leakinbattries
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Need a detector that'll go deep , has no idea what it's target is, and gives you a zip code to pinpoint your digging area? If so, I know where you can find it!
I'm a new forum member, but I've been reading the posts for quite a while and know there are some pretty smart folks out there when it comes to metal detectors. I'd appreciate any advice you might have concerning the operation of the Garrett Ace 150. I'm an old hand at the hobby and can even remember the days when it was still possible to find a ball field where no MD'er had ever set foot, and you stopped at every step to dig silver...man !...did we ever get spoiled !....ever since those days I've used a White's Coinmaster, a terrific machine, though a little shallow on the depth side...my MD'ing buddy had a detector called " the Pro ", printed right on the face of the detector; and it was...on those few occasions when we hunted a REALLY old site, I'd collect my silver Washingtons and Mercs, and he'd cover the same ground and pick up the Barbers and V nickels...wish I could find one of those detectors on eBay....anyway, the 'ol knees don't bend as easily as they used to, and I wanted to get an inexpensive machine with an I.D. display to avoid a lot of unneccessary digging.
I read a review of the Ace 150 in Lost Treasure magazine and it sounded like what I was looking for....I've got about 15 hours on the detector and I've found it to have excellent depth capability...searching an already searched site I came up with 8 wheaties that the Coinmaster didn't know were there ; some at 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 in. down...but there's a delay in the signal that I can't get the hang of....the signal comes 3 or 4 in. after you pass the target.
I saw where one forum member had said he had to visually estimate the mid - point of 2 bracketing beeps to get an idea of target location, but I've noticed that on deep targets there is usually only one beep, and even that is intermittent...granted that I've it in locations that are coin poor and junk rich thus far, but items identified unequivically as coins have turned out to actually be coins about 1 time in every 4...the detector is fooled by nails of any size, can lids , twist - off tops, crushed beer cans , iron u- joints, the metal ring from a og collar, and any rectangular piece of tin...is this typical for most I.D. units ?....any suggestions on how I might get better results with this piece of equipment....I've probably already got my money's worth , as it's had me almost doubled over with laughter on numerous occasions....Thanks
I'm a new forum member, but I've been reading the posts for quite a while and know there are some pretty smart folks out there when it comes to metal detectors. I'd appreciate any advice you might have concerning the operation of the Garrett Ace 150. I'm an old hand at the hobby and can even remember the days when it was still possible to find a ball field where no MD'er had ever set foot, and you stopped at every step to dig silver...man !...did we ever get spoiled !....ever since those days I've used a White's Coinmaster, a terrific machine, though a little shallow on the depth side...my MD'ing buddy had a detector called " the Pro ", printed right on the face of the detector; and it was...on those few occasions when we hunted a REALLY old site, I'd collect my silver Washingtons and Mercs, and he'd cover the same ground and pick up the Barbers and V nickels...wish I could find one of those detectors on eBay....anyway, the 'ol knees don't bend as easily as they used to, and I wanted to get an inexpensive machine with an I.D. display to avoid a lot of unneccessary digging.
I read a review of the Ace 150 in Lost Treasure magazine and it sounded like what I was looking for....I've got about 15 hours on the detector and I've found it to have excellent depth capability...searching an already searched site I came up with 8 wheaties that the Coinmaster didn't know were there ; some at 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 in. down...but there's a delay in the signal that I can't get the hang of....the signal comes 3 or 4 in. after you pass the target.
I saw where one forum member had said he had to visually estimate the mid - point of 2 bracketing beeps to get an idea of target location, but I've noticed that on deep targets there is usually only one beep, and even that is intermittent...granted that I've it in locations that are coin poor and junk rich thus far, but items identified unequivically as coins have turned out to actually be coins about 1 time in every 4...the detector is fooled by nails of any size, can lids , twist - off tops, crushed beer cans , iron u- joints, the metal ring from a og collar, and any rectangular piece of tin...is this typical for most I.D. units ?....any suggestions on how I might get better results with this piece of equipment....I've probably already got my money's worth , as it's had me almost doubled over with laughter on numerous occasions....Thanks
