Frustrated..AT Pro is just a penny Magnet!

[RobRieman]

Really great comments! It feels great to come on here after a long day of detecting and read such positive and helpful suggestions to master your machine and this awesome hobby! I'm definitely not going to be letting those pennies pass me by from now on. Wondering if anyone on here has an E-trac as well as an AT pro and what your finds are compared to eachother

I have a White's V3i and an ATPro if you want to compare another higher end detector. As far as depth goes the V3i has an edge but it is not that substantial to make a big difference. The 3 frequencies and polar plot do make it much easier to tell what's in the ground before you dig and can separate the trash much easier. Pin pointing is like a laser on the V3i for sure. The ATPro hits better on small jewelry and chains though and for water or rain it's the only one I use. I try to use them about the same amount and have several hundred hours on the V3i which I have had longer and about 200 on the ATPro and I would say for the money the ATPro stands it's ground very well. I love them both and they each have a use that the other can't fill. In my opinion the ATPro is the best bang for the buck but the V3i will spoil you with its endless features.

 

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[slider66]

Oh yea I also auto ground balance and then drop it at least five.

Can you tell me when you lower the ground balance down 5 after auto balance, does that decrease the ability to find targets or make it better? Sorry for the question but I am still learning my AT PRO and I read like crazy. Thanks

 

[RobRieman]

It will get you a bit more depth in most cases.

 

[BabyNeedsANewPairO'Shoes]

Depending on the year of the Penny they will ring up different on the VDI because of the metals which were used in them. I dig them all knowing full well that most likely it is a penny. Hell, they get me just as excited as digging a silver quarter. The other day I craved the ping so I threw the AT Pro in the car because I had to go care for some things at my parents house and thought I would spend an hour in the yard walking around checking for my fathers drops. I usually laugh each time I dig a penny as I know he is above looking down at the old man digging pennies and screwing with me. However the other day I walked past his beloved hedges and scanning near the edge of them when I got a good silver signal, I thought what's up with that, and as I looked down I could see the edge of the coin sticking through the ground. I bent down a simply pulled out the coin and it was a 1943 quarter, I looked up and said thanks Pop... and kept hunting.

That all said, I mostly pulled pennies out of the property, a few pieces of silver but that was about it. As a kid I remember the place always having cousins, aunts, uncles etc. and they sat on the ground for the most part but nothing was found that made me go "Oh wow!". We were dirt poor, as were our relatives so there was nothing to loose except a penny or two, so any that I find at these old home sites I think are pretty cool; they had a story I am sure and I try to imagine what that story was.

What a heart warming story. Thanks!