Help with a garrett at pro

[Relicfisher]

I recently purchased a garrett at pro and was wandering if someone could help with some suggestions on the best set up for relic hunting? ive seen a lot of videos about the garrett at pro on coin hunting but not many on relics from the civil war. thanks

 

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[Captain Caveman]

I can't help much with the ATP, but that I hear that Fisher 1266 you have listed is a beast a relic hunting.

 

[d2]

I use mine in Pro mode, Zero disc and the iron disc set at 25. I hunt relics also and that works fine for me...d2

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I use mine in Pro mode, Zero disc and the iron disc set at 25. I hunt relics also and that works fine for me...d2

what he said.. Ive found some big stuff with the pro and they will read up good and you can tell the size by how long the tone stays around. No idea what standard mode is even on there its far from helpful

 

[John-Edmonton]

Well, relic hunting covers a broad spectrum of conductors....from iron, brass buttons, copper coins, silver coins, gold or gold gilded, aluminum badges, lead bullets and many others. The best set-up for hunting with the AT Pro is to hunt in Pro Mode, setting the iron discrimination to about 30 and iron audio turned on. This way you should get a reading of all targets, including iron. Now if you are searching for say older coins, bullets, buttons, you can turn the iron audio off, so you won't hear the iron targets. Try running your sensitivity as high as possible. If you can't run it at 100%, not to worry. Running the sensitivity in highly mineralized dirt at 100% will make you actually lose some targets, so don't sweat having to turn it dwn. And do ground balance the detector, and when doing this turn down the sensitivity to about half, then when ground balanced, turn it back up. Below are some tips to to get even more good targets with your AT Pro........

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* With the AT Pro, learn and hunt in Pro mode. It is deeper then standard mode. With the AT Gold, the all metal mode is deeper then Disc 1 or Disc 2.


* Has a place been hunted out? Go back and try again after a good rain soaking. Moist wet soil gives better sensitivity and greater depth readings for targets.


* If you get a nice high aHow To Get Maximum Depth + Performance Out Of Your AT Series ( Pro & Gold)
udio and a VDI in the 70's or 80's, dig it.


* The larger the coil the deeper it goes. However, too many targets under a large coil can mask a good target. If you get a slight good audio using the large coil, lift it up 2-3 inches and center the coil where the good audio was. Often times the good target will be much clearer.


* Get a coil cover and scrub the ground. Some people scan the ground inches above it...."DON'T" You can gain a couple of inches scrubbing, which is significant.


* Don't swing too fast! Just because it has a very fast "recovery speed"......doesn't mean it can always pick out that one good silver coin amongst several pieces of junk. The electronics still need to process lots of information.


"SWING TOO FAST, YOU WILL COME IN LAST"


* Swinging too fast can make you a sloppy hunter. You also risk eventually cracking/breaking your coil and elephant ears from the constant banging on trees, playground equipment or concrete.


* If you are getting lots of EMI or increased mineralization which is causing erratic audio, try adjusting your discrimination first, before lowering the sensitivity. This sometimes lets the machine run smoother without losing any depth.


* If you get mixture of audio signals, scan the target from different directions. Sometimes a good target is beside or partially underneath a good target. The AT Series has a unique ability to pick out those good targets amongst the trash. Going at the target from different directions allows the AT Pro to perform even better!


* Ground balance your machine occasionally. Temperature can change, and directly affect the settings. Hunting in shade vs. sun can vary. "a 14 degree difference on a lawn area to a 35 degree difference on a parking lot." But, the mineralization can also change between areas....so again...ground balance periodically.


* To increase the depth/sensitivity to silver targets, lower the ground balanced numbers a few points


* If you are hunting an area that is absolutely covered with nails, try ground balancing out a nail until it is nothing but a small amount of static. Now....all the copper & silver targets will give a loud audio response....BUT the target ID will be off.
*Bottle cap? Stomp hard on the target. Often times, an old bottles cap's halo will break, and the reading will change from a good coin sounding target to a bottle cap or junk.
Don't forget to use the iron audio feature if searching for coins or silver.
* Build a test garden...use good & bad targets at different depths. You will soon discover that deep silver targets beyond depths of 8 or more inches begin to not sound off as a high pitch or that the VDI numbers remain in the 80's. That is very good information to know. My rule of thumb states if it's deep....it's old. Dig it! It costs you nothing.

 

[Relicfisher]

Well, relic hunting covers a broad spectrum of conductors....from iron, brass buttons, copper coins, silver coins, gold or gold gilded, aluminum badges, lead bullets and many others. The best set-up for hunting with the AT Pro is to hunt in Pro Mode, setting the iron discrimination to about 30 and iron audio turned on. This way you should get a reading of all targets, including iron. Now if you are searching for say older coins, bullets, buttons, you can turn the iron audio off, so you won't hear the iron targets. Try running your sensitivity as high as possible. If you can't run it at 100%, not to worry. Running the sensitivity in highly mineralized dirt at 100% will make you actually lose some targets, so don't sweat having to turn it dwn. And do ground balance the detector, and when doing this turn down the sensitivity to about half, then when ground balanced, turn it back up. Below are some tips to to get even more good targets with your AT Pro........

----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------------------- -----------------------------------
* With the AT Pro, learn and hunt in Pro mode. It is deeper then standard mode. With the AT Gold, the all metal mode is deeper then Disc 1 or Disc 2.


* Has a place been hunted out? Go back and try again after a good rain soaking. Moist wet soil gives better sensitivity and greater depth readings for targets.


* If you get a nice high aHow To Get Maximum Depth + Performance Out Of Your AT Series ( Pro & Gold)
udio and a VDI in the 70's or 80's, dig it.


* The larger the coil the deeper it goes. However, too many targets under a large coil can mask a good target. If you get a slight good audio using the large coil, lift it up 2-3 inches and center the coil where the good audio was. Often times the good target will be much clearer.


* Get a coil cover and scrub the ground. Some people scan the ground inches above it...."DON'T" You can gain a couple of inches scrubbing, which is significant.


* Don't swing too fast! Just because it has a very fast "recovery speed"......doesn't mean it can always pick out that one good silver coin amongst several pieces of junk. The electronics still need to process lots of information.


"SWING TOO FAST, YOU WILL COME IN LAST"


* Swinging too fast can make you a sloppy hunter. You also risk eventually cracking/breaking your coil and elephant ears from the constant banging on trees, playground equipment or concrete.


* If you are getting lots of EMI or increased mineralization which is causing erratic audio, try adjusting your discrimination first, before lowering the sensitivity. This sometimes lets the machine run smoother without losing any depth.


* If you get mixture of audio signals, scan the target from different directions. Sometimes a good target is beside or partially underneath a good target. The AT Series has a unique ability to pick out those good targets amongst the trash. Going at the target from different directions allows the AT Pro to perform even better!


* Ground balance your machine occasionally. Temperature can change, and directly affect the settings. Hunting in shade vs. sun can vary. "a 14 degree difference on a lawn area to a 35 degree difference on a parking lot." But, the mineralization can also change between areas....so again...ground balance periodically.


* To increase the depth/sensitivity to silver targets, lower the ground balanced numbers a few points


* If you are hunting an area that is absolutely covered with nails, try ground balancing out a nail until it is nothing but a small amount of static. Now....all the copper & silver targets will give a loud audio response....BUT the target ID will be off.
*Bottle cap? Stomp hard on the target. Often times, an old bottles cap's halo will break, and the reading will change from a good coin sounding target to a bottle cap or junk.
Don't forget to use the iron audio feature if searching for coins or silver.
* Build a test garden...use good & bad targets at different depths. You will soon discover that deep silver targets beyond depths of 8 or more inches begin to not sound off as a high pitch or that the VDI numbers remain in the 80's. That is very good information to know. My rule of thumb states if it's deep....it's old. Dig it! It costs you nothing.

Thank you John this is a great amount of information and I will definitely but putting it tot use. Thanks again Randy / Relicfisher

 

[Relicfisher]

I can't help much with the ATP, but that I hear that Fisher 1266 you have listed is a beast a relic hunting.

it definitely is a beast I do suggest if you can find one to get it and hunt with it. thanks for the reply

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

my adivce is to learn the detector first....get some seriously time on in...then you will really just "get it" so to speak. with well over 1000 hours on mine i could really hunt everything...not that u need that many depends on how fast you catch on too...its quite a simple machine...it just may take a little time

 

[John-Edmonton]

Thank you John this is a great amount of information and I will definitely but putting it tot use. Thanks again Randy / Relicfisher

Goo luck Randy..."KEEP YOUR COIL TO THE SOIL FOR A DEEPER KEEPER"

 

[d2]

Great info, John. I have had mine since April and if I would just sell the stuff I have found with it I would be way ahead on what I paid for it but alas I can't make myself do it yet, mostly coins and CW relics. Go SLOW and in the beginning dig all the signals and pay very little attention to those numbers. I love mine...d2

 

[John-Edmonton]

Great info, John. I have had mine since April and if I would just sell the stuff I have found with it I would be way ahead on what I paid for it but alas I can't make myself do it yet, mostly coins and CW relics. Go SLOW and in the beginning dig all the signals and pay very little attention to those numbers. I love mine...d2

I have a hard time parting with mine also, but I did cash in some gold a few years back.

 

[John-Edmonton]

my adivce is to learn the detector first....get some seriously time on in...then you will really just "get it" so to speak. with well over 1000 hours on mine i could really hunt everything...not that u need that many depends on how fast you catch on too...its quite a simple machine...it just may take a little time

Well said!

 

[Opie]

Relicfisher, put it in all metal pro mode, and go slow. learn to hear the machine, it will talk to ya.
Good luck!!