Used my AtPro at the beach for the 1st time..

ATPRoDon · Jul 27, 2011

Okay so I was at Daytona Beach and decided to try my AtPro on the beach. It ground balanced at around 11 either in wet or dry sand and I had sensitivity down three bars which seemed to kill the chatter. I immediately hit clad dime at 81

in the dry sand and then hit another clad dime at 81 in the wet sand. I then hit a zinc clad penny at 71 in the dry sand. I was amazed at how corroded the penny was for being so new.

Now here is my question. I was in Pro Mode at Zero and for the most part this beach is very clean, but one time I got a faint sound with no ID number and no depth but the sound was repeatable, should I have dug it up? Why does it do that?

Cheers,

AtProDon

Keppy · Jul 27, 2011

ATPRoDon said:
Okay so I was at Daytona Beach and decided to try my AtPro on the beach. It ground balanced at around 11 either in wet or dry sand and I had sensitivity down three bars which seemed to kill the chatter. I immediately hit clad dime at 81 in the dry sand and then hit another clad dime at 81 in the wet sand. I then hit a zinc clad penny at 71 in the dry sand. I was amazed at how corroded the penny was for being so new.

Now here is my question. I was in Pro Mode at Zero and for the most part this beach is very clean, but one time I got a faint sound with no ID number and no depth but the sound was repeatable, should I have dug it up? Why does it do that?

Cheers,

AtProDon

Well i never had that happen to me................... But if i did i would have dug it up ........... For then i would know was it a good find or just some junk....... Now you will never know..............

zincmaster · Jul 27, 2011

i was using my at pro at a park the other day, got a solid 81 signal strong as could be, dug the target nothing :dontknow:

ran the at over it again, quiet as a mouse :dontknow:

nothing at all,wonder why it does that? :icon_scratch:

Nuggetville · Jul 28, 2011

ATProDon.... With a name like that you don't leave a lot of room for new detectors! :wink:

Seriously though, dig those repeatable targets. There is a good chance it is junk, but it could just be deep and the unit could not get a good read on the target. On the beach I will take a target like that and just take a scoop or two off the top and go over it again. Many times the target will show up then.

Lakemonster · Jul 28, 2011

Idda dug it.

I find that when I get a repeatable signal, but get no VDI, it tends to be something deep.

Try air testing some things and this should happen when they start getting out of range.

lookindown · Jul 28, 2011

Deep target....next time take a scoop like Nuggetville said and you will probally get a better reading.

ATPRoDon · Jul 30, 2011

Nuggetville said:
ATProDon.... With a name like that you don't leave a lot of room for new detectors! Seriously though, dig those repeatable targets. There is a good chance it is junk, but it could just be deep and the unit could not get a good read on the target. On the beach I will take a target like that and just take a scoop or two off the top and go over it again. Many times the target will show up then.

Well I just sold my first Metal Detector which was a Fischer 1260-X that I bought brand new in 1984, so I will probably hang on to this for awhile..lol

AtProDon