Ace 250 Relic Mode Question

[Reader]

One Ace user said he used relic mode all the time. Why? I am new at this and have a 250. Also, don't fully understand the discriminate and elim functions. What is the difference in the two? Thanks for any insight and help learning.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Simply put, the relic mode eliminates the iron at the left end of the scale. You can eliminate any one of those squares underneath the icons on the screen. If you don't want to hear pulltabs, you can eliminate the audio when swinging the coil over a pulltab by putting the cursor over the square undernieth the pulltab, hit the eliminate button and the square is gone, and so is the audio for that particular object (pulltab). You can remove any number or squares in any place that you want to.

Below, the Ace 250 is in coin mode. All the squares under the iron, foil and pulltabs are removed. Theoretically you would only dig coins now, but in the real world, you always manage to get some other types of targets too!
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[Uncle Willy]

Discriminate means to knock out certain ( junk ) targets so they are not detected and accept the ones you want. The Eliminate button allows you to knock out any individual target you don't wish your detector to signal on again, like a tab or bottlecap.

Bill