Smudge
Bronze Member
- Jul 9, 2010
- 1,532
- 44
- Detector(s) used
- A Propointer tied to a stick
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
There's been a lot of AT Pro talk the past few months, and with good reason. 
Just thought I'd take a moment to talk about the other new kid in the Garrett Armory.
I was only able to take the 350 out for a very short half hour hunt today in a local park.
This was my first time using the detector and didn't know what to expect from it, as I have used several detectors in the past. I also used the Sniper coil instead of the stock DD coil on this first outing since I spent most of my time in the tot lot.
First, the sniper coil is very good on getting close to playground equipment, 4"-6" before sounding off.
The Garrett headphones that came with the unit were comfortable enough and I was grateful for the volume control built into the cord. Contrary to some past complaints, I did not find the tones to be obnoxious at all. Perhaps they are different on the 350 as opposed to the 250.
I only found six pennies on this outing, all less than 4" deep. I do not think that was the coil's limit, I simply think all the targets on this outing were found at those depths or less.
I found the Target ID to be very accurate on the few targets I did find. I did not use the pinpoint mode as I was using the Sniper coil and my Garrett ProPointer (which I cannot recommend strongly enough getting).
The most interest find from a test perspective was how well it locked on to a small ballpoint pen tip at about 2" under the sandy dirt.
Junk targets, like bits of foil fell under a couple of different notches, but not under any coin settings, except once. The only false signal I got was a bit of aluminum that registered as nickel.
So my first impressions are promising enough. The Sniper coil does its job very well in finding and separating shallow targets (the ballpoint pen tip was found less than 3" from another junk target and the Sniper identified them each separately). The target ID leaves a good first impression, but I'll have to do more work with it.
The Ace 350 is also a real pleasure to use coming in at under 3 lbs.
I am going on a much more extensive hunt with the DD coil later this week. I'll let you know how it goes and hopefully have a few pictures to boot.
Happy Hunting!
Just thought I'd take a moment to talk about the other new kid in the Garrett Armory.
I was only able to take the 350 out for a very short half hour hunt today in a local park.
This was my first time using the detector and didn't know what to expect from it, as I have used several detectors in the past. I also used the Sniper coil instead of the stock DD coil on this first outing since I spent most of my time in the tot lot.
First, the sniper coil is very good on getting close to playground equipment, 4"-6" before sounding off.
The Garrett headphones that came with the unit were comfortable enough and I was grateful for the volume control built into the cord. Contrary to some past complaints, I did not find the tones to be obnoxious at all. Perhaps they are different on the 350 as opposed to the 250.
I only found six pennies on this outing, all less than 4" deep. I do not think that was the coil's limit, I simply think all the targets on this outing were found at those depths or less.
I found the Target ID to be very accurate on the few targets I did find. I did not use the pinpoint mode as I was using the Sniper coil and my Garrett ProPointer (which I cannot recommend strongly enough getting).
The most interest find from a test perspective was how well it locked on to a small ballpoint pen tip at about 2" under the sandy dirt.
Junk targets, like bits of foil fell under a couple of different notches, but not under any coin settings, except once. The only false signal I got was a bit of aluminum that registered as nickel.
So my first impressions are promising enough. The Sniper coil does its job very well in finding and separating shallow targets (the ballpoint pen tip was found less than 3" from another junk target and the Sniper identified them each separately). The target ID leaves a good first impression, but I'll have to do more work with it.
The Ace 350 is also a real pleasure to use coming in at under 3 lbs.
I am going on a much more extensive hunt with the DD coil later this week. I'll let you know how it goes and hopefully have a few pictures to boot.
Happy Hunting!
