Hey Tim and Airforce. I , too , am a new owner of the AT Pro. Although I have Md'd since early 1970 I find that this machine is well worth the money, especially the Spring Special Garrett is offering. I would suggest that you goto the Garrett site and watch all the movies they have available. I think there are 7 there. More so I would like to welcome you to the community here. There is a wealth of info available especially when it comes time to identify an unknown find. Tim I noticed you are from Silver Springs, N.Y. ? Where is that ? I am from the Syracuse area and thought maybe we could get together and hunt a few spots. Learn all you can about your detector its a great machine.