machine, but I didn't like it. The ATP's response time is way faster. I am sure there are a lot of good machines out there and it all depends on each persons likes/dislikes, but for me I have been real happy and fairly successful with the ATP.