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Got a question for you those that swing both the GTI's and the Ace.

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Mick in Dubbo

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Does using the GTI 1500 make any difference to the amount of coins you find on a hunt, or your coin to rubbish ratio at the end of each hunt over the Ace 250?
Mick Evans.
 
I have a GTI 2500 and an Ace 250. I would say I find more coins (and goodies) with my GTI 2500 but that the ratio of junk to coins is about the same. I have returned to spots that I previously hunted with my Ace 250 and found lots more stuff the 2500 including more trash. As we all know you can notch out most of the junk with either machine but in doing so you notch out some of the real treasures like IH pennies and gold rings.

You never have to dig larger junk targets (like cans) with the 2500 unless you chose to and I wasted quite a bit of time doing this with the 250. I have yet to find any real keepers above the C size range using the 2500 anyway.

My opinion. I'm waiting for Uncle Willy's response.

Chris
 
I find lots more keepers with the GTI/GTP detecors, mainly because of their ability to size a target. Once you learn this feature well, and understand it's limitations, you just save time by leaving the junk targets in the ground and concentrating on the good targets.
 
I first hit an area with my GTI1500 then I go back with the Ace250 with the sniper coil. I seem to always turn up a few more coins!
 
AS much as I love the 250 and as much as I use it the edge has to go to the GTI's, plus pinpointing on the GTI's is absolutely deadly.and foolproof.

Bill
 
John; I know you listen to the pinpoint fade. Wouldn't that function hold up fairly well against the GTI's for target sizing. I find that it's a rare occurrence to pull up anything bigger than a screw cap by listening to the fade. I haven't dug much in the way of those long fades for a while, so I don't know how many of them are screw caps. I still pull up screw caps,but only if they cause a fairly sharp drop off.. Would you mind commenting on this? Perhaps I sure start a new thread about the fade, as I'm curious as to who uses it for IDing coins.
Mick Evans.
 
[quote Mick in Dubbo]John; I know you listen to the pinpoint fade. Wouldn't that function hold up fairly well against the GTI's for target sizing. I find that it's a rare occurrence to pull up anything bigger than a screw cap by listening to the fade. I haven't dug much in the way of those long fades for a while, so I don't know how many of them are screw caps. I still pull up screw caps,but only if they cause a fairly sharp drop off.. Would you mind commenting on this? Perhaps I sure start a new thread about the fade, as I'm curious as to who uses it for IDing coins.
Mick Evans.[/quote]

Mick,

I am glad you said that. What happens is people become reliant on the features on higher end units and become lazy. I have no doubt that with the ACE I can profile the size of an object by the fade while in pinpoint mode. It just takes some getting used to. One additional thing to add is that I still dig the bigger signals that sound more like a can for two reasons. One is that coins that are deeper can give a halo that can make them appear larger. The other reason is that I have found 200 year old silver spoons that were left behind by people who were not digging larger targets. The "too big to be a coin" attititude can lead to missed treasures.
 
My thoughts also. I worry about missing something. This gave the same response as a crushed soda can. It is a silver and gold bangle.

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That is one very cool find John. I'm not sure that I would be patient enough to dig all those long fades to find something like that. Perhaps at a beach though.
Mick Evans.
 
Something that I do now Bill; is instead of detuning, I just check a target out by waiving the coil side to side in pinpoint. This has the same net effect as detuning.
Mick Evans.
 
It's an interesting feature of the Ace. I tried it out on the X-Terra, and it works with that as well. I must confess to being primarily a coin and ring hunter, but there is no reason that a guy can't experiment a little on those longer fades, just to see what happens.
Mick Evans.
 
Thanks John.
I must confess to having the same sort of fascination with the 1500, that I had with the Ace before I bought it. It's not all roses as there are some aspects of it I don't like. I bought an Explorer only a few months back; so if I buy now, there might be some dissention in the ranks.:csflag: Perhaps I could take a leaf out of your book, but instead of buying gold coins, I could buy detectors. I'll hit the $1000 mark with the Ace over the Christmas new year period. The 1500 is around $1400 over here, so it wouldn't be a long stretch to save for. It's a shame second hand units are as scarce as hens teeth.
Mick Evans.
 
[quote Mick in Dubbo]Does using the GTI 1500 make any difference to the amount of coins you find on a hunt, or your coin to rubbish ratio at the end of each hunt over the Ace 250?
Mick Evans.[/quote]

For me the GTI 2500 I use makes a big diff., to the amount of coins and rubbish found. I will take my GTI 2500 any-time, however not in any way putting down the Acs 250. If I want I can put on the sniper coil, no IMAGING however but sizing is still easy to do.

ACE 250 super detector for the money, works great with a smaller coil for cherry picking tot lots and very trashy areas. Both are good and will get the job done.

HH

GaryL .... :garrett::detecting:
 
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