Bounty Hunter Vs Garrett

[dfxjedi]

garrett Ace 250,i've owned 2 bounty hunters,a Time Ranger and some older one(can't remember the model),and there just not as good quality as a Garrett.
Sorry Bounty hunter lovers,but to me,garretts are WAY better.

Dfxjedi

 

[Beefcake]

Forgive me for asking a dumb question, but how do you know what you are hitting with the Tesoro's... do they give off a different sound for each type of metal... I mean the DFX gives numbers, my ace gives me a mark for the coin or metal... I have a hard time understanding how the tesoro style would eliminate alot of useless digging?? and I own a bounty hunter and an Ace250.... The ace is much more enjoyable to use.. and I have never had a problem pinpointing... I have never understood that confusion, it very simple.

 

[Florida Tabdigger]

The Sharp Shooter has autonotch which eliminates most junk while finding all coins. It's a great feature that the others don't have. It is also a very deep detecting machine and has a 3 level iron filter. The modulated signal gives you solid signals on faint whispers (thats why it has great depth). Don't rule it out just yet.

 

[Sphelt]

The Ace 250 is great for the money. I was worried about the pinpointing issue prior to my purchase but I was able to nail down pinpointing within a couple of hours of use. It also helped that prior to receiving the 250 I read every post on the web I could find regarding ACE 250 and pinpointing. The information on the Garrett site and on the CD that came with the detector was also VERY useful. I think that what may be causing many new users trouble is not pinpointing itself but the fact that the machine does not audibly sound until the outer loop of the trailing edge of the coil passes the target. If you think that the target is where the center of the coil is when it sounds you are going to be several inches off target. This is fully covered in the Garrett instructions, but it didn't register with me until my second reading.

The one thing that does bother me is that the newer style of pull tabs is detected as a nickel. Not near a nickel, exactly like a nickel. (try an air-test to confirm) In even moderately trashy areas I have completely given up on digging anything that registers as a nickel.

My general conclusion: If you are new to the hobby and want to keep you investment at a reasonable level until you figure out if you are going to stay with the hobby you can't beat the ACE 250. Even if you decide to get out of the hobby you can get nearly all of you investment back by selling the 250, watch the final sales prices of Ace 250s on ebay for a couple of weeks The other negative is the trouble the ACE 250 has on salt-water beaches.
BUT
If you have the money available and know that this is something you are going to do a lot I would invest in the best detector for your style of detecting that you can reasonably afford. I am personally leaning toward Tesoro machines, but all of the popular manufacturers have great machines for all styles.

I'm sure Tony or Mr. Bill would be happy to give guidance.

In the end just have fun!!

 

[z118]

I use a BH Tracker IV, which I believe is a level below the one you are looking at. I love it. It is well built, easy to use, and great on batteries. It paid for itself in the first few months of detecting, and I have found a ton of great stuff with it.

I was torn between the Tracker IV and the Ace 250 when I first looking to a detector, but I went with the BH due to the lower price and I have not regretted it for a second.

Good luck!

 

[ToddB64]

The Ace 250 is great for the money. I was worried about the pinpointing issue prior to my purchase but I was able to nail down pinpointing within a couple of hours of use. It also helped that prior to receiving the 250 I read every post on the web I could find regarding ACE 250 and pinpointing. The information on the Garrett site and on the CD that came with the detector was also VERY useful. I think that what may be causing many new users trouble is not pinpointing itself but the fact that the machine does not audibly sound until the outer loop of the trailing edge of the coil passes the target. If you think that the target is where the center of the coil is when it sounds you are going to be several inches off target. This is fully covered in the Garrett instructions, but it didn't register with me until my second reading.

Hi Sphelt !

What instructions are you looking at ? You must have something new, because the manual received with my Ace 250, starting on page 18 under PINPOINT Push Button, says on the following page 19 that "When the greatest number of LCD segments (increasing left to right on the scale) is shown, the center of the searchcoil is directly over the target with the depth of a coin-sized target shown on the depth scale." (underlining is mine) Also, nothing is said on page 19 about
sound in the pinpoint mode, although as we know, there is sound. However, with my Ace the sound begins much sooner than what you described. When pinpointing I move the searchcoil off to the side of the target area, then press and hold down the pinpoint button as I begin to move the coil slowly back toward the area where the target was first announced in hunting mode.

You say that your machine "does not audibly sound until the outer loop of the trailing edge of the coil passes the target." Did you mean to say "leading" edge ? I find it hard to believe that your entire coil has passed over the target before the machine gives an audible sound, when running in pinpoint mode.

If Garrett has put out revised Pinpointing instructions, I would be interested to know exactly where you found them.

Thanks in advance for replying on this.

Todd

 

[Sphelt]

Todd,
Your right I should have been clearer. I was talking about the regular tones in discriminate mode. If you are swinging away and get a coin tone and are watching the coil, the tone occurs when the outside loop passes the target. The mistake I was making at first was trying to pinpoint a target that I thought was 2-3 inches to the left or right of the true location. Once you push the pinpoint button the object is dead center under the coil hotspot where the signal is the strongest.

Hope this helps

 

[ToddB64]

Thanks for the clarification Sphelt ! Yes, that helps

Todd