Whats the best C&J detector

[larryk56]

Hello! ... Just wondering what you think is Garrett's best gold jewelry detector.

Some folks do well with the Ace from what I have read. Your thoughts?

If you own the Ace are you happy with it?

How accurate is the unit? Others you recommend?

Thanks for sharing!

 

[willy]

At the risk of sounding trite.. it's the detector you know. Get any halfway decent detector and use it constantly, just pounding in the hours, and (if you're willing to learn) you'll be getting all those good finds. Don't be afraid to run your detector on the 'ragged edge'. ..Willy.

 

[Uncle Willy]

There is no best. If it beeps it will pick up gold jewelry. If you don't want to spend a fortune the 250 will find all the gold jewelry you want but remember, it ain't just laying around out there everywhere like pulltabs. Some people go for years without ever finding any.

Bill

 

[ojm bc]

I read recently and have not tried. That "mass" is a key way to second guess if your digging a pulltab or gold. Since pulltabs have smaller mass then a heavy gold ring.. use this to our advantage.. oj/bc

ps will need to figure this little nuances with different models, btw the Ace do tend to lock good on gold..but then may be a pull tab.

 

[Rob in (Ca)]

Weather you get the Ace 150 or the GTI 2500, ether one will find The jewelry, All The jewelry I have found over all The years has never been real deep finds

(not counting water hunting) so you don't need monster depth to find the Jewelry. even the top end detectors, you must dig the pull tab Range, to find the Jewelry.

 

[John-Edmonton]

I have pretty well used all the metal detectors built by Garrett during the past 15 years or so, and I have found silver, gold rings, silver coins and over 110,000 coins to date. I can also honest say that the best detector for finding rings and coins or gold rings is the Garrett Scorpion. Now it works best for recent drops, say from up to the last 10 years or so. There are no available large coils to expand it's depth. The common 5" x 10" DD coil is a real killer on coins, and especially rings. The Garrett Groundhog circuitry, running at 15 kHz was chosen because of it's ability to find gold, so it's no wonder that it bangs exceptionally hard on gold rings on land. But, as mentioned by others, you really have to learn your detector well. There are no depth indicators or sizing graphics on this detector like the GTI 2500 & GTP 1350. Just pure analog audio, so you have to really learn its sounds and what they mean. The best discriminator on this machine is a pair of ears and your digger.

Below is a link to the Scorpion Forum:

http://www.findmall.com/list.php?70

 

[TURNMASTER]

Dig and dig some more. Digging pennies and nickels is how I found the few good rings I have dug. I am looking for old coins, and rarely hunt parks. I should do parks and beaches though. Jewlery is almost an accident for me.

My last and best ring. 7g of Sterling w/Black Hills Gold inlay.
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Oh Yeah the Garrett Propinter

Jeff