I opened the box of my new Garrett ACE 400i (International Version) which I recently received. I quickly assembled it, and tried some quick air tests. Now I am very familiar with the ACE Series. I had purchased the ACE 150 and ACE 250 when they were first released in 2004, a much improved Version of the previous models ACE 100, ACE 200 and ACE 300. I liked the ACE 250 so much that it was my preferred coin hunting machine over my GTI 1500.
Fast forward to 2016, the new ACE Series have vastly improved . The ACE 400 now has an iron audio option, previously only available in the AT Series. The ACE 400 also has a large number icon, representing the conductivity of any given target.
I tried some quick air test readings on a gold ring, an Indian Head Penny and a Walking Liberty Half Dollar. I was surprised with the results. Not only did I get some excellent depth on targets, but the ACE 400 seems to have been tweaked to be ultra sensitive to gold, just like the AT Gold, Infinium and ATX.
Below are the results of the first preliminary comparisons of target conductivity using the ACE 400i. There should be much more to follow in the coming days........