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Beesncheese · « **on:** November 08, 2011, 16:11 »

Has anybody had the AT Pro show signals and the Propointer not recognise them.. That has happened a quite a few times, a clear signal pinpointed signal but the Propointer does not pick it up blank..nothing there..

Austacker · « **Reply #1 on:** November 08, 2011, 18:41 »

Quote from: Beesncheese on November 08, 2011, 16:11

Has anybody had the AT Pro show signals and the Propointer not recognise them.. That has happened a quite a few times, a clear signal pinpointed signal but the Propointer does not pick it up blank..nothing there..

Dig deeper is the only advice I have. I've done it plenty of times where I've dug a plug too shallow only to have the pin pointer give no hit. Dig a little deeper and oh, there it is!

pepper · « **Reply #2 on:** November 08, 2011, 19:38 »

ive had this happen once or twice.
100 percent of the time its a tiny tiny tiny bit of wire or similar.
the atpro would pick it up no probs, but the propointer had to be sitting on top of it to set it off.

willy46 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2011, 20:09 »

I know it may sound silly but run the pro pointer around the entire hole. If there's still nothing, put it in the hole & put the tip on the soil. Hold it there for about 30 seconds. If no signal then move it over a couple of mm & repeat. I've found that the longer you leave it there for longer the better it seems to work. If that fails take more soil out and go again.

Beesncheese · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2011, 21:31 »

Thank you for all your replies will try what has been suggested, thanks again this is great.

Silverdigger · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2011, 22:22 »

Another tip is to check the depth of the target and try and dig a plug about the depth it says or an inch or 2 above the depth,I think the pro pointer reads a target about 1-2 inches but not 100% sure,I have had this happen to me when I had a target at 8 inches and I dug a plug at about 5 inches,so I had to dig a little more before the pro pointer started to pick it up.

Beesncheese · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2011, 22:53 »

Thanks Silverdigger will have a go

6666 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 09, 2011, 14:53 »

Ive had this problem only with tiny pieces of shredded Aluminium canslaw
but when I dug up a aluminium can that was 19 inches deep
it was out of range for the pointer

Beesncheese · « **Reply #8 on:** November 09, 2011, 15:01 »

I dug a few of those up too today, but I am over the moon I have found my first penny thanks to people on this thread, posted it in General. Thanks everyone yay !!

Rwork · « **Reply #9 on:** November 09, 2011, 21:44 »

Have we told you how to tune your pinpointer for more depth using a coin near the switch ?

Beesncheese · « **Reply #10 on:** November 09, 2011, 22:06 »

Rwork no, havent seen that anywhere

Rwork · « **Reply #11 on:** November 10, 2011, 06:35 »

All you have to do is start the pro pointer up away from any metal and slide a coin down towards the switch from the opposite end of the tip. When it just starts to vibrate then move it back so it is just ticking slightly.This will make it more sensitive to very small bits of metal and give you more depth. You have to keep the coin in position with your thumb while you are using it. When you switch it off it goes back to std. Dig a hole and keep pushing a coin into the dirt till just out of range of your Gpp, when you try this you should be able to hear it. Normally when you want to know something about a subject then go back to the home page and put it into search up the top.It will show a lot of the web pages that include those words. If you are reading a story and put words into search it doesn't work the same as going back to home. Rwork

Beesncheese · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2011, 07:58 »

Thanks Rwork I am finding things out all the time ! brilliant

Silverdigger · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2011, 10:28 »

You can check out this video about retune the pro pointer,hope this helps as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWPD2bRTzsc

Beesncheese · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2011, 19:39 »

Great stuff will be trying it out thank you

jackthehound · « **Reply #15 on:** December 11, 2011, 23:30 »

I had the same thing today. I hunt in normal coin mode and when I get the ding ding, swap to Pro zero to try and get an idea about size and depth. When I swapped to Pro zero it was only a faint signal and I thought a small piece of old iron, copper wire etc. I started digging a hole about two to three inches down, and using the Pro pointer, but no reading. Ran the AT Pro over hole again and still a faint signal. Kept digging down about another four inches and found a 1951 sixpence. It's a hard call I think, do you give up thinking its just trash, or my way of thinking, if you haven't found it in the first two to three inches and the Pro pointer doesn't pick it up but the detector does, keep digging.

Beesncheese · « **Reply #16 on:** December 12, 2011, 08:16 »

Yes I dig deeper now if it doesnt show on the Propointer, sometimes a good find sometimes not lol ! all good

AT Pro Guy · « **Reply #17 on:** December 12, 2011, 11:16 »

also and dont laugh i did not think or realise this till a few weeks ago watching a garrett video.
but when you pinpoint like i do by dragging the coil towards you the sound stops at tip of coil. i dig that spot its my favourite easiest way to pinpoint. now the bit i did not know/think off but its a dd coil the deeper the target the further from that tip the target is. so a coin on surface would be right under the end of the tip but a coin 8 inches down maybe a inch or 3 back from that tip towards you. look in your manual or online the shape of a dd scan area its a triangle sloping back towards the centre, so logically the deeper the coin the closer to centre it would be. but as i said i went almost 6 months swinging the dd coil on ace 350 without realising it and was not till i watched the garrett training videos other day i saw this tip. does explain why in the past i have dug a 8 inch hole at end of coil found nothing and come a few inches dig a second hole and find a coin 5 inches down. happened yesterday with half penny, i ended up with two holes. the first hole i dug 5 inches and nothing on probe, i then remembered tip, came back 3 inches from current hole started a 2nd hole and found the coin 4 inches down

jackthehound · « **Reply #18 on:** December 12, 2011, 21:58 »

On mine jack, I found the sweet spot is the first square past where you fit the coil to the shaft. Thats what i've found anyway.

AT Pro Guy · « **Reply #19 on:** December 12, 2011, 22:07 »

i have seen that sweet spot, i guess i got in the habit of tip to tail on 11 inch ace 350 coil. but with at gold 5x8 coil i am using that sweet spot. i do so love this at pro both coils a joy to use

Beesncheese · « **Reply #20 on:** December 13, 2011, 07:31 »

Yep mine is the same as Jackthehond the first square.

pepper · « **Reply #21 on:** December 13, 2011, 08:38 »

yep, there everytime.

AT Pro Guy · « **Reply #22 on:** December 13, 2011, 18:32 »

i will alter my sweet spot and see how it goes

Rwork · « **Reply #23 on:** January 11, 2012, 14:25 »

Not sure where i mentioned that i ordered a pinpointer for someone who doesn't have paypal. Paid on 29th dec and arrived 11th which i thought was ok for the xmas rush from Texas (Ebay)

AT Pro Guy · « **Reply #24 on:** January 12, 2012, 18:10 »

Quote from: Beesncheese on November 08, 2011, 16:11

Has anybody had the AT Pro show signals and the Propointer not recognise them.. That has happened a quite a few times, a clear signal pinpointed signal but the Propointer does not pick it up blank..nothing there..

this happened two days ago, so i did what i used to do before i had probe, handful of soil at a time over the coil. it went off, i then waved probe,no answer. found a tiny very thin bit of foil, small and easy to miss with you eye in the dirt/dust but i think to thin for probe to register on.
I also change the battery on the garrett pro beforer each trip, i use rechargeable 9v in them