Upgrade?

[jleblancjr]

I currently have a Bounty Hunter Quick Silver and I want to upgrade to a Garrett Ace 350. I really just got into metal detecting last year and though I find a lot, I feel I'm missing a lot too. From the posts I read, I gather, it doesn't really matter the metal detector, because they all find "metal", it is learning the machine that is key.

I know there may be some bias in this forum, but does this upgrade make sense, and what do you like most about the Garrett Ace 350?

Thanks

 

[khouse]

Sometimes it just where and how you hunt determines what good finds you may find. Not so much the machine. I don't know anything about your machine. But the 250 or 350 would be a great choice.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

I can only recommend the Ace 250, as it is the only Garrett I have owned. Great machine, I made some incredible finds my first year out with it.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

The 350 is a nice machine. Specially for the $. Look at the AT Pro also. Sent you a pm.

 

[John-Edmonton]

The ACE 250 with the 9" x 12" coil is a real killer in both depth and sensitivity. I also have the sniper, which really does well in playgrounds, along sidewalks with rebar and chain link fences. I presume the same conditions prevail when put on a ACE 350.

 

[darrenb]

I had a quicksilver a few years back, and found lots of coins with it. I used it every weekend, got to know it really well, and found lots of current coins, but nothing else. I have had a 350 for about 5 months now, and so far I have found almost 50 wheat cents, several silver quarters and dimes, and 3 gold rings. I'm not sure that it isn't just a coincidence, but I have had much better luck with the 350. It does go quite a bit deeper than the quicksilver will. If you get a 350, you will be very happy with it.
HH
Darren

 

[jleblancjr]

Thanks for the replys. I pretty much had my mind made up, but I wanted to hear from actual users.