New AT Pro!

TheCaribbeanDigger · Apr 11, 2014

Wow feeling like a kid waiting for christmas day! I was trying to choose between the ATP and F75! Shout out to Bart and the crew at Big boys hobbies for hooking me up with a stinkin' brand new ATP!!! Well now starts the waiting game

GreenHat · Apr 11, 2014

Congrats! Love my ATP.. now what you gonna do about your screen name?

Kodiak43351 · Apr 11, 2014

Congrats take time to learn it if ya get frustrated get on here and we will help ya.

TheCaribbeanDigger · Apr 12, 2014

LOL! I have seen so many ATP vids on youtube and on the Garrett website that at least I should know how to turn it on LOL! Seriously, a friend of mine has one and because of him I bought it! I used it like f times. Pretty much a straight forward machine on how to use it. But yes, still a lot to learn! With my log in name, maybe I'll keep it since it was my first MD that got me on this awesome hobby!

TheCaribbeanDigger · Apr 12, 2014

F2digger said:
LOL! I have seen so many ATP vids on youtube and on the Garrett website that at least I should know how to turn it on LOL! Seriously, a friend of mine has one and because of him I bought it! I used it like f times. Pretty much a straight forward machine on how to use it. But yes, still a lot to learn! With my log in name, maybe I'll keep it since it was my first MD that got me on this awesome hobby!

What I meant is that I used it like four times! LOL!
Just wanted to be clear on that! DOH!!

Kodiak43351 · Apr 12, 2014

F2digger said:
What I meant is that I used it like four times! LOL! Just wanted to be clear on that! DOH!!

lol good luck with it and it's always good to have a backup. I've heard a lot of good things about the f2 so you have a great backup.

liftloop · Apr 12, 2014

why would you buy a detector they won't fix in ten years..
I guess there some one born every minute...

liftloop

Irishgoldhound · Apr 12, 2014

Congrats F2! May your AT Pro find you a fortune!!

GranvilleATPro · Apr 12, 2014

Great choice. Got my ATPro last month from Bart's. I ordered on a late Friday afternoon and it was at my door step Monday afternoon. I couldn't believe it. Ended up ordering an ACE 350 from them a few days later cause my daughter was attached to my hip pocket the first couple days, so I figured I'd give her something to do rather than bother me. At least I'll have a backup for a friend when she is in school. Just dont tell her. She treats her 350 like its a puppy dog.

Kodiak43351 · Apr 12, 2014

liftloop said:
why would you buy a detector they won't fix in ten years.. I guess there some one born every minute... liftloop

always someone comes on when someone is excited when they buy a new machine and try's to be negative. Why? It gets old.

BryanM362 · Apr 12, 2014

Kodiak43351 said:
always someone comes on when someone is excited when they buy a new machine and try's to be negative. Why? It gets old.

Agree ! Why do that?

JUNKER · Apr 12, 2014

Glad for you can't wait to see what you find GL and HH

GreenHat · Apr 12, 2014

What a dbag move.... A real piece of work. A fellow Metal Detectorist get's on here to tell people he's excited about his new GREAT machine and you have to go and infer he's a sucker. Real neighborly of you and way to promote metal detecting. I see you've been at this a while so you would think you'd be mature enough to encourage the people that are apart of your community but instead you have to act like the common internet troll...

liftloop said:
why would you buy a detector they won't fix in ten years..
I guess there some one born every minute...

liftloop

Kodiak43351 · Apr 12, 2014

GreenHat said:
What a dbag move.... A real piece of work. A fellow Metal Detectorist get's on here to tell people he's excited about his new GREAT machine and you have to go and infer he's a sucker. Real neighborly of you and way to promote metal detecting. I see you've been at this a while so you would think you'd be mature enough to encourage the people that are apart of your community but instead you have to act like the common internet troll...

it happens all the time when someone brings up the at pro. When I first got mine there was a couple of guys doing same thing. The thread ended up getting locked. People really hate Garrett for some reason. I don't care what you swing as long as we are all being responsible (filling our holes and carrying off the dug trash) so we can do this for years to come. Some people have some growing up to do. I like your screen pic green hat. 5th group?

Irishgoldhound · Apr 12, 2014

Yup, totally immature!

Beepbeep13 · Apr 12, 2014

Congrats F2, my time will come! I've been dreaming about the Pro, literally.

It gets bad when im looking around the house saying, "hm-I could sell that" haha

Irishgoldhound · Apr 13, 2014

Beepbeep, I know how you feel. I wanted the AT for so long and finally i was able to afford to buy her. She's found lots of coins and silver for me so far. I think a lot of the negative responses to the AT comes from people who heard how great the machine is and once they buy it, they figure its gonna pull out nothing but gold rings and silver coins by the dozens. After digging so much scrap and junk they figure the AT is a junk machine and sell it without learning it.

Beepbeep13 · Apr 13, 2014

That's a good point.

Let me ask you this, have you gone back with the ATP to old places you have detected so hard with your old detector and found new items?

GreenHat · Apr 13, 2014

Kodiak43351 said:
it happens all the time when someone brings up the at pro. When I first got mine there was a couple of guys doing same thing. The thread ended up getting locked. People really hate Garrett for some reason. I don't care what you swing as long as we are all being responsible (filling our holes and carrying off the dug trash) so we can do this for years to come. Some people have some growing up to do. I like your screen pic green hat. 5th group?

Completely agree. Metal Detectorists take this blind brand loyalty to a new extreme and it's stupid. I would love to try or own the best machine from every brand. You can look on every forum and people with AT Pros are finding some great stuff and for about a $500 machine I think it out performs its price and glad I own it. Would I love to try some other machines.. absolutely. I'll stop there as I don't want to hijack this thread into brand debate. I was with 1SFG Kodiak. Congrats again F2! I know exactly how you feel as it was just about a month ago I was waiting on my ATP. It was the longest 5 or so days of my life! Oh.. make sure you know how to properly open the battery compartment.. I activated full re tard strength trying to yank it off and nearly broke it (didnt read manual that it's an easy twist lol) and then be careful to not drop it as the bat compartment does break easily and is slightly spring loaded so it will shoot out a little bit. Have it lying on a counter parallel to the surface below so gravity doesnt help you break it. Good luck buddy!

Irishgoldhound · Apr 13, 2014

Beep beep, yeah I've gone over a few older places with my Ace 250 and then again with the Pro and i have picked out some deeper finds. It will bring some hunted out sites alive again.