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Post by Leslie Sarkany on May 18, 2011 14:46:49 GMT -5
From the land of the Bluenose.....took my AT Pro International for her second test drive on a rare day not filled with rain. Hit a local field and tried the various settings and finally settled on the standard mode at zero. Found the machine stable at this setting and very good at picking up deep coins in the 8 to 10 inch range. Had plowed this field numerous times with the Freedom 3 Plus. Pennies rang up good as did loonies and twoonies but dimes and quarters were not to be done. Tried an air test and the machine still would not pick them up at any level.....need help there. Did get one dime and I suspect that it was becaose it was a 1968 one which is half silver which rang up at 82 on that display dewie. The quarter was laying on the surface I eyeballed! Will it replace my half working Freedom 3 Pluses.....not at this stage. Duration of dig was 1hr10 Coins found 14 @$4.52 AT Pro bloody muddy AT Pro finds needed to pay for itself and water head phones $706.38  On another note got to going around a few goodies that Maw had left me which included this. Don't now much about it othe then it was her father's medal.   |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2011 15:24:26 GMT -5
Nice clad count and very nice medal Leslie
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2011 20:46:23 GMT -5
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Post by frenchdave on May 18, 2011 21:04:50 GMT -5
Your AT Pro is probably doing the same thing our machine are doing. Rejecting the modern coins with no silver content, as junk!! Which they are really!! I doesn't help your cause, unless you can guess at what sound they come in. Maybey you can program the AT Pro to accept those signals?  ? All in the learning curve, I guess. Happy digging!! |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2011 6:57:01 GMT -5
Glad you're getting out Leslie, still raining here in NYC  All I know on the AT Pro is guys always run in Pro mode and they'll run with the iron audio off UNLESS they are in the trash. Wish I could be more help. I find it odd that the machine won't pick up your quarters and dimes, especially if they're metal coins |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2011 11:12:23 GMT -5
My Fisher F4 was a real bugger on modern Cdn clad...I did learn to understand that signals that jumped from mid to high and were erratic were generally the steel core clad that I personally enjoy digging as it helps keep my cafeine intake at suitable levels. If you disc out iron many detectors completely null 'em and you'd never know they were under your coil. Stay away from standard mode on the AT Pro me bouy...go with Pro Mode zero disc and/or creaste a custom profile using Pro mode once you've had a chance to learn the beast a bit more. Here's a link from another site that may not be very pretty or organized...but IMHO is probably one of the very best sites for technical information. I'm sure you've heard of him...anyway...Tom D put the AT PRO through it's paces and in the following thread you can read his and others reviews/tips etc on this new and from I hear...very promising Garrett offering. Tempted to pick one up myself but still likin' my CZ3D...which btw...is terrible on modern Cdn. clad. I'd put my lil Tesoro Compadre against ANY detector on the market....using DISC mode....almost all detectors in DISC mode will not hit modern Cdn. clad as they average up the signal to ID as the most probable target...that is to say that if the coin is 90% steel and 10% copper it's going to ID as iron and if iron is DISC'd out...well....you can't dig what you don't know is there. The Tesoro Compadre however, is so amazingly sensitive that even if I DISC out everything above iron that lil bugger will hit 'em hard...simple single tone beep and dig machine but you'll never miss clad. Oh...the link. Hope it has some useful information for you. www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,10255 |
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Post by Leslie Sarkany on May 19, 2011 18:07:41 GMT -5
From the land of the Bluenose.....thanks for the info. have been reading up and watching the vids on youtube. i too feel that the Freedom 3 Plus even though 22 year old model is unsurpassed. When I get a few of mine fixed the Pro will be just a back up. Happy hunting and feel free to join us anytim fur a dig me son!
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2011 19:01:56 GMT -5
Hey Les, turn iron audio on. You will hear your steel core coins.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2011 6:47:27 GMT -5
Les...Metal Detecting is like fly fishing. You catch the most fish with the fly you use the most. Metal detecting is no different. I'm sure if you give the AT PRO a chance and really learn it...in pro mode...with iron on as Rick suggested you will begin to easily identify modern clad. The AT is just speaking a different language. I know how much you like the Freedom 3 plus units and you've certainly done VERY well using them but there's no way it will outperform the AT PRO...again...you do better with what ya use the most.  I'm looking forward to hearing more about your experiences with the AT Pro...I really am considering it as a next purchase as I wouldn't mind having a waterproof unit...although my CZ3D will outperform it and most other units in wet/salt sand. AT PRO is "gold dead" in wet/salt sand. How's the Freedom 3 Plus in the wet/salt stuff Les? As for getting out...one of these days me bouy. Busy feller I is. Wearin' down fast too. Hard on a feller's head workin' 6 days a week and tryin' to keep the missus happy on the Sundays that I am off. Can't wait for retirement so I can get out full time. 45 now so I guess dat means I got anudder 20 to go. |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2011 12:39:21 GMT -5
British War Medal (Silver Issue)
One of the last medals to be awarded to British service personnel, only instituted in 1919. The British War Medal was awarded for operational service during the period 1914 - 1920 to British and Commonwealth Forces. The medal is 36mm and cast in silver these medals are always impressed named to recipient, however I have seen offical samples of these medals unnamed, and others with specimen (produced for collectors) marked on the rim both types are believed to be produced in Australia. In total 6,500,000 medals were awarded. Originally this medal was supposed to have been issued with campaign clasps this idea was rejected as being to expensive, seven clasps were issued for Naval actions but it is believed that they were never produced for the full size medal. However miniatures can be found with campaign clasp but these are connected with the Navy and considered rare. The ribbon produced for this medal is gold with white, black and blue edge stripes. Obverse is the bust of king George V enclosed with Georgivs V Britt. Omn: Rex Et Ind: Imp: the reverse shows naked man with sword riding a horse over the carnage of the trenches. Miniature versions of this medal have been created which are unnamed.
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? All in the learning curve, I guess. 
All I know on the AT Pro is guys always run in Pro mode and they'll run with the iron audio off UNLESS they are in the trash. Wish I could be more help. I find it odd that the machine won't pick up your quarters and dimes, especially if they're metal coins 
I'm looking forward to hearing more about your experiences with the AT Pro...I really am considering it as a next purchase as I wouldn't mind having a waterproof unit...although my CZ3D will outperform it and most other units in wet/salt sand. AT PRO is "gold dead" in wet/salt sand. How's the Freedom 3 Plus in the wet/salt stuff Les?