Ace 250 Question

[Penn85]

Hi Everyone,

I received my Ace250 this past week and have been testing it out in the backyard. I started out finding about 26 cents in change (dimes & pennies) and a couple of pieces of scrap metal. The next day I went out and switched it to the coins only mode. I'm getting good signals for dimes but when I dig them up they are balls of foil. I double checked the screen to make sure a silent foil reading wasn't showing. Is there any way to eliminate the false dime signals or is this common for scrap foil.

Thanks

 

[JoeinMemphis]

I haven't had much experience with the ACE, I use a 1350. I have the same problem when the foil is coin sized ( mine tells the size ). When the foil is the same conductivity as a dime the machine will show it as a dime. We all have to deal with it. The display is a "probable target indicator", no matter how many bells and whistles your detector has, it and you will be fooled on occasion. Like I said, mine has a sizing feature, and when that piece of foil is the same conductivity as a dime, and it is less than 1.5" in size, I dig up a very nice piece of foil too... Hope this helps.
HH Joe

 

[Hightone]

When the Belltone goes off, is it doing it all the time, or just during a swing in one direction? Sometimes you have to move 90 degrees on the target and sweep from a different angle. Lots of times, foil will activate the Belltone in one direction but not on the return swing. That is usually trash. The meter will follow the sound, dime in one direction, foil on the return swing.

 

[Penn85]

The belltone goes on during both swings. However, I did notice on a few swings that it only sounded with first swing and on return swing nothing, like you mentioned in your post. I avoided those. Perhaps I was picking up 2 foil signals on the same swing. That might explain this.

 

[khouse]

Even if I get a one way bell tone I dig it. By the time I swing the coil fron all directions I can have it dug. If you don't have the time then you could pass them up. Good luck on a HOT machine!

 

[Uncle Willy]

Did you get a belltone or a beep?

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Where do you have your sensitivity set? if it's above four bars move it back to four bars. Also tape your cable straight up the shaft for about a foot or use velcro or electric ties.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

"Twitching" on those one-way signals will often tell the tale.

Bill

 

[Penn85]

I will velcro the cable when I get back home later today.
Thanks

 

[NM5K]

It's pretty common, and there is not a whole
lot you can do but either dig em, or risk missing
something good. I had quite a few foil balls in
the backyard, mostly from bbq grills, etc.
They are pretty conductive naturally, and if the
right size per a certain depth, they will mimic
coins. I've had the same problem with things like
rusty nails, etc. Normally a clean nail will
ring up less conductive than a rusty one. It will
bounce around in the lower to mid scales.
But rust is very conductive. Once a nail starts
to build up a lot of crusty rust, it becomes more
conductive, and will often mimic coins. Often 25-50
cent range. They will sometimes bounce around like
clean nails, but they bounce at a higher scale...
Like I said, it's just one of those things you have
to put up with, kinda like some pulltabs ringing
as nickles.. You can pass those up, but you risk
missing real nickles, or maybe even a ring.
Often a one way bell tone will be a deep coin.
Thats the way the deeper coins usually ring up on
the 250, unless they are really flat.
So if you pass on one way ringers, you risk passing
up the deeper coins..
No matter what all the bells and whistles on the machines,
it's never perfect.. We all live with that..
And we all dig our fair share of junk.. :/
It's part of the game..
MK

 

[stick]

you will also find that aluminum cans will ring up as coins. my friend has a dfx and the other day i had him check a spot that my 250 was saying a dime at 4 inches. his said the exact same thing. dug up a piece of iron at eight inches. i keep my detector in coin mode and yet i have dug up every kind of junk metal out there. it's not perfect but it does discriminate out a lot of it.

 

[Penn85]

Thanks for the tips. I will dig up everything until I get used to this machine. I had a Whites Coinmaster 6000d about 24 years ago and it took me a while to get used to it back then. The Ace250 is new territory for me so I will take the time and listen very carefully to all of the different signals it shoots at me. I'm sure it's a great little detector.

 

[Uncle Willy]

The detector has never been made that can ID 100% accurate. They all give a probable ID.

Bill