Texas Jay
Bronze Member
- Feb 11, 2006
- 1,147
- 1,354
- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro, Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger, Garrett Ace 350, Garrett Ace 250, vintage D-Tex SK 70, Tesoro Mojave, Dowsing Rods
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I bought my Ace 250, hardly used, from a friend several years ago but had never really used it as I was using my trusty old Garrett Scorpion all the time. At the beginning of February, I decided that I'd use the Ace on all of my hunts for the next several weeks and I did. I went detecting every day when the weather was nice and since we had a moderately warm February, I think I only missed about 7 days in the past two months. I was usually hunting with my detecting buddy who used his XP Deus and since, this year, I resolved to focus on finding gold, I dug every potentially gold signal that I got so he usually beat me on the shallower modern coins but I consistently beat him on the old coins, tokens, and gold (I found one 1935 lady's 20k gold and sterling class ring). I also did a lot more digging and found a lot more junk targets than he did but that's the price you pay when looking for gold, no matter what kind of detector one is using.
Attached is a photo of my best finds for February, 2018 using the Ace 250. The class ring was 6" deep. The heart pendant is marked sterling. Also shown are 2 old local trade tokens from the 1920s, a 1945-P silver war nickel, an old wheat penny, a SWAT hat or lapel pin, a silver Rosie, a one-piece flat button, a metal teddy bear compartment which is brass-colored inside and has "Charlie" engraved in it, and a fake? diamond earring.
I did much better, coin-wise, last month with the Ace 250. I haven't photographed those finds yet but they include 7 wheat cents, a 1906 V nickel, a 1901 barber dime at 8", a 1927-D that must have been dropped when it was new and is valued at between $7-$25, and an 1899 Indian Head cent.
Not bad for the least expensive detector that I own.
~Texas Jay
Central Texas Treasure Club
Attached is a photo of my best finds for February, 2018 using the Ace 250. The class ring was 6" deep. The heart pendant is marked sterling. Also shown are 2 old local trade tokens from the 1920s, a 1945-P silver war nickel, an old wheat penny, a SWAT hat or lapel pin, a silver Rosie, a one-piece flat button, a metal teddy bear compartment which is brass-colored inside and has "Charlie" engraved in it, and a fake? diamond earring.
I did much better, coin-wise, last month with the Ace 250. I haven't photographed those finds yet but they include 7 wheat cents, a 1906 V nickel, a 1901 barber dime at 8", a 1927-D that must have been dropped when it was new and is valued at between $7-$25, and an 1899 Indian Head cent.
Not bad for the least expensive detector that I own.
~Texas Jay
Central Texas Treasure Club
