OLD or NEW?

[Neil in West Jersey]

I wanted to know what you all think.

My detector was made in 1994. How do the newer models compare to the older ones?...

Am I better off keeping my older CXIII? I can get a good amount for it on ebay with all the accessories and pick up a new ACE 250 and have some cash left over for accessories.


Pleae let me know your opinion.

 

[Keith (WA)]

Don't even go there!!! I don't recall all the specs on CXIII (I have a CX+) but as I recall it has All-Metal, 2 box capability, Ground Tracking--that have PowerMaster?--and its a workhorse. The Ace has, shall we say, its limitations. No way I'd trade a CX for an Ace

Everyone is having so much fun with the 250 that it's easy to get the "I-want's" too. I've never really been into coinshooting much but I decided I had to have one but...I remembered buying a Tesoro--someone told me I had to have a manual GB where I live but I bought a Golden instead with the preset GB. Big mistake and one I didn't need to repeat it so I bought a GTP1350 for coinshooting instead and abandoned the 250 idea. Just need better options for handling tough ground.

Why don't you run that CX like a madman and save everything you find toward a 250? Then you could have both...

 

[Neil in West Jersey]

Thanks, Unfortunately I do not have the PowerMaster version...I have to make up the depth with a 12.5" coil!

Thanks for the response!

 

[Skillet]

Sat. I found a gold ring (10th for the year) with my battered old GTA 1000 PM. I use a HotHead "Ferrett" 5.5" coil on this one exclusively and it has excellent depth (coins down to about 7"), great target separation and very good ground coverage... not to mention surface elimination, bi-level audio and one of the best target IDs out there.

Wouldn't sell it at all. Spent too much time learning it since I bought it back in '97.

Was just bored last night and did some airtesting with my Freedom Ace Plus... that old stick will bang a quarter nearly 9" out with the stock coil... with the 4.5" coil attached, it has better target separation that any machine I've ran, and I've tested it against FIVE other machines (most of them costing much more) with sniper coils affixed to them all. The ugly old Freedom will pick out a dime amongst pulltabs better than any of them!

Don't get me wrong, the 250 with the 4.5" coil is a killer for picking out goodies amongst heavy trash. Right now it's my favorite small coil rig for hunting around public swimming pools and up next to bleachers and fences... but I wouldn't want to necessarily have it as my ONLY machine. Frankly I'm not crazy about the pinpointing with the stock coil.

Owned a 1500 for awhile but didn't really seem to need the imaging feature that much. With a sniper coil, the 1500 kinda' lagged behind some of my other machines.... particularly in handling heavy trash.

I'd consider getting a sniper coil for that CX (they can be had for dirt-cheap, used) and an armrest for that CX as well (if you don't already have one), learn it well and start working it like the proverbial "Mad-Man".

Unless I miss my guess, you'll have plenty of good finds to post in the very near future!

Good luck and HH!
Skillet

 

[Uncle Willy]

I would stick with the CX as it is much more versatile. The 250 is a fun machine but it can't do what the CX can do.

Bill