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« on: March 22, 2011, 04:09:47 pm »
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I've had my Garrett AT PRO for 8 days now. I've found a lot of coins and a few pieces of costume jewelery and 1 10K gold medallion and 1 small 14K gold ring.

The AT PRO works very well on land, but it takes some practice to pinpoint with the double D coil. I'm still having a lot of trouble with the pinpointing as I thought a might find a Toyota Corrolla in one of the holes I dug.

I tried the AT PRO in the surf for about an hour and it nearly drove me nuts in the shallow ankle deep water with the constant noise and chatter, which I retested the area with my Garrett Sea Hunter and no noise or targets. The AT PRO quieted down once it was in waist deep water and dug a few bottle caps.

I will have to give a longer water test the next time out.

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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 05:07:16 pm »
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Weldone Tex, seems like you on fire at the moment Pal.  Keep up the good work and keep us in the loop

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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2011, 05:28:54 pm »
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Wow and Congrats on the Treasure Finds !!

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« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2011, 06:10:01 pm »
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Weldone Tex, seems like you on fire at the moment Pal.  Keep up the good work and keep us in the loop

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I was going crazy is the shallow water tried standard mode pro mode then every combination on the modes.

It was constant noise and I was about to head in when I decided to take it to deeper water then it settled down. I worked the deep water for a few targets then went back in a got my Sea Hunter and went over the same area in the shallow water and no target or chatter.

When I got home and thought about and wondered if it was because I had a coil cover and maybe the sand and water were moving around in between the coil and cover until I was in deeper water and a little more water pressure to calm it down.

Just a theory. I will do thorough test on it the next time I'm at the beach.

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« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2011, 06:13:00 pm »
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Let us know how ur test results come out !!

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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2011, 06:25:30 pm »
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Most detectors mess around if the coil is in and out of the water it does upset the GB,  But if you turn the gain down just
a little that may help, and also dont forget the coil puts a signal up as well as down and the surface water may have been
bounceing the signal around.

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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2011, 06:38:08 pm »
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Sounds like a super machine!! Your off to a great start.

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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2011, 09:19:56 pm »
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Sounds like a super machine!! Your off to a great start.


Thanks, after taking it out for the first time and the first target I dug was a gold medallion I thought man this could be a really good sign or a really hard one to match.

Thanks again.

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Most detectors mess around if the coil is in and out of the water it does upset the GB,  But if you turn the gain down just
a little that may help, and also dont forget the coil puts a signal up as well as down and the surface water may have been
bounceing the signal around.


Thanks, I think you may have pinpointed the solution. I looked at Garrett's video on ground balancing the AT PRO in saltwater, described what you mentioned. If recall I ground balanced on the wet sand but didn't reset the gb after entering the water.

It may be a week or two before I can hit the surf again, will update when I have a chance.

Thanks again!

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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2011, 09:01:02 am »
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Tex you and that machine are the hotest Duo on here, It seems like you are naturally drawn to the stuff,



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Auminesweeper,

Thanks, I'm not sure about the hottest. I've just been very fortunate and also diligent about trying to hunt as often as time allows.

I'm researching a few spot to hunt in the future.

Thanks again for the kind words and encouragement.

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