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A Junk-et with the Ace 250

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dahut

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As I said yesterday, I have resurrected the Ace for the season. This moring I took it out to the local soccer field and tot lot for a few hours. Found a ton of trash, but like an idiot, I deleted the pic before I stored it. So, all I have to show are the meager gleanings for the time out:
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Not really anything to speak of, but better than nuttin'

I went bare basics today, leaving my possibles bag behind. It doesnt help that one of the cats found it and decided to use it as a toilet. Better left at
home, as I said...
Here then are the basics:
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Ratty pickup truck, cup of coffe on the bed rail, detector, headphones, trowel and pouch. Some of you will recall that truck cost me $500 two years ago - and it's still going strong.

The obligatory close up of the basic gear:
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See the dot at the front of the coil and the bit of white paint on the center notch? Visual aids for PP'ing, mate. Give them a try, if you havent already.

Also have alook at that trowel, will you? Im proud of that beast. I call it "the Badger" and let me tell you, it has yet to fail me in many years of continual use. It can be extended, thanks to the coupling in the middle, but that isnt normally needed. Fancy? No; its just black iron pipe sections and electrical conduit, welded up solid.
Nonetheless, you may want to consider something like this. Cheap, simple and utterly reliable.

Is this not a great pastime?
 
Hi David,
Nice truck, nice Ace, nice finds pouch.
Pity about the trowel, doesn't quite match somehow, Whatever turns you on.:rofl:
 
That is one ugly digging device. But I bet it has dug up some beautiful finds. A good trade off.
 
Hey Ian, good to hear from you again.
That truck is a gem - best $500 I ever spent. The chrome wheels and tires alone were worth what I gave for the entire vehicle! It even had a nice Pioneer CD player in it. A friend of mine asked me if I wanted a truck, since he was tired of fixing it. He was fed up with it and just wanted it out of the yard. SO I made him an offer: to be precise, it cost me $450 and two boxes of Federal Premium 30-06 ammo.
I had to make some repairs and perform the basic tune up work, as you;d expect. But I drive it daily and it shows no signs of slowing down. I met a guy recently that had one; his had gone 385,000 miles on the original engine. He said it had started to burn oil, so he just replaced the whole powerplant with a rebuilt one!

You might not think my Ace was so nice, Ian, if you saw it closer. It is covered with a bubble wrap-and-duct tape dust shield and looks a real wreck. This protects it from the elements and thwarts thieves... no thief worth the name would steal my "piece of junk" detector. Here's what I mean:
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It looks bad, but works good. I do this to most of my detectors. Why advertise that you have something nice?
 
Hey David,
Man that is an ugly control box, even if I was desperate
I wouldn't steal that. (thanks for the laugh):rofl:
 
Now, if you could just get two more years or of that truck................Bwhahahahahaha.

Chris
 
You can use that digging tool to fend off those thieves .
 
I plan on it! Some of the best advice I ever got was, "Never get rid of a good wife, a good gun, or a good truck."
 
Hmmmmmmmm. I thinks the digger and the truck would look a lot better if both were yellow too, to match the Ace ,
 
[quote dahut]I plan on it! Some of the best advice I ever got was, "Never get rid of a good wife, a good gun, or a good truck."[/quote]

If you were a true red neck, you would have added dawg to that list.:rofl:
 
Hey. Thas some professional job you did on the Ace!:rofl:
Looks about as good as mine. I find that I can tape the sandwich wrap over the LCD and still
push the bottons ok. The little flap you have could still let water in.
Regards
RR
 
You're right and I've tried both ways. What I found is that if it's storming and blowing hard enough to make it a worry, I need to go home and take a nap.
In that way its pretty self regulating! Besides there is always a roll of duct tape in my possibles bag, should I need it...
 
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