Deep and sensitive enough to pick up small gold! Would I get another? No. (But for the right price yes) Too heavy with poor ergonomics and I genuinely prefer Minelab. Even for the military I think Garrett could have designed the Recon Pro better. They must have decided that they only looked for mines a few minutes at a time so overbuilding (big, thick chunky) the machine and arm fatigue was acceptable. It doesn't discriminate as good as you want but that is typical for a PI machine. Awesome if they went duel frequencies. Or even put out an ATX lightweight for the beach or nugget hunting. They will not, it seems they are stuck in the late 80's early 90's. Flagship GTI 2500 looks like an old vintage machine. Max is a disaster, at least it wasn't in their favorite 70's green, I hope they do something new and fresh in 2020. After Garrett flopped with the AT Max it left such a bad taste in my mouth that this may be my last Garrett machine. That's not true if my Garrett pro pointer goes, I will get another. They did that extremely well. I got lucky and dumped the Max on Fleebay fast before most the bad reviews got out. Anyway, get the ATX, use it and work out your upper body strength with it, just be sure to switch arms so one doesn’t get huge wile the other atrophies. This way you can save money and give up that gym membership. I can swing it but if you want to be or are that old man (or lady) at the beach, get the Equinox. Read more