Good info here on the at max

Great minds think alike. :laughing::laughing: Heres another video that will help the fellows up above who say the pro is great in iron. The moral of the story is the AT series is subpar in todays market.

Fail to see how it's any of your business or why you are so intent on bashing other brands on multiple websites. If someone wants to buy an atmax or an mx7 or something else what's it matter to you
 
Best smaller coil for the A T MAX?.....Friend of mine looking to get a smaller one for his,coin shooting.....
Thanks for info...

Don't overlook the 6.5" x 9" PROformance™ concentric searchcoil. It gets better depth then the 5" x 8" due to it's slightly bigger size, and gives more accurate ID, especially bottle caps.
 

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The AT gold also has proportional audio, but it's not called AT-PRO gold?
Then there's the PRO Pointer?
I read this on the Garrett site, 'Select from Custom, Zero or Coins in Standard Mode or in Professional Mode', are they referring that there gear is of a professional standard?



Proportional audio I believe the PRO stands for. In the at pro..all terrain proportional audio
 
I test detectors and also hunt too. I give reviews as I see them and post my findings. If you don't like what I have to say don't read my post or watch my videos. What you call bashing I just call giving the facts...good or bad...:yes: BTW how did a mx 7 get brought up never even said a word about one that I can remember off the top of my head. I guess that's one I need to try...
Fail to see how it's any of your business or why you are so intent on bashing other brands on multiple websites. If someone wants to buy an atmax or an mx7 or something else what's it matter to you
 
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Reviews of a detector are good info
Bashing of a detector are bad info

There are people out there that can barely buy a Bounty Hunter .. SO they feel lousy because that is all they can afford ...
Not everybody can afford the "GOD SENT NOX" or It used to be the "GOD SENT DEUS" I bet at one time it was the "GOD SENT AT MAX" ... Yes sir
 
I use the AT Pro, have had my detector for a little more than a year. Just had a great Friday/Saturday hunting some homes and curb strips up in Central Montana, ended up with 17 silver coins and one Sterling ring on those 2 days, along with about 150 other coins including tokens, Buffalo and V nickel, Indian Head, 50+ wheaties, etc etc. I really like the tone quality of my machine, have watched a lot of Hoover Boys vids on YouTube, and don't care for the sound of the AT Max nearly as much.

From reading about the Nox, I realize it may be a better machine than my Garrett, but for hunting here the Pro does a great job. The coins are not super deep, and most yards are pretty clean of iron. I do notice when I get up close to these old houses, the Pro starts to chatter like a machine gun as it goes over the small bits of iron or nails. To cope for that, I slow down my swing, and listen for any small squeak of high tone, then work to isolate that sound and zero in on the good target. Sometimes I can only move my coil 2 inches back and forth to locate the target in the iron. I have found many good silver coins in this scenario, though other detectors may be even better. And yes, I accept that the more expensive units like the CTX 3030 and Deus, along with the NOX models, may separate better, and will go deeper than my machine. I get about 8 inches max on a silver dime, 9" on a copper cent, and 10 inches on a silver quarter, and that is with pressing the coil into the grass and getting that sweet faint and repeatable high tone. I am still learning my machine, and I have dug many good coins, especially this year, that also had a rusty nail in the same hole (found with the pinpointer), so I know the AT Pro can do a decent job of letting me know that something good is still down there. I run Pro Zero, nothing notched or discriminated out, and sensitivity at max.
 
Good report on the ATPro. Just goes to show that you need more than a day with a borrowed machine to really know it. As for the ATMax, I’ve probably got about 30 hours on it now. It’s really starting to click with me. I’m starting to believe that the audio is actually much more expressive than the ATPro. I’m hearing nuances I’ve never heard with the ATPro. I guess what I’m saying is don’t write the ATMax off like some do without giving it a fair shake. There’s a learning curve, but right now, I think it’s worth the effort.
 
Hi Dan B, thank you for the comment, and I have no problem at all with the Max, as the tone stuff is kinda personal preference anyway. The Max is a good detector, and I know you will do great with the Max and hope you make some outstanding finds!
 
Do you see me reviewing bounty hunters or lower end detectors? Im reviewing mid range detectors and high end ones . A certain price range...so its a group of detectors in a certain price range and its for a group of people that are looking for a detector in that certain price range. I know what its like to be very poor grew up that way and I would never belittle anyone for using what they can afford. My videos are for the group who are in the mid to high end detectors .BTW a real good review shows the good and the bad.
Reviews of a detector are good info
Bashing of a detector are bad info

There are people out there that can barely buy a Bounty Hunter .. SO they feel lousy because that is all they can afford ...
Not everybody can afford the "GOD SENT NOX" or It used to be the "GOD SENT DEUS" I bet at one time it was the "GOD SENT AT MAX" ... Yes sir
 
Dan I would take that your saying that toward me as you know I borrowed the max I tested. As you know Dan im a avid relic hunter and live in the iron on civil war sites and colonial sites. The MAX might suit you fine for what you do. As for hunting relics in thick iron the MAX stinks.......and I wouldn't take it to a iron loaded relic site to actually hunt with it if you gave it to me. I see your captain defend a max but anyone who knows anything about hunting relics in thick iron would know the AT MAX is a dog in iron loaded sites in about 5 mins of using it in such a site...
DOGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good report on the ATPro. Just goes to show that you need more than a day with a borrowed machine to really know it. As for the ATMax, I’ve probably got about 30 hours on it now. It’s really starting to click with me. I’m starting to believe that the audio is actually much more expressive than the ATPro. I’m hearing nuances I’ve never heard with the ATPro. I guess what I’m saying is don’t write the ATMax off like some do without giving it a fair shake. There’s a learning curve, but right now, I think it’s worth the effort.
 
Good god, sounds like a bunch of modern day Liberals arguing. My opinion is the best, listen to me, your opinion don't matter...me, me, me I know everything about everything.

When you waste your life trying to prove another individuals opinion as false you are running in a fricken circle...Everyones different!

If "Little Johnny" thinks his Radio Shack metal detector is the best, how does that effect you?? It DON'T!! So some individuals just need to stop shoving their "OPINION" down everyone else's throats!:p

Now grab whatever detector works for YOU and get out there and find some treasure!!
 
Calabash, I understand it didn't work for you. I also understand you didn't spend nearly enough time with it to understand it. However, my beef with you is that you pop in on every thread that mentions the ATMax to bash it, calling it a "dud" or "shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence as ... (your favourite detector of the day)". You are intentionally expending great effort to malign and belittle any Garrett product every chance you get. What is your agenda? Everyone knows you need to learn a new detector before you are in a position to really understand it, and by skipping this and forcing your opinion down everyone's throat, it doesn't make you look very smart.
 
Ok I get EVERYONE has an opinion about a detector but sometimes someone presents something and its a fact. AT Max in heavy iron stinks ....that's a fact jack. Ask any experienced relic hunter besides the paid shills and see what they say about it.:lol: BTW the main problem is it has no iron volume and the iron tone overrides everything else if you have iron audio on or the disc ran down low. Garrett could have put a iron volume on it and it would have helped a lot.

As for running the AT Pro its the detector I learned how to relic hunt with. It will find stuff in iron but take a detector that excels in iron back to the spots you hunted with the AT PRO and watch the magic happen. That's another fact jack that has been proven by me and OTHERS time time and time again . Search the forums and you will find plenty of testimonials to that story.

Iron scratcher you want to act like I'm some kind of rookie at hunting iron and cant tell if a machine is good in the iron or not. If that makes you feel better about your machine then go ahead and keep pretending that I don't know whats up with the iron game. I will let my finds that come from the iron speak for themselves......
 
There was a time when I really enjoyed this site. It truly was a friendly site that I could spend time on and learn about the hobby. Now every time I log on I find my blood pressure creeping up because of a handful of A-Holes that are compelled to force their opinions on others.

Someone started a thread about a video that had some good information on a detector and the thread gets hijacked by a bunch of Bullies that are pushing the latest and greatest wonder detector. I call them Bullies because they push their agenda by beating up other respected brands of detectors. That is disrespectful in many ways.

This bashing of other brands and models of detectors needs to stop. It is hateful and it does harm.
 
Just like he said If someone says anything ...Here comes the "NOX'ers"

They think if you do not have a NOX ... You have a piece of !!!! in your hand ... Period

We should change the name of this forum to
NOX Detecting Forum
 
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