tony (Orlando FL)
New member
Hi Jim,
The ground here is very tame, nothing in it aside specks of iron. When I used detectors that could display the ground conditions, they would read one or two digits away from neutral ferrite readings.
By the way, the unit I am experimenting with is the ACE 250, however had others which were similar in operation as well.
When I use, say the preset coin pgm, it dings and bongs and the cursor is all over the place, with a sens setting of 3ish. Many times when I am/was determined to use the Ace I even ran it lower. I would rarely if ever get a solid lock on any target. I would just put the unit away and finally sold it. The new owner was completely delighted with it, meaning it wasnt defective at all. I know there are sooo many satisfied ace users I just couldnt see why I was having this unstable situation.
I am not complaining about the Ace, I just didnt use it, but a few minutes at a time and put it away.
After attempting to keep the coil in the air some, it seemed pretty good, but I just cant detect this way at all. I needed a spacer to help this old dog keep the coil true throughout the swing. It seems just as deep at the same lower settings but need way more testing to be sure because it seems so impossible to be possible.
The stability is what impressed me the most. Very rarely does it bing/bong anymore and the display isnt all over the place. The cursor doesnt even exist it seems till a target is located by it. Then, the cursor is pretty stable with maybe it moving one notch up or down but not across the entire screen like when scrubbing the coil.
It seems to have something to do with how the coil interfaces to the ground in my area . Perhaps the quirkiness is between the hand-grip and the headfones?
If not for all the company and holiday prep work around here Id be out trying it some more.
From the lack of folks indicating they may also have this happening, I may be an isolated case.
Later
Tony
The ground here is very tame, nothing in it aside specks of iron. When I used detectors that could display the ground conditions, they would read one or two digits away from neutral ferrite readings.
By the way, the unit I am experimenting with is the ACE 250, however had others which were similar in operation as well.
When I use, say the preset coin pgm, it dings and bongs and the cursor is all over the place, with a sens setting of 3ish. Many times when I am/was determined to use the Ace I even ran it lower. I would rarely if ever get a solid lock on any target. I would just put the unit away and finally sold it. The new owner was completely delighted with it, meaning it wasnt defective at all. I know there are sooo many satisfied ace users I just couldnt see why I was having this unstable situation.
I am not complaining about the Ace, I just didnt use it, but a few minutes at a time and put it away.
After attempting to keep the coil in the air some, it seemed pretty good, but I just cant detect this way at all. I needed a spacer to help this old dog keep the coil true throughout the swing. It seems just as deep at the same lower settings but need way more testing to be sure because it seems so impossible to be possible.
The stability is what impressed me the most. Very rarely does it bing/bong anymore and the display isnt all over the place. The cursor doesnt even exist it seems till a target is located by it. Then, the cursor is pretty stable with maybe it moving one notch up or down but not across the entire screen like when scrubbing the coil.
It seems to have something to do with how the coil interfaces to the ground in my area . Perhaps the quirkiness is between the hand-grip and the headfones?
If not for all the company and holiday prep work around here Id be out trying it some more.
From the lack of folks indicating they may also have this happening, I may be an isolated case.
Later
Tony
....Jim