Hello all
I'm relatively new to the hobby and own the Garrett Ace 250 sports kit and have used it a few times but am not convinced of it's reliability on UK ground.
Realising the kit is primarily designed for the grounds (soils / sands) in the USA and the ground balancing setting is prefixed, unchangeable to that of the USA - not the UK!
On having read a few testimonies from other 250 users on here, the machine can miss targets whilst searching over UK ground because of the soil / sand makeup.
ie doing air tests on, metal objects or UK coins the 250 detects but bury the same UK coins and the MD won't detect!
So basically I'm wanting to change from the 250 to another MD with a ground balancing manual setting on it so it can be used on the sands / soils in the UK without the missing targets.
What makes and models have this feature that are equally as good as the garrett 250 and what sort of price would I expect to pay for a new or used machine and what things should I look for when buying a used machine?
Any advice would be welcome thanks
I'm relatively new to the hobby and own the Garrett Ace 250 sports kit and have used it a few times but am not convinced of it's reliability on UK ground.
Realising the kit is primarily designed for the grounds (soils / sands) in the USA and the ground balancing setting is prefixed, unchangeable to that of the USA - not the UK!
On having read a few testimonies from other 250 users on here, the machine can miss targets whilst searching over UK ground because of the soil / sand makeup.
ie doing air tests on, metal objects or UK coins the 250 detects but bury the same UK coins and the MD won't detect!
So basically I'm wanting to change from the 250 to another MD with a ground balancing manual setting on it so it can be used on the sands / soils in the UK without the missing targets.
What makes and models have this feature that are equally as good as the garrett 250 and what sort of price would I expect to pay for a new or used machine and what things should I look for when buying a used machine?
Any advice would be welcome thanks
