First outing with Ace 250 produces 1912 Barber Dime!

[Neil in West Jersey]

I picked up my ACE 250 today. I figured the best place to give it a real test would be my "hunted out" park, ironically known as Silver Lake. I wanted to see if it would go deeper than my CXIII, and it did. The dime was at 6 inches. I dont think I have found any dimes at that depth with the old detector. All of my silver from this park is ugly, but this is the saddest looking silver I have seen in a long time. It is too ugly to post here.

I did have a little trouble finding the "hot spot" on the pinpoint....Is it the middle of the opening in the coil?

 

[jeffatnip]

Go down further into the postings. I posted the same pinpointing question a couple of weeks ago and received many good responses.

 

[Uncle Willy]

On shallow targets it is under the center front tip of the inside oval on the coil. AS the targets get deeper this hotspot moves back toward the center of the coil.

Bill

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

NIce and simple!

 

[draaiorgel]

Hi Neil,
The Ace just needs a good bit of practice on p'p'ng,
but hey it was a silver and you'll find it's good on silver.

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

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[Uncle Willy]

Man that is fugly ugly.

Bill

 

[Golden]

Hi Guys. Hope you don't mind me jumping on this post. First of all, that's great that you found silver with the Ace, Neil. Just a few questions, what made you decided to go with this detector? Was it only for the greater depth than your older detector? I'm in the market for one myself, mainly because I want to encourage my son in the detecting department. I thought the Ace would be a great, inexpensice detector to start him on. He has done a bit of detecting with a variety of detectors. I thought a simple, easy to use detector would be more for him. Anyway, just a few questions, if anyone can help: How deep does it go in sand? What's it like to pinpoint with? I took note about the 'hot spot' on the coil as it moves over targets, and the depth they're at (thanks to Bill!). Also, what's it like with brass or copper, such as chinese coins and pennys? I'd really appreciate any help from anyone. Thanks! Golden

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

[quote Golden] Just a few questions, what made you decided to go with this detector? Was it only for the greater depth than your older detector? thought a simple, easy to use detector would be more for him. Anyway, just a few questions, if anyone can help: How deep does it go in sand? What's it like to pinpoint with? I took note about the 'hot spot' on the coil as it moves over targets, and the depth they're at (thanks to Bill!). Also, what's it like with brass or copper, such as chinese coins and pennys? I'd really appreciate any help from anyone. Thanks! Golden[/quote]

Golden...I bought it because of the price and the rave reviews (and posts) I have been seeing. It is an easy machine to use, and it is inexpensive. It is packed with the most important features found on more expensive machines. Depth is dependant on many factors, but I am finding deeper coins and buttons than I did with my other more advanced detector. I have only used it for a few hours and I fund some small, flat buttons from around 1820 that were about 8 inches deep.

I am getting the hang of pinpointing with it, but i cannot wait for my pinpointer to return from a repair job.

 

[Golden]

Thank you very much for your reply Neil! Just to let you know something that might inspire you: I went to a detecting comp only recently and we had to hunt for tokens over an 18 hectare area on old goldfields. The guy that found the most tokens, a total of 8, where as most only found maybe one or two, if any. He was using the Garret Ace 250. I went up and asked him how he was going, (I hadn'r found any up to this stage, other than a few interesting relics). He showed me his token, I couldn't believe. He told me that it gave him basically three different signals, and he knew after finding the first token, which signal to listen for, for the other tokens. Sometimes I think the rest of us, with our more complicated machines, forget that simplicity is sometime the key to finding targets! At least, that's what I thought, after speaking to the guy, and after hours of detecting and findind no tokens! Who knows, but his Ace 250 certainly didn't let him down one the day!
Golden