maxxkatt
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I used my son's Ace 250 the other day on my test bag of junk and some good targets and it is so much better at calling the correct target with its simple single bar under the penny or dime slot on the Ace's simple indicator than my 800. The ace might not go as deep or find masked targets like the 800 but for just plain fun park cherry picking coin hunting it is way better than my 800.
This is based on my taking it to my favorite river park that is filed almost every square foot around the picnic tables near the river with pull tabs, pop tops, and foil. Turned on the Ace 250 and started hunting for about 30 minutes.
The ace was darn near 100% accurate on every target in terms of it indicating which type of coin or which type of piece of trash. I was quite surprised to say the least. Conventional wisdom would be that the relative expensive and more advanced 800 would clean the Ace 250's clock. Not so and I have hunted that park many hours with the 800 so I am sure of that I am talking about.
I am sure there are other older detectors that still do what they do very well and maybe a discussion (not comparison please! this is not a comparison tread) will help newbies that wish to just stick their toe in the financial waters before they jump to an expensive detector.
This is based on my taking it to my favorite river park that is filed almost every square foot around the picnic tables near the river with pull tabs, pop tops, and foil. Turned on the Ace 250 and started hunting for about 30 minutes.
The ace was darn near 100% accurate on every target in terms of it indicating which type of coin or which type of piece of trash. I was quite surprised to say the least. Conventional wisdom would be that the relative expensive and more advanced 800 would clean the Ace 250's clock. Not so and I have hunted that park many hours with the 800 so I am sure of that I am talking about.
I am sure there are other older detectors that still do what they do very well and maybe a discussion (not comparison please! this is not a comparison tread) will help newbies that wish to just stick their toe in the financial waters before they jump to an expensive detector.