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Ace 250 vs. the GTI 2500 air test all metal
- Thread starter landman
- Start date
Which coils? Which coins? What sensitivity? Which mode? GTI 2500 has a true deep all metal mode. ACE 250 doesn't. You are talking apples and oranges. It's hard to do a depth comparison between 2 machines because so many variables influence the results. Air tests really only show that they are working. A better reliability test is in the soil. I already know the results over-all, as I have used the sniper coil on both. The GtI 2500 got better depth with similar settings based on both air and soil tests. That was in discriminate mode. In true all metal mode, the GTI wins hand over fist.
May also depend on what you mean by "all metal" mode. I think the 2500 has
an actual all metal mode which is continuous detecting, and is usually the deepest
seeking of the modes. But I'm not sure, being I don't have a 2500.
With the 250, to have the same sort of all metal mode, you would have to
run in pinpoint mode. Which I do quite a bit..
Now, if you just mean the non motion ID mode with all tabs un-notched, that should be
pretty easy to compare.
I don't have the 2500 to compare, but I can tell you what the 250 does.. Or mine anyway..
Doing an air test, my stock coil will detect a quarter 7-8 inches. The 9x12 coil
will do 10-11 inches. The sniper coil, 5-6 inches.
Of course, running in real ground could be a bit different. If hot ground, could end up
with less.
But with good ground, and coin leeching, etc, could be a bit more..
The 2500 "should" go a bit deeper than the 250. I'm guessing maybe 25-30 % worth,
but 2500 owners would have to chime in with reports.. I'm just taking a wild guess..
But even with the 250's lesser depth, it really doesn't mean a whole lot on the vast
majority of targets, as they will be within the 250's depth.
Sheer depth performance is nice, but in every day detecting it's not going to
be worth near as much as you would think. Nice for hard core relic detecting though..
an actual all metal mode which is continuous detecting, and is usually the deepest
seeking of the modes. But I'm not sure, being I don't have a 2500.
With the 250, to have the same sort of all metal mode, you would have to
run in pinpoint mode. Which I do quite a bit..
Now, if you just mean the non motion ID mode with all tabs un-notched, that should be
pretty easy to compare.
I don't have the 2500 to compare, but I can tell you what the 250 does.. Or mine anyway..
Doing an air test, my stock coil will detect a quarter 7-8 inches. The 9x12 coil
will do 10-11 inches. The sniper coil, 5-6 inches.
Of course, running in real ground could be a bit different. If hot ground, could end up
with less.
But with good ground, and coin leeching, etc, could be a bit more..
The 2500 "should" go a bit deeper than the 250. I'm guessing maybe 25-30 % worth,
but 2500 owners would have to chime in with reports.. I'm just taking a wild guess..
But even with the 250's lesser depth, it really doesn't mean a whole lot on the vast
majority of targets, as they will be within the 250's depth.
Sheer depth performance is nice, but in every day detecting it's not going to
be worth near as much as you would think. Nice for hard core relic detecting though..
Uncle Willy
New member
Yeah depth is a fleeting term used in ad hype and bragging sessions and means little in the real world where so many variables exist and the purchase of a detector should never be based on this alleged ability alone as it is meaningless in the field.. Since we're comparing a $200 machine with an $1100 machine the answer should be obvious. The 250 is a lot of detector for the money but it ain't a 2500. And air tests only show what your detector might do under ideal conditions and in 44 years of beeping I've yet to encounter ideal conditions where the ground matrix is composed of air.
Bill.
Bill.