Have eagerly awaited each new post to the forum. I bought my Ace 250 in January but central Ohio snows prevented use until late March. My 5 year old grandson attached himself to my pinpointer after I dug two .40 cal casings and an old key from my back yard. So when I asked him if he wanted to go with grandpa to the park he was excited. Though we had to dodge a school group on a field trip we managed 40 coins plus my first gold with the Ace- a 14K gold earring. Went to the same park the next day and got 45 coins. So after three trips have taken over 100 coins from this one park. Now I wait eagerly for my first silver. Will post pics as soon as I can.