Happa54
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Hey all;
I recently started hunting with a guy who swings a Garrett ATPro and I swing a Minelab Safari.
We basically start out side by side but within 3-4 hours he's at the far end of the park while I'm basically still within an acre or two parcel.
As you may or may not know, the Minelabs operate on FBS (28 frequencies) and the Garrett I believe is single frequency processor.
His swing is really fast and wide and mine is slow and about shoulder width.
By the end of the day he has a chunk more clad than me and I commented to him that he "swings so fast and covers so much ground" and he's replies "yeah I hear everything under my coil at these speeds".
My point here is that his ATPro is covering far far more ground in less time and getting more coins than me. It's just my observation and makes me think a bit.
As I watch him swinging away. Theoretically, he could be taking targets away from me because I can't keep up with him.
Minelab owners place much emphasis on the need to keep it "low and slow" due multi frequency processing which takes time to identify targets on the screen.
If you have experience with both of these machines I'd like to get your feedback. What is the upside if I were in a competition hunt against the ATPro... just to keep this comparison interesting?
Thank you so much.
I recently started hunting with a guy who swings a Garrett ATPro and I swing a Minelab Safari.
We basically start out side by side but within 3-4 hours he's at the far end of the park while I'm basically still within an acre or two parcel.
As you may or may not know, the Minelabs operate on FBS (28 frequencies) and the Garrett I believe is single frequency processor.
His swing is really fast and wide and mine is slow and about shoulder width.
By the end of the day he has a chunk more clad than me and I commented to him that he "swings so fast and covers so much ground" and he's replies "yeah I hear everything under my coil at these speeds".
My point here is that his ATPro is covering far far more ground in less time and getting more coins than me. It's just my observation and makes me think a bit.
As I watch him swinging away. Theoretically, he could be taking targets away from me because I can't keep up with him.
Minelab owners place much emphasis on the need to keep it "low and slow" due multi frequency processing which takes time to identify targets on the screen.
If you have experience with both of these machines I'd like to get your feedback. What is the upside if I were in a competition hunt against the ATPro... just to keep this comparison interesting?
Thank you so much.