Although I do not have any inside information, I think Minelab would be foolish not to come out with something that is in direct competition with what people looking at the AT Pro are interested in. I completely agree with Old Longhair with the 705 being leaps and bounds above the AT Pro but there are three things sucking people in when considering the AT Pro. Price, being waterproof, and brand recognition from these reality detecting shows. Probably in that order. I also believe that the brand recognition at least on that model has a lot to do with subsidized AT pros ending up in the hands of people that are publicly visible. Nothing wrong with that to build your brand but I sometimes feel like people are suckered in to certain brands or models without knowing the true differences between certain products regardless of if we are talking detecting products or not.I'm sure the AT Pro is good detector for the money. I see a lot of You Tube videos with people doing very well with them. I do sometimes wonder if some of these people doing the videos paid for their AT Pro. So many of them I hear a guy say "Ok, I'm out here today with my AT Pro". Once you hear someone say the brand of their detector 4 or 5 times in a 15 minute period I start to question if the video is a commercial in disguise or if they got the detector in exchange for the videos. Again, I could be way off but I'm glad we're all allowed to have our own opinion.Mnelab E-TRACMinelab Stock CoilSunray X-5 CoilSunray X-1 PointerMinelab X-Terra 705Coils: 9" Stock (MF), 6" DD (HF), 10.5" DD (MF&HF)6" Coiltek CoilGarrett Pro Pointer----Predator Tools Piranah ShovelSeeing the world a half a step at a time.Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2013 08:42AM by mapper65.