AT Pro in the Surf???

[bulletman]

How does the AT PRO do in the surf? Is it noisy when transitioning from the dry to wet sand?

Bulletman

 

[metalhead]

I haven't used the AT Pro yet.I get mine today!
From what I understand from reading the owner's manual, reading posts on the forums and watchin' the youtube videos, it seems like you need to manual ground balance over the wet sand. This is very easy to do. When you transition from wet to dry sand, I suppose that you would have to adjust the ground balance again. Easy to do and accomplished in seconds.
Here is a link to the youtube video discussing salt water beach use for the AT Pro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpgnacYzkWU&feature=player_embedded

Best of luck to ya!Happy Hunting!

 

[bulletman]

Thanks for the video! That was a great help.

bulletman

 

[synthnut]

I have found that on some wet salt sand beaches, the AT Pro did NOT want to ground balance because of extreme Black Sand and highly mineralized sand and salt .... .....while on others , the G.B; was no problem ......You will see the numbers drop down from about 20 or so on down when G.Balancing in the wet salt sand .... You may also have to turn you sensitivity down ......>When trasitioning from wet to dry , your AT will tell you by the noise it makes that it's time to do another G.B. !!... Dry sand G.B. well and it runs quiet and DEEP !!.. This is what I bought my AT Pro for .....I can fly down the dry beach wtih this machine and hear targets all the time ...... This machine LOVES dry sand !!......Jim

Noticed too that in the water where the AT could not be G. Balanced that the water running over the coil was pretty noisy too , but that is to be expected .....I didn't have my boots the day I had it on the beach that was easier to G.B on ........I hope it quiets down .....No matter ....I was resigned to the fact that all I really wanted it for was a dry sand machine , so anything more I get out of it is a bonus to me .......Jim