Tips for a noob

[ErGarber]

I just got my first metal detector this week. I am going to take it out tomorrow to try it out. I was just wondering if anyone could give me a few pointers. Sorry is this topic has already been discussed. I got a Garrett AT Pro if that helps with advice.

 

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[laidback4sho]

Yea as a newbie I learned that one the hard way! I picked up a second metal detector instead of a good pinpointer and I am constantly having to stand or awkwardy swing the metal detector over the whole. Any suggestions on a good pinpointer?

White's TRX or a Garrett (the orange one).

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[Troller]

I was actually looking at the Garrett! I will check out the Whites TRX too! Thanks for the advice!

 

[laidback4sho]

I was actually looking at the Garrett! I will check out the Whites TRX too! Thanks for the advice!

Go with the Garrett. My TRX seems to have a bad falsing problem. I've heard others are experiencing the same thing.

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[ErGarber]

Yea as a newbie I learned that one the hard way! I picked up a second metal detector instead of a good pinpointer and I am constantly having to stand or awkwardy swing the metal detector over the whole. Any suggestions on a good pinpointer?

Noob to noob. GET A PINPOINTER!!! I got Garrett Pro Pointer AT and have not had any falsing issues. The sound on mine has quit though.

 

[laidback4sho]

Noob to noob. GET A PINPOINTER!!! I got Garrett Pro Pointer AT and have not had any falsing issues. The sound on mine has quit though.

Yeah, I could handle the no sound issue as long as it still vibrated, especially with headphones on. The falsing issue though... ughh.

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[Troller]

Just ordered the Garret AT pro. The orange one!

 

[Normsel]

Believe me it will take over 100 hours t get proficient with it. I am darn good with mine and wanted to trash it the 1st 30 hours.

Read everything you can and look at as many UTube videos as you can. The more you read and see the more you will learn. You also need to experiment with your settings...

After you really learn it you will find out how little others know about an ATP including the videos..

Believe me I can find a penny in a scrap yard with mine. Yes I actually hunted a salvage yard of old cars thinking lots of coins would fall out from them.. I found about 50 cents

 

[Troller]

The new pinpointer got here today. Works great! It rained here yesterday quite a bit, all morning in fact then snowed in the afternoon. After dinner I took it out and went to a previous dig where I left a coin behind. I didn't didn't know that it was a coin for sure but it was the same hole that I pulled two coins from last Sunday. That makes for a total of three coins from one hole. the metal detector kept hitting that there was more metal in the hole but I could not seem to locate it with the pin point feature on the detector. There was a lot of standing water and mud but the Garret Pinpointer worked awesome. I located the penny within a matter of minutes!

 

[beerguy]

Sweep with the coil parallel to the ground. I see a lot of people with a pendulum swing, and that is not good.

Find your detectors sweep speed and make sure that you maintain it as best you can.

Clean out your coil cover from time to time. Dirt can get in there and mess with readings.

Get a decent pair of headphones, and learn to detect with your ears. Do not look at the screen to determine good targets, go by sound.

Dig all targets until you feel that you have a grip on your machines language.