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Ace 250 & 350 Question

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OhioMike

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I'm considering an Ace as a backup to my AT Pro. I almost always use the 5x8 coil on my Pro and have a dealer that will sell either the Ace 250 or 350 with a 5x8 instead of the stock coil. This would be for coin/jewlry hunting at parks and occasional plowed farm field. Is their any big advantage to the Ace 350 over the 250? There's only $45.00 difference in price so no big deal. Main difference i see is more iron resolution and aprox 2 kHz higher frquency on the 350. Looks like to get the iron resolution though on the 350 the higher conductive coins are closer together than on the 250. Anyone used both that can chime in.
Thanks Mike
 
I have the 350 and love it with the sniper coi. The target id is dead on. As a back up if u wanted to spend the extra go with the 350.....its basically the 250 on steroids.l
 
which ever one you get, rig it with the Sniper Coil It will get into places the bigger coils can't
 
It's a good idea to have a back-up. I don't have any experience with either detector, but I believe from what I've read on this forum, I would go with the ace-350. Good luck and happy hunting.
 
The following information and opinion on the Ace 350 is based on internet research only. I have never tried one, but I can tell you why I chose the Ace 250 over the 350.
Three reasons... Price, discrimination resolution, and the fact that I couldn't see any benifits to the 350.
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If you like having more coil options (like I do), you can get the Ace 250 with the stock 6.5 x 9" concentric coil & 8.5 x 11" DD coil for about $330. Ace 350 with the stock 8.5 x 11" DD is $297. So, for about $33 I wind up with an extra ($75) coil. As far as I can tell, the differences between the 250 and the 350 (other than the coil it comes with) is minimal. 2Khz isn't much of a difference in operating frequency. When using the DD coil, depth is about the same.
I know you said that the price wasn't a problem with you, but was for me.

You are correct... Both machines have 12 target ID cursor segments. On the 250, two of the segments are for iron discrimination and 10 for non-ferrous, and on the 350, four for iron, and 8 for non-ferrous. Having more segments devoted to iron may be a benefit for a hard-core relic hunter, but for me, it'd be a hindrance. I very rarely dig any ferrous target on purpose. On the 350, all the coins (other than the nickel) are piled into the top three notches. It can't discriminate between a dime and a quarter... They both occupy the same notch. The penny only has one notch as well. If a signal bounces between a dime and a quarter on a 250, as far as I've seen it's usually neither. You wouldn't be able to see that discrepancy on the 350...

I look at it like this:
250v350.gif

Red is iron areas, gold is gold areas, and green is coins and silver...
Sloped areas are overlaps.
Ace 250:
Iron-2
Gold-6
Coins-7 (inc. nickel)

Ace 350:
Iron-4
Gold-6
Coins-4 (inc. nickel)

The one thing I was not prepared for (and it's the same in both the 250 and 350) was the 'processing delay'. It takes about an eighth of a second to process the signal from the coil through the circuit to the speaker and display. As long as you can get used to that, the Ace line is a great choice. For the type of hunting I do, the 250 w/8.5 x 11"DD is the better of the two.

For coins, I think you'd be best off with the Ace 250. Better resolution.
Again, this is all just opinion.
 
I love my 350,it does see 25/10 cents the same but its a plus to me, you can keep the 5 and the two others and cover three coins with two notches sometimes four coins, the older pennies come in there to, HHhank
 
Thanks for the info guys. I guess in the end I can't go wrong with either. Both good machines backed by Garrett's awesome service. I'll probably decide on a coin toss. lol
Thanks Again, Mike
 
Here's how I treat the :processing delay". With all two filter machines, the faster you sweep, the less accurate the processing. My Tesoros will gain an inch by slowing down the sweep speed. My bounty hunter-the same. So if you're swinging ANY detector too fast, you're missing stuff.
 
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