That's odd
I haven't found gold yet (have found gold plated earring in the dry sand), but have found silver and it did fine with me
I guess, opinions can be given and are "open". I don't know, I guess to each his own
I'd have to say with my personal experiences thus far with the ACE series is that it is VERY GOOD with the coins although I will ADMIT that the bottle caps can be a bit too much, but USUALLY you can tell when the signal "breaks up" if you 90 your search on the target in question... I have a tendency to "circle" around the target. Other than that, I've seen/heard people STILL dig the target in question either way as you will NEVER know WHAT is beneath you unless you DIG!!! Also, during my work lunch break today, I went to my usual local park and found a small object 6in down just like the screen told me... wasn't anything other than junk (i.e. was coming up as a nickel closer to foil)... BUT... the point being is that the detector was telling me 1) there's an object here 2) toning in as nickel/closer to foil and 3) it is about 6inches deep. Sure enough, it was a BB sized object of some sorts AND it was pretty darn close to 6inches deep. For the most part, all of my finds thus far the detector's IDing has been pretty darn close and the extra info (i.e. depth, ID type, etc) has been pretty accurate as well. Pinpointing is EASY with the ACE250 as well. NOT pushing the ACE, just giving a FAIR honest response to actual finds and NOT just bashing a detector without going into detail on WHY ".... I'd rate them as the worst detector for begginers I've ever used." At my job, I NEED to come up with actual DATA and not just heresay, or else I get my as_ handed to me by the Senior Engineer. If a module is NOT performing like it should then I NEED to break out the Tektronix MSO 4ch digital o'scope and start probing the pwb and find out WHY and present the data found. Anyways, again, a fair honest answer about the ACE. Sometime down the road another detector is in the works and more than likely a Fisher, but the ACE will definitely still be used. Either way... HH \_ to all and just have FUN with the hobby.
And yes, it is a more than capable/easy to learn beginners detector. The Fisher F2 would be the "other" choice (i.e. VDI MD'r) and hear GREAT things about it as it is in the price range of the ACE250. I will leave that "data" to the F2 guys/gals out there as I cannot give a fair comment comparing the two. But thus far, I am happy with the results of the ACE series for what it is.
HH \_ people