Trashy area..Ace 250.

[MNCoinhunter]

My own yard is absolutely loaded with iron. I could spend a year digging everything out of it. I plan on buying a sniper coil soon, but in the meantime would it make sense to have the sensitivity set at one or two? Would that weed out the iron and concentrate the detector on silver? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[slingshot]

Before I got my sniper coil, I was having great luck at sensitivity 2 in the trashy areas. Found it out by accident. There were overhead wires where several of my detectors, including the Ace, could not work-that is, until out of desperation I turned it down in increments and it finally was able to operate at 2 bars. I was amazed at how quite it was in the trash and was actually watching the icons bounce all over the screen because of the dense trash. I started picking out coins next to tabs,etc.-it was almost like having a sniper coil. Soon, it was a favorite trick of mine to go into these areas in the coins mode at 2 bars and cherry pick the coins. Now if iron is the main problem, I would hunt in the relics mode or maybe even the jewelry mode if the iron is big. As with the sniper coil, the Relics mode is one of the Ace's well kept secrets. It makes it worth the extra few dollars over the 150.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

Thanks. I have'nt even tried Relics mode yet. But I did bring the sensitivity down a notch, and it seemed to help. In my last hour of hunting in the yard I found four pennies, two dimes and a quarter. Got 'em soaking in olive oil so I can hopefully read them at some point.

 

[slingshot]

Maybe I shoulda asked you what you had yours set on as far as no. of bars. 4 bars is tops for my area because of conditions beyond my control. l use 3 bars at the schools and parks and the coins aren't usually over 3" anyway. I also overlap my coil closer as the sensitivity goes down. There are several schools that are wide open and I can use 4-5 bars. The beauty of the Relics mode is that small nails, paper clips, and hairpins are JUST eliminated and target masking is low and you get strong signals. Gold rings hardly elude this mode, and even some small earrings will give the "boop" or iron tone, as will small rings. It's my favorite mode.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah the 250 works so much better at lower sensitivity. Running it to high creates a host of problems.

Bill

 

[MNCoinhunter]

I've got mine set at 3 bars and I am finally figuring out what is coinage and what is'nt. I've pulled chunks of iron out of my yard 3 feet long, 6 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick. Right now I'm using the custom mode so the iron only appears on the screen and does'nt produce a sound. But the coins are coming in loud and clear. I've also noticed that while sweeping the coil, sometimes it will come up a coin and then the detector will read it again as iron. I always go with the 250's second guess and don't dig it up. Seems to work pretty good. Just goes to show that every place you hunt is going to be different and you need to figure out what works best for the situation.