Ace 250 outperforms DFX!!!

[Neil in West Jersey]

I got out with a friend for quite a few hours today, him with the DFX and me using the Ace 250. We searched for hours looking for a home-site in the woods. We finally found it, but it was overcome with thorns and underbrush making it nearly impossible to move about. I did a little better than him with the clock winder, the key plate and about 36 cents in clad and memorials. He ended up with Bupkis, Zilch, Zero!! The winder is marked "F. KROEBER" "NEW YORK". I did some research and found Kroeber was in business from 1870 to 1904.

We also stumbled upon a bottle dump with some nice cork top bottles from the same time period, but were not equipped to carry them back through the thicket. We also ended up walking in a big circle trying to find our way out of the forest!

As far as performance, I am sure the DFX is a better, more sophisticated unit than the Ace 250, but he was fussing with his DFX and adjusting it for what seemed like hours! I just turned mine on and detected. He ended up with nothing. It goes to show, it is not the machine, it is the operator!

Not a good day detecting , but it always feels good to get out for a few hours in the crisp December air .

Happy Holidays and thanks for looking!

 

[NM5K]

Yep, I've always liked KISS... The more bells and whistles
you have to mess with, the less actual hunting you are doing
in some cases. I think that's why the ace sell so well.
Running one is pretty much a no brainer. You decide the ID
seg's you want to notch, and start swinging.
I find numeral readouts kind of interesting, but it still doesn't
matter much. I'd probably still dig it, even if the number was
goofy for the likely target.
MK

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

It makes me nervous to make those statements. The lowly Ace beat out an upper level detector. It definitely happens when the operator doesn't make the right settings on his detector. I beat out an MXT on depth in Fl. I could only pick the cent up every other swing. My buddy couldn't get a signal at all. It made me wonder about the depth of the MXT. What I hear on the forum about the MXT's depth and that is what I am getting with the Ace. MXT would blow me away in mineralized soil as long as the operator knows how to ground balance his detector.

 

[John-Edmonton]

n/t

 

[Uncle Willy]

Detecting - 90% operator, 10% machine.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah including us.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

The lowly 250 will fool you, along with others - depending on the soil of course. If they would put manual GB or fast track on a 250 it would blow you away.



Bill

 

[draaiorgel]

Just my lowly opinion, but I really don't fancy a numeric readout as it would mean absolutely
nothing to me. It's much more exciting to see a coin notch light up or even a ring pull for that matter
'cause I'm looking for the rings.Yep I think Garrett has got it right.

 

[khouse]

You can look at numbers as notches. If you have a 200 number read out that's 200 notches. You can have too much of a good thing. Or you could look at the 250 as a 12 number ID. Instead if the blocks you could have 1-12 numbers. Both would tell you the same info. So what is too little notches? Only the operator can tell you. But the more notches/numbers the jumpier the ID. 12 to 24 seems to be a good range. Enough for a good idea of the target but not too jumpy.

I ran a 2 knob whites 3900 for around 18 years. It was simple could go deep if you swung it fast like a weed whip after a long rain with a full moon. I hunted with friends that had the state of the art detectors. 1000's of different combinations or programs. 100 number digital read out etc. But I was letting my digger tell the story. I consistently out hunted others. Were talking silver and clad. Also those other cool finds like toys and knives etc. I can't tell you how many times I would look up from my knees digging only to see them cussing their detector and changing this and that. Heck I didn't know what half of all that crap meant! I am glad detectors are more stable now and have some good TID info but yet simple.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah that numeric stuff reminds me of playing a slot machine.

Bill

 

[Graw]

n/t