Ace 250....I'm Impressed

[brobox]

I have seen everybody raving about their ACE 250's so I had to try one. It arrived Friday and yesterday I took it to one of my relic spots for a couple of hours. I was impressed with the target separation of the 250. One of the round balls was next to a piece of iron and the 250 was able to sound off on both targets. That was impressive as both target came out in the same shovel full of dirt. It was also very sensitive to small brass which makes it a nice relic machine. In just a couple of hours, 3 round balls an Eagle"A" a flower button and misc. camp brass. I can now see why everybody is raving about their 250's it is a nice machine and the price can't be beat.

Chuck in Cape Coral

 

[John-Edmonton]

It gives you even more depth, and the pinpointing and sensitivity are tops!
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[brobox]

After trying the 250 for the first time with the stock coil the 9X12 will be ordered in the morning. I did an air test with the flower button against the 250 and my expensive relic machine. The 250 was 8 inches with a strong signal and the stock coil. The expensive relic machine was 9 inches with a weak diggable signal and the larger coil. Very interesting!

HH,
Chuck in Cape Coral

 

[Countrykid]

What did the mini balls ID as?

What mode did you run?

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah it's a dandy little machine and you will learn to love it. Keep us posted.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Forgot to say the 250 is very sensitive to small items. Check out my post on the tiny silver ring found with the 250. Also found a baby's 14 KT gold baptismal ring with the 250 and it is one tiny sucker.

Bill

 

[brobox]

I ran the 250 in the relic mode 90% of the time and switched to all metal just to check signals. Iron really discriminated out nice. The 250 would make one medium tone beep over large iron, then immediately go to low tone iron on the next pass. I have very expensive machines that won't to that.

As for the signal reading, I don't pay much attention to the meter as I am a tone hunter, but I did glance at the meter on one of the round balls and it was bouncing between nickel and pull tab. I can tell more on a target by the tone versus a meter reading if the detector has GOOD tone separation and the Ace 250 does. Both of the brass buttons did read a strong nickel reading, but rang off like a dime would (short and sweet) I knew they were good targets just by the sound.

HH,

Chuck in Cape Coral

 

[rob]

Hello Chuck,

Nice finds. By the way, what unit were you comparing the 250 to?

Thanks,

Rob

 

[brobox]

My Shadow X5. I am now anxious to try the 9 X 12 coil.

Chuck

 

[Uncle Willy]

I field tested the X5 for Troy when it first came out.

Bill