Gold on the Garrett AT Pro 

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So, how did the AT Pro work out? Still using it?

You are right indeed. I may go after more jewelry in 2015 as I usually hit the old cellar holes and corn fields looking for older relics. GL&HH

Keep digging them pulltabs and one time when you least expect it then it will be gold.

It might tip you off if the signal is erratic enough to drop down into the iron VDI (

I have been able to run the AT Pro at the salt beaches pretty well. I have heard of others not having luck with the AT Pro at the beach. It is not a dedicated salt water machine but you can take it there if it is what you have like me. GL&HH

***** I use my ATP at the beach effectively all the time BUT it has been a dry sand machine for me. You definitely should do a video in the WET SALT Sand in a Mineralised beach with ferrous sand. I would very much appreciate seeing your settings successfully working in that condition. White sandy beaches it is easy. Black sandy Wet beaches are something of another challenge. Garrett should pay you to do this Madison. Thanks for listening...Again I appreciate what you do.

I don't know if Garrett would pay me for that but, I did do a salt water hunt earlier in the year using two machines called How to Metal Detect Maine in March. The only settings I change are my GB which you need to keep changing as you go from wet to dry sand.

***** Because I live on the coast south of you and we have heavy mineralization at times of beach erosion (when I really want to dig day and night) I have had to reduce the chatter on the ATPro by the following which is WAY different than the way I run this machine in dry salt sand. Unlike using the Pro mode wide open as I usually do, if I want to use this machine in the mineralized conditions I set it uncharacteristically for me in Standard Zero Mode with the Sensitivity usually one bar from the top, Discrimination at 10-12 (uncharacteristically) and Manually GB adjusted down approximately 16 notches from what it auto reads. This has been the only way I have gotten the ATpro to work for me in the mineralized conditions I find frequently here. Do you have any other suggestions?

Hawk Rock I have seen some have trouble with auto GBing the AT Pro in such situations. I know when I am in salt conditions my auto GB will go all the way down into the single digits on its own. Sometimes it does not want to auto GB back up to normal conditions and I do it manually. A little iron disc should not hurt you. I usually run mine up to 25 to 32 in most places so I can quickly use the iron audio feature. The last time I went to the beach was my "Metal Detecting Maine in March" video I get out the AT Pro later in the video.

Yeah you got it. If you want gold everything above foil. You like them beaver tails huh!

Mine picks up 18k as 39. I think my machine is screwed lol

Keep going. Its funny that when you do find a gold ring you well be expecting a pulltab or a nickle and that gold will pop out of the hole. GL&Hh

mari82441 You could ask him what he would like for a detector.

A very good question my friend. I have dug a white gold ring and if memory serves me it rang just like yellow gold. That would mean in the range of high 40's to mid 60's depending on size. A honker will ring up and a thin band will be in the 40's.

Cheers mate, one other question, are they usually a clear crisp sound or do you get mixed tones when they are in the dirt?

You are very welcome my friend.

some places yes. If there are a lot of iron nails in the ground no. Have a look at me tips and settings update video. GL&HH

Yeah you could say that.