OK GUYS I MADE THE MOVE

[Confetrit]

Best of Luck to you C.J.M., with your new Garrett AT Pro. I'm sorta in the same situation regarding my shoulder. I'm right handed, so I naturally swing right handed. I had surgery on my left shoulder about 5 years ago for a torn rotator cup and a ripped left bicep. I'm trying to preserve my right shoulder. I use the Minelab Safari and love this detector, but I'm considering selling the Safari for a lighter unit, such as the Equinox. Anyways, again, Best of Luck to you with the Pro. Garrett makes fine detectors. Let us know what you think of it, and we'll be watching for posts of much Found Treasure.

 

[Odanscoils]

Well, I got it yesterday WOW its in pristine condition.I put it together ,the connectors were a little tight. Looks like it came from KELLYCO , the owner was 86 and was having a hard time . Hea guys wait to you hit the 80's your head says lets go detecting,but your body says "NO WAY" hmmm the body wins.

Try a little silicone grease on the connections.
Pro zero. Though I preferred disc at 30-35.

 

[Odanscoils]

Do not give up wait till you turn 80

There's supposed to be a pot O gold under that coil.

 

[TRIPLE-SSS]

Hi, Seems like you have some challenges ahead of you. Hope you fair well. The AT series detectors R great detectors and are good all around detectors. One of the lightest ones would be the XP Deus line, not to push another brand on this forum. I have a few different ones and use them all depending on where I go. XP has a few to choose from which have a similar price point to the AT series ones. They are extremely light detectors and might be worth looking into with your medical issues. I use to be able to go out there for 8-10 hours on a hunt and had no problems when a little bit younger. Now at 72, I only go out for a few hours at a time and sometimes push it, and have to pay the price. We all age differently.
Hope this helps some.
TRIPLE-SSS—-Happy Hunting

 

[Wild Willy]

Mascard 1, I also will be 89 in Jan. I am definitely not related to the energizer buddy but I simply refuse to give up. My daughter probably thinks I'm crazy but she does not discourage it. She also knows it would not do any good. There is a day coming. Maybe sooner than I want or expect. Most of my hunting is in farm fields so it makes it a little easier on the body when I fall which is not very often. Getting up is the hard part. Hope to order my 56th detector soon. God bless "old coots".

 

[Bigbuck83]

Good mercy I went to my shoulder Doctor with my shoulder problems and he cannot do anything with the right one that has had a Total Replacement.The left one has Arthritis big time.So just started injections .However there is still a small chance I can still detect with a small metal detector .Hmmm, Do not need any expensive detector so I have been looking for a reasonable one that still has basic batteries(AA).Well,I hit up on a Cherry AT-PRO that was bought from KELLEY CO. The price was very reasonable .Suppose to be mail to me this a.m.
iTS being mail from the East coast hope it not coming Camel Express. I have a question from what I seen what is the "Best Set Up'' to start with? i do not think it comes with All Metal ?

I have shoulder issues and the only detector I’ll use is the xp deus. I have the original version and it’s a lifesaver. You can find used ones pretty cheap nowadays. Good luck with your journey.