Rebel Digger: Garrett AT Pro International Tones and Their Meaning

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Garrett AT Pro International Tones and Their Meaning

Having had the time to put some hours on the Garrett AT Pro International over a few months I've come to the conclusion that all detectors should come with a library of short audio clips to help new users to train their ears at home. Yes I know there are plenty of instructional video clips on youtube. But most of these videos have an audio stream that is out of sync with the video itself. Also many detectorists shoot videos that are far to dependent on the visual identification display on the detector itself. Im pretty sure that I'm not alone in saying that my hearing ability is far faster at processing the feedback from the machine then keeping my eyes glued to the detectors display looking at numbers that are displayed in a delayed fashion. In other words you hear the audio signal first and shortly after the display is updated. Yes the display is updated within milli seconds but I find this is enough to get on my nerves!

Anyway back to the topic of this post. The short audio clips below are examples of the feedback you get from your Garrett AT Pro International. I have used these to help me understand the makeup of the ground i am covering without the need to keep looking at the VID display. Also even though Garrett have a standard mode they recommend to new users I'd say just skip this mode and head straight into Pro Audio and learn from there.

I have included the STD audio clips just for reference.

So I hope someone might find these useful enjoy.