4.5 sniper coil and pin pointing mode on ace 250?

[cory in fla]

well ordered the ace 250 thur,and it should be here mon, i was wondering how well the pin pointing mode works with the 4.5 sniper coil? i want to pick one up eventually but i want to get use to and learn the pin pointing mode on the factory coil first.

 

[khouse]

The sniper is dead center on pinpointing. Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep too.
Buy one soon! I have found clad dimes at 21 inches! OK. 6 inches....
That's deep for a 4.5 inch coil.

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

The standard and the large coils pinpoint as accurately as the sniper coil (absolutely deadly once you learn how to do it), however the sniper coil is good at getting between trash and hunting next to metal objects.
Mick Evans.

 

[shadow0966]

I have the sniper and it is now my standard coil , if I have a big field to do then I will change to the big daddy but I REALLY have a hard time pinpointing with it .
For some reason I can not find my sweet spot on the coil, the target is always in a different area than I figured then I windup diggin holes the size of watermelons but the sniper came to my rescue and I love it because I don't even need my bullseye pp.

P.S The sniper gets pretty good depth too,I have dug up targets that were 5+ inches down.

 

[cory in fla]

i have a small 4" coil on my bh lone star and i really like so i know i will love it on the 250, it will be a definitely buy on the sniper coil. but i also want to get good at pin pointing using the standard coil, i know once i buy the 4.5 coil it prob be the main one i use so thats why i want to get use to the standard coil first and get practice on it before i switch, not that it to much trouble switching back and forth but you know how it is when you get use to a certain thing or way!!! it like saying I'll do it tomorrow

 

[NM5K]

You can find a lot of goodies with the stock coil.
Pinpointing is pretty easy once you get the hang..
Practice with coins on top of a box or whatever to
see where the coil position is vs the coin.
With the stock and also the larger 9x12 coil, you
usually use the "pullback" method. That is, you center,
and then pull the coil back until the tone quits.
At that point, the coin should be right in front of
the inner coil.
The sniper coil is different, and has an "X" in the
middle that you use as the pinpoint marker.
I have all three coils, and use all of them depending
on what I'm hunting. But I agree, the sniper is probably
the most fun coil of the bunch as it's so fast and precise.
And it is good to 5-6 inches. The stock coil is probably
good to about 7-8 inches. The 9x12, I'd say about
10-11 inches.. Using a quarter for all tests...
Course, ground quality will vary the depth you get..
MK

 

[Uncle Willy]

Pinpointing on the Sniper is easier than on the stock coil - right in the center.

Bill

 

[nealcat]

I have an ACE250 with all three coils. I have read a lot of commments from people about them having trouble pinpointing. I have never had any trouble at all with pinpointing with any of the coils. I just watch the signal strength meter, and "X" it out, noticing when the bars just start to drop off. I don't go by the sound. The object will be right in the center. You can even tell if it is a coin sized object! The only time this doesn't work well is when the object is close to the top of the ground, then you just raise the coil and repeat the procedure. Works great, especially with the 9X12 coil. And another thing I have found using the ACE is that the depth indication is more accurate in pinpoint than when just scanning as long as it is a coin sized object. If when in pinpoint mode the depth indicates 2 inches and you dig down two inches and it is still sounding off, you can bet it is not a coin. It will be something bigger.

 

[cory in fla]

Received the ace250 the other day works great so far from what i have had a chance to try we have been getting rain in the evenings here in fla where im at so it been hard to put any try time on it after work,i was wondering is their a big difference in the weight between the sniper coil and the stock coil? the stock coil is a little heavier then i thought it would be being made out of the epoxy that it made of, i was wondering if the sniper coil is made of the same stuff?