The Ace is a hard act to follow.

[Mick in Dubbo]

I heard today that a lady had lost a gold watch at one of my favourite spots. I figured that it was a good excuse to get a mid week hunt in. Between talking and swallowing flies (the#@!*&## things were all over me today) I was unable to locate it for her.( I suspect that she may have been a victim of a pick pocket though.) I switched back to the large coil for the day.
I've got close to 200 hours on it now, but still, this thing keeps showing new attributes that I wasn't paying too much attention to previously. I have been ignoring the intensity meter till a recent conversation with Phil Sternes, which also covered signal width. When pinpointing, I've been paying a lot more attention to the intensity meter, while at the same time seeing how wide the signal is when checking a target with a side to side movement. Comparing this information to the depth metre, is a good way of figuring out whether a target is a coin or a deeper junk item.
With a detector like this, I find it hard to justify buying anymore high end machines. The GTI inclusive.
Mick Evans.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah the 250 does about everything the big tectors can do. Thought I told you about the signal strength. I've talked about it many times in regards to all Garrett detectors. You also use that to center the target when pinpointing.

Bill

 

[Mick in Dubbo]

Yeah. You told me, but at the time, I wasn't appreciating the signal width. I just seemed to confuse me as to where the target was. I found that using the toe of the inner coil to be a more effective method. I guess that I'm a bit dense. at least the penny has finally dropped.
This might sound a bit harsh. But I think that the instruction manual seriously needs to be rewritten in regards to pinpointing, as it will only confuse a new user of the Ace. Actually, I think that there is a lot that can be written about the pinpoint function. the things that you can do with it is simply, remarkable!
Mick Evans.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah the manual left a lot to be desired which is why I started out early on the forum trying to explain it to everyone. I don't think the technical writers they have write the manuals ever used the detector they are writing about. For a long time Garrett didn't advertise their Scan Track and ground tracking until Ben Meyers of W&ET and me told them they were missing out on big selling points.


Bill