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Dimeman
02-03-2011, 03:58 PM
I have a .5 ( 1/2) gram gold nugget and decided to test my 3 detectors. All 3 were set with DISC settings at the minimum and were tested in the same exact room and spot in the house.

The Whites M6 ( 14khz)with the stock coil set just a little past the SENS presets without chattering,and no ground balancing, saw it at 1/2 inch---Loud and clear.

The Garrett AT Pro in Pro Mode -Zero more sensitive to EMI inside the house, and setting the SENS to 2 bars instead of 6 bars,so it wouldn't chatter, and on auto ground balance, saw it at 1/2 inch-----Loud and clear.

My IDX ( 6.59khz) with 9.5 inch coil, saw it at 1/2 inch , only after setting the SENS at almost the maximum setting without chattering----Loud and clear.

The M6 and AT Pro are close to the same frequency ( in the 14-16 khz range) but in my honest opinion, outside with a good ground balance and maximum adjustment setting the AT Pro would be able to detect even a slightly smaller nugget at a slight more depth than the M6 could.

Spike
02-03-2011, 06:19 PM
O ya thumbsup01 Got to try one! Our family likes to camp at St. parks and that would be a good simple detector to take to the beach in the water and at that price on good ring and its paid for!! :yes: Thanks for all the info.

russellt
02-03-2011, 07:59 PM
were there any nails in the woodwork under the floor?

RaZR
02-03-2011, 08:28 PM
Hey dime! Mail that to me and i'll test out my detectors on it. rofl

Dimeman
02-03-2011, 09:26 PM
were there any nails in the woodwork under the floor?


Strung the detector in the air from the ceiling fan with some nylon thin rope. no metal within 3 feet of the detector.

Dimeman
02-03-2011, 09:29 PM
Hey dime! Mail that to me and i'll test out my detectors on it. rofl

Send your detectors to me and I'll test them free for you....no charge !!!!!!! thumbsup01 thumbsup01

giant056
02-03-2011, 10:24 PM
Robbie my MXT with the D2 coil on it seen this 1 gram bullion in a 14K bezel at about 4 inches. It VDI'd at 22 and gave a really loud signal

wingmaster
02-04-2011, 05:17 AM
Is the AT pro a threshold detector or silent search?

RaZR
02-04-2011, 12:54 PM
Send your detectors to me and I'll test them free for you....no charge !!!!!!! thumbsup01 thumbsup01


Can't do that! I just sent the Vision in for the upgrade. And my other babies are too young to leave home. :grin:

wheresthegoodstuff
02-04-2011, 07:22 PM
Is the AT pro a threshold detector or silent search?


Silent search

wingmaster
02-04-2011, 07:35 PM
I wasn't sure if it was a treshold detector or not, I wonder how the MXT would do in that test?

Nitro 54
02-04-2011, 09:46 PM
That sounds pretty far fetched to me Robbie :dontknow: :thinkingabout: ,,, Better send me that nugget for retesting lol lol lol :angelic:

Dimeman
02-04-2011, 09:49 PM
Robbie my MXT with the D2 coil on it seen this 1 gram bullion in a 14K bezel at about 4 inches. It VDI'd at 22 and gave a really loud signal


That has more flat surface area than a 1/2 gram nugget, and would read as a larger target.
I wanted to see if any of my detectors would pick up a signal from a small piece of gold...and they did.

Dimeman
02-04-2011, 09:51 PM
That sounds pretty far fetched to me Robbie :dontknow: :thinkingabout: ,,, Better send me that nugget for retesting lol lol lol :angelic:


I thought you had all the gold nuggets, except for this one :huh::huh::huh: lol lol