Menu
What's new
Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!

Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

General Rules

The Finds Treasure Forum Classifieds is for individual use only with the exception of banner advertising buyers. Those buyers may advertise their traded in, discontinued models, etc.

Individual sellers may post their normal unwanted detectors, or accessories in assigned classified forums, but they  cannot exceed (1) one item in a (3) three month period for each classified forum.

Only For Sale, For Trade, or Wanted to Buy ads are allowed.

Only Forum Members Registered for  90 days or longer that have more than 24 significant posts in our other forums, may post For Sale or Trade ads.

Rules for Non Sponsoring Sellers:

  • Items for sale, or for trade, should be your own personal property and be accurately described.
  • Your for sale or trade post should be self contained, without references to another site where you may also have it for sale.
  • Do not put links to eBay.
  • Do not put links to other forums where you may also have the same item for sale or trade.
  • Dealers are not allowed to post in Classifieds unless they are a sponsor.

Advertisements not adhering to the above rules will be deleted without warning or notification.

THE REPORTS ARE IN - THE AT PRO IS THE MOST AWESOME DETECTOR EVER BUILT...

Sure there's a lot of hype and marketing. What would you expect from a manufacturer that wants to sell a new detector?

But at a $600 price point I think odds are good that the AT Pro is going to be a winner. It sounds like Garrett has "borrowed" a lot of positive advancements that others (most noticably First Texas) have made. And that's a good thing. If this Garrett gets excellent depth, has Garrett's traditional durability and has a retune speed close to some other manufacturers as opposed to their current slowwww lineup that's a major plus that could have me considering Garrett again.

The waterproof feature is a BIG one, even for inland hunters like me. There are times I hunt in light rain and drizzle and I use rain covers but they are a pain in the rear.

Last but not least, Bill Revis has a lot of credibility. If he says it's going to be good I believe him.
 
Haha there, good post Dazza....good luck with your AT PRO!

Alan
 
Frank in NH said:
n/t
Click to expand...
Why do we need detectors and field tests when we have all these perfect Advertisements and those that quote from them? No detector is perfect......where are the videos of the AT-Pro shortcomings??
 
kwdstalker said:
i believe what they say about the at pro the ace and pro-pointer did what they first said about them and more.it will not be long now to see if they live up to there word.
Click to expand...
Same thing i say look at the ACE and Pro Pointer Garrett does not put out junk.............So i know it has to be a worth while good detector..
 
Lot's of us hunters converted the Ace series and even other brands to hunt the fresh. This machine worked great! But I'm really looking forward the the ATpro! No more taking multiple machines on my trips. Really looking forward to the Pro Audio mode. The modulated tones and tone roll audio will be just what I wanted. Not to mention the ground balance adjustments. I only hoped for an Ace 250 with ground balance. But Garrett is giving me a ton more at a great price.
So take a look at my Ace 250 Lake Looter machine. So what would you rather have - my machine or the ATpro?
DSCF5491.jpg

DSCF5492.jpg
 
When is the AT Pro supposed to be released? When I searched, I found differing dates.
 
Last report was November but with the mind bending demand that could change. This post has already generated nealy 6000 hits if that is any indication of potential demand. It has far exceeded by a country mile as to what what Garrett had anticipated. They thought it was a sizzler when it reached 1000 hits in nothing flat. Don't know when it will stop. It could in time reach 10,000 which would be a milestone in detector popularity and it ain't even out yet. What's going to happen when it gets in the hands of field testers and the first batch of users and proves to be an awesome machine or just half of what is claimed. Does stark scarcity ring a bell? HAA

Look what happened with the 250 after it came out and the news of its outstanding performance began to roll in. Garrett couldn't make them fast enough and built a new wing on the factory and hired a slew of new employees to meet the demand.

Bill
 
I hate videos that just show someone digging a target. It is like looking at a catalog or something... if I don't see the settings and see (and hear) a video showing the detector face swinging up to and over the target... it is useless and a waste of time.

IMO...

J
 
Uncle Willy said:
Last report was November but with the mind bending demand that could change. This post has already generated nealy 6000 hits if that is any indication of potential demand. It has far exceeded by a country mile as to what what Garrett had anticipated. They thought it was a sizzler when it reached 1000 hits in nothing flat. Don't know when it will stop. It could in time reach 10,000 which would be a milestone in detector popularity and it ain't even out yet. What's going to happen when it gets in the hands of field testers and the first batch of users and proves to be an awesome machine or just half of what is claimed. Does stark scarcity ring a bell? HAA

Look what happened with the 250 after it came out and the news of its outstanding performance began to roll in. Garrett couldn't make them fast enough and built a new wing on the factory and hired a slew of new employees to meet the demand.

Bill
Click to expand...

It's basic psychology, Bill. What's the best way to create even more demand? Talk about how scarce it's going to be.

I"D BETTER PRE-ORDER ONE NOW OR THEY"LL BE ALL GONE!

Garrett is in the business of selling detectors, and they do it well. They may limit the initial release, but don't think for a second that this detector won't be readily available down the road.
 
The release date for the AT Pro is still November 1st. The way it was explained to me is that all of the detectors released in the first batch has been spoken for by Garrett Distributors and Dealers. After the first batch is released the AT Pro will go on back order for a few weeks while Garrett makes the overseas models, then after that they will make and release the second batch of AT Pros.
I was allowed to order more AT Pros this week so hopefully Garrett is planning on making more units in their first production.

Indian Nations Detectors
 
I have always been amazed by your converted Ace 250 Kenny. You did a great job! I do think after you start using your AT Pro you will probably just hang that Ace up on your wall!
 
Yeah it's going to be like the 250 only worse. When it first came out and the news of its performance started rolling in Garrett was swamped and couldn't keep up. This detector will probably far exceed that landslide as Garrett has finally come out with a machine equipped with all, or most all, of the features we have all been pining for forever. There is also goig to be a lot of brand swapping going on also.

Bill
 
I must admit I am excited about the release of the AT. However the lack of reports on how well it does in salt water / wet sand seems disturbing, particularly when it was suggested that Garrett was "tweaking" it for salt water a few weeks ago and we have not heard anything since. In addition if Garrett only started to really consider salt water performance just weeks before the product launch that in and of itself seems very telling. I live in Florida so a lack of performance in salt water and wet sand would likely be a deal breaker for me.
 
I don't think they thought that much about it as the number of saltwater users is really more than miniscule compared to the number of folks that purchase for other types of hunting.. It's all a matter of marketing and where the most profit lies. If they depended soley on saltwater hunters for their business they'd starve to death. Just simple business.

Bill
 
marcomo said:
Uncle Willy said:
Last report was November but with the mind bending demand that could change. This post has already generated nealy 6000 hits if that is any indication of potential demand. It has far exceeded by a country mile as to what what Garrett had anticipated. They thought it was a sizzler when it reached 1000 hits in nothing flat. Don't know when it will stop. It could in time reach 10,000 which would be a milestone in detector popularity and it ain't even out yet. What's going to happen when it gets in the hands of field testers and the first batch of users and proves to be an awesome machine or just half of what is claimed. Does stark scarcity ring a bell? HAA

Look what happened with the 250 after it came out and the news of its outstanding performance began to roll in. Garrett couldn't make them fast enough and built a new wing on the factory and hired a slew of new employees to meet the demand.

Bill
Click to expand...

It's basic psychology, Bill. What's the best way to create even more demand? Talk about how scarce it's going to be.

I"D BETTER PRE-ORDER ONE NOW OR THEY"LL BE ALL GONE!

Garrett is in the business of selling detectors, and they do it well. They may limit the initial release, but don't think for a second that this detector won't be readily available down the road.
Click to expand...

Agreed. Sounds like the company is using high pressure sales techniques....(so does anyone trying to sell a product). As far as quality and functionality, we have no proof that the AT-Pro is great, fair, or a flop (we know that the AT-Pro isn't perfect). Seems like consumers are gambling.....do we trust that Garrett is holding a good product (regardless of past models or advertisements), enough to spend $600 worth of Christmas cash??? It is up to you, the company is figuratively saying....ALL IN...if you believe Garrett then, Fold and buy it.
 
Uncle Willy said:
I don't think they thought that much about it as the number of saltwater users is really more than miniscule compared to the number of folks that purchase for other types of hunting.. It's all a matter of marketing and where the most profit lies. If they depended soley on saltwater hunters for their business they'd starve to death. Just simple business.

Bill
Click to expand...

Not sure I really buy that Willy as there is an awful lot of coastal areas in the world and 97.5% of the water on the planet is salt water. I have not seen any statistics on the distribution of folks involved with metal detecting but I suspect that on average coastal regions have a denser population of metal detector owners than non-coastal regions. Now granted there are more non-coastal regions which probably more than makes up for it, but I would be hesitant to call saltwater users a minuscule population. The bottom line is that Garrett billed the AT as a go anywhere do anything detector. If it does not do well in a salt water environment I think there will be some disappointment. And if it is true they only started "tweaking" the AT for salt water use a few weeks ago then I think to a certain extent Garrett over hyped the unit's water capability since they did not make a clear distinction between freshwater and salt water.
 
I have an SUV vehicle. It does really good in snow, mud and the highway. Pretty much can do it all. But if I wanted to compete in a rock climbing, mud running or oval track race I would choose a different vehicle. So if hunters are serious about finding flakes of gold then get a gold only machine. If you want to hunt the salt water then get a salt machine. Garrett never said the ATpro was the very best machine you can buy to hit gold. Nor did they say it was the deepest machine you could buy on the wet salt. They never said it was the very best coin machine you could buy. Why is there such a problem in owning what seems to be a great all around metal detector for under $600? People are acting like they're asking $4500 for this machine. Go spend $4500 on a gold machine and let our $212 Ace 250's kick your butt beeping on coins. I see it this way - the more of you that don't buy the ATpro the faster I'll get mine.
 
As I recall Vaughn Garrett in one of the videos on youtube said..." you can take it (atpro) from the beach and walk right into the surf with it and back to land or whereever you want." something like that (paraphrasing)...sounds like he said surf, meaning the ocean! Duh! Meaning salt water! Duh!

Alan
 
I think willy might be right. Garrett probably never really considered saltwater a main hunt area for this machine. I think Freshwater was a main concern as the AT Pro could clean up in that area if it performs well. Even if tweaked for saltwater I doubt the AT Pro will be any competition for Minelab in that area. Minelab has owned the saltwater for over 15 years with no one coming even close to knocking them off the top. Garrett probably doesn't realize just how huge the saltwater market is because they don't haven't had anything that could compete in that market for such a long time. However the Freshwater market is wide open as the Minelab machines don't do well on chains and small gold so a 15khz machine with all the bells and whistles will blow Minelab right out of the lakes and streams :) And with Tesoro no longer producing a freshwater machine which was Minelab's only real competiton in the Freshwater market the time is ripe for someone to step up and bring out a hot high frequency machine and corner the market. A single frequency VLF motion discriminator will probably never be able to compete with a multifrequency machine on an Ocean Beach unless it stays up in the dry sand. So don't get your hopes up that the AT Pro will be the new king of the Ocean Beaches! I could be wrong but I doubt it. I live in NJ and I hunt both Freshwater and Saltwater and my hope for the AT Pro are for it to excel in the lakes. If it works great on the Ocean Beaches so much the better but I am not holding my breath.

HH

Beachcomber
 
like it won't be that good at anything. Geez I would hope that it excels at something :) :) :) :) If it is just average at everything it won't be the hit that I think they are hoping for it to be!

HH

Beachcomber
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top