imo there is nothing wrong with someone hating Garrett, Bounty hunter, Whites, Tesero,
Fisher, Minelab, or whatever.
If they have legit reasons.
However nobody has a right to attack members for their choice,
or follow every thread in order to repeat the same opinion over & over .
If someone likes a certain brand that is there right.
and the worst thing you can do, in my eyes,
is try to convince a new owner
they made a mistake.
Fella did you get the 5x8 coil or just the stock 8.5x11? The 5x8 cuts that head weight wayyyy down and in junky areas it will seperate tremendously. As for Dusty.....sounds like he is jealous that he doesn't or cant own an ATP. He bashed it but owns an ace.....see my point....he hates Garrett but still swings one? No one is forcing him to keep it. Anyways Fella check my posts ...I've had my atp for just over a year and still learning but I will stand by this machine being because for the money it does a hell of a job as long as you can learn its language
First... let's (everyone) just drop all the Dusty speculation and any other unnecessary comments about the guy. He has a Garrett, he doesn't like it. He probably uses it because it's what he stuck with. Dunno if he's in a spot to be able to upgrade or not nor do I care. He has what he has and has his opinions on the mfg. I personally didn't see what the big hoopla was all about. Some really took offense, some wished him dead (I see the mods removed that post...that person better have got a time out too), and someone went running to the police. I know the guy (kinda), it's over lets move on.
On to business...I just have the stock coil for right now. I dunno if I'll be dropping any more money on this machine or not. We'll see. Performance is a definite improvement over any of the Ace's I've used but I don't see what all the fuss is about. Yes I'm new to the ATP, yes I know I have to put more time into it and I will.
I was playing with a penny under a rusty nail trying out some different things in Pro Zero mode. While I could get somewhat decent signal, with the jumpy vdi and broken tones, still sounded more like trash. If I get that part figured out, maybe I'll invest in another coil or a straight shaft.
Ok how does a $600 dollar MD compete against one twice its price at $1200? I am starting to feel you may be prejudiced could you please show the difference between a $600 Garrett and White of the same value?
** edit ** or are you saying it takes a white detector twice as much cash to beat a Garrett?
Hardly prejudiced but like what I like for a reason. If I end up liking the ATP for what it can do, I'll give it its fair praise.
For right now I'll just say the biggest difference is build quality and layout. There is no comparison. My Whites is clearly head & shoulders over the ATP. When I was putting the ATP together I couldn't help but shake my head. The plug layout was probably the biggest joke. Fine if you're a 12yo girl maybe. The cam locks suck in comparison to the Whites. Not impressed with the Master Sound headphones either. I'd rather have the cheaper Clearsounds or Treasuresounds. They're not any better but they're way lighter. Huge advantage Whites for their Pro Stars!
I can't really comment on performance differences as the ATP hasn't detected anything worth comparing yet. The deepest thing has been a couple pennies at around 5". Just about ANY detector should be able to hit what I've hit with the ATP so far and I haven't really used either of my Whites to find signals for the ATP to compare to. The Whites swings better by far and the Vx3 make more pleasing noises and runs smoother than the ATP.
** edit ** I'm saying I can swing the Whites WAY longer thus retrieve more treasure? If you ever own one, you'll see!
please use
Head To Head Comparisons for brand comparisons.
Thank Ya
I will when I do a real heads up.
