Does Anyone Use A Garrett ATX For Gold Prospecting?

[Chase Goldman]

24 minutes ago, prosoloact said:

Haven't done much gold prospecting with mine yet, but I've been hitting dimes and quarters like crazy! A good coin shooter.

Like hitting mosquitos with a sledgehammer 

[Steve Herschbach]

People say they want more depth on coins and an ATX used properly can nail silver coins in highly mineralized ground that a VLF can’t touch.

[HardPack]

On 7/5/2016 at 9:54 AM, Steve Herschbach said:

The problem is with ATX at $2120 and 6.9 lbs, limited coil selection, it is a tough machine to recommend for prospecting with a Minelab GPX 4500 running only $2699 at this time. I still consider the ATX to have been a missed opportunity. At

Steve,
Fast forward… In light of the release of the Garrett Axiom at $3995 along with the current price of the ML SDC 2300 at $3399 a new opportunity may have opened for the ATX equipped with the 13”x11” DD or Mono “closed” search coil at $2380.  Add the ATX  8” mono coil for another $473 the price is still worth a look at $2853.  After reading your original reviews and several posts I am considering the ATX for prospecting. The weight is still a concern even today.

[HardPack]

How difficult would it be for Garrett to put their ATX technology into either an AT or Apex body/shaft assembly. Adding a simple ground balance number to the display and 11” DD with an optional 10x5 mono search coil. Priced somewhere between $1500 to $2500. Those wanting or needing more could still upgrade to the Axiom. You think Garrett is waiting until the ATX warehouse stocks are sold off or Fisher or Nokta/Makro fill this gap. Either way I can wait. 

[HardPack]

There’s is an outstanding article in the ICMJ December 2016 issue  “ Detecting Strategies for Heavily Forested Areas”. I’ll start a separate topic for R&D so it does not get buried in an older posts. Keep up the fight.