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Just wanted to say Hello to everybody and add a big thank you to Steve for his help selecting my new AT Gold. Steve your post in the old forum http://www.akmining.biz/forums/showthread.php/2094-Garrett-AT-Pro-versus-AT-Gold.html really iced the cake when making my decision. Thank you for taking the time to help others and share your knowledge. I bought an AT Gold to add to my bag of tricks. If you read the other post in the link, I was looking for something to compliment my GPX 5000 and GMT. I originally intended the AT Gold to be a turn on and go detector for searching cabin sites found while tromping around through the woods. After getting to spend a couple hours with the AT Gold I think it's duties will be expanded a bit. I am quite pleased with the performance and ease of use, it will fill the gap between the 5000 and GMT perfectly for my needs. With the small DD coil that comes with it, In all metal mode I was able to pickup my small test nuggets I use for the GMT, granted not nearly as strong or consistent as the GMT but it will pick them up if I am right on them. For what I bought this machine for that's better than I expected. I was able to get out to a local spot to play around for an hour or so before I had to head out of town. The coins in the pic were all found in a very trashy area using discrim 1 setting and iron discrim set at 30, sensitivity maxed out or one notch down from max. I would still get some bleed through from the trash but the coins came through loud and clear, with a positive I.D. of 81 to 83 on the screen. You knew for sure it was a coin before digging. Granted most of these coins are newer vintage ( a couple wheats in there) than what I'm looking for but they came through loud and clear. Target separation was excellent and very quick. If anyone is considering this unit...I wouldn't hesitate. I can't wait to continue my testing (and finding). Thanks again, Kenny

Thank you Kenny. I need to get a dedicated AT Gold page built soon, and your post reminded me of that. The Garrett AT Gold is a unique value in a metal detector. Fully featured with everything I expect from an above water detector, lightweight, yet waterproof to 10 feet. Truly all terrain, and an incredible value for the price. The 5" x 8" DD coil has gotten kudos from many people as a superb coil. It has developed a well deserved reputation for pulling non-ferrous items out of ferrous junk. A very capable all metal prospecting circuit on top of all that with a unique ground balance "window". Just a great little detector and Garrett should be very proud of it and its sibling, the AT Pro. I am glad it is working out so well for you!

The GMT with small coil is very, very close to the Gold Bug 2 in performance on tiny gold. When Fisher discontinues the Gold Bug 2 it will be a boost for GMT sales. The GMT, however, has a better balance of performance on both tiny shallow gold and larger gold at depth. The Gold Bug 2 is better for dedicated tiny gold sniping but I would use my GMT for more general type nugget detecting. It blows the Gold Bug 2 away for depth on larger nuggets in mineralized ground.