Fisher F70 VS Garrett AT PRO

[CoinHunter4Ever]

i'm in florida but occasionally visit georgia so ill need something for bad ground,

these are my options i know there are many more detectors in this price range but these are the ones i like,

which is better? depth. separation. idying targets correctly, etc,

 

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[Sandman]

While I have owned 3 At Pro's the one I have now seems to work as was advertised. I don't use it!!! The F 70 is a much better detector but just not water proof. Place a baggie over it if hunting in the rain, lots cheaper.

 

[extractor]

The Fisher F70 is what I'd get.
My ATP just finds Dust on the shelf. I dont use it.
I have the fisher Gold Bug Pro. It is light weight and handles bad ground.

 

[CoinHunter4Ever]

I met a guy who owned both the f70 and a at pro used em both for about a week and i just liked the at pro better, sorry guys but the AT pro it is.

 

[lookindown]

I met a guy who owned both the f70 and a at pro used em both for about a week and i just liked the at pro better, sorry guys but the AT pro it is.

Thats why you dont listen to everything you here...The AT pro is a great machine

 

[Keppy]

Thats why you dont listen to everything you here...The AT pro is a great machine

......... lookindown..... Is right on here....... If you take every thing to heart you read on these treasure forums..... You will be changing detectors as often as you change your sox......

 

[CurlysGold]

haha in the end all detectors are just tools. The operator makes the difference. There seems to be more AT Pro users and support so it may make your experience better. Whichever you choose spend as much as can outside and read everything you can. Happy hunting.

 

[lookindown]

haha in the end all detectors are just tools. The operator makes the difference. There seems to be more AT Pro users and support so it may make your experience better. Whichever you choose spend as much as can outside and read everything you can. Happy hunting.

Great avatar...I love when he licks hic pick and says "NOTHIN".

 

[Gimpydigger]

I try and give an honest impression when I post. I have owned both and just went from the AT Pro back to the F70.

Now that said not for any huge difference in performance. First reason is the AT Pro screen is so tiny and I mean TINY I can't see it. I wear glasses to read but not when I detect. I had to hold the detector up to my face to read the numbers when I was setting Iron Audio...and I am talking about like 5 " from my face. So that was the huge issue for me.

Second reason is where and the way i detect I like the quick zippy response of the Fisher better. That is a personal preference and does not make it better...just better for me.

Now I live up in Maine so I do alot of relic hunting here and I just like the Fisher audio in iron trash.

Now...I have a well layed out test garden that duplicates scenarios we run into. From your obvious coins at multiple depths...to deep hand hammered nails....some nails with coins in the hole etc. 30 years of detecting I have an idea of what i expect from a relic machine both when hunting in a field or a celar hole.

Anyway I tested these both side by side for hours out in my patch. Ground is pretty rough...GB is 88-90 and about a lot of iron oxide. Both detectors were about identical in depth and how they performed both on deep coins and deep iron and mixed iron/coin signals. Ohhh and yes i did alot of detecting with the Pro while I had it.

So to me there was no huge advantage in performance one over the other. One may see one type of target slightly better than the other but then that would swap on different targets and in the end the difference was slight. This is using similar coils.

Kind of comes down to what you like and what you need. They are close enough that it is a personal choice on which suits you betetr. They are different designs with similar performance overall. Not like say comparing an ETrac to an AT Pro searching for deep silver in a field..in which case there is only one winner every time.