Has anyone ever tried or been successful using an Ace 250 for Nuggets? Just wondering if the machine is sensitive enough or can it be tuned in for this use.
i dont know a lot about prospecting but i thought i read somewhere that the ace was not really cut out for nugget hunting.something about the set ground balance on it. i dont believe it deals with heavily minerilized soil very well.you may want to find a machine with manual ground balance.
I got into MDing a little over 2 yrs. ago with a Minelab Advantage. I didn't buy it for nuggets but found 4 little nuggets the 1st time out while still on the 1st set of batteries. Take it out and try it or test it with a natural nugget at home, most jewlery items are alloyed. If it can handle the mineralization and is sensitive enough it may work for casual use.
The hot rocks,black sands,and heavy mineralized ground will drive ya crazy.Work only cracks in solid bedrock close to the water and you'll find something.I took a golden sabre out for kicks(strictly coin machine,but tons better than a 250)and found a nice 1 1/2 ozer in a huge tailings pile full a iron junk.It had notch and I set it to fing gold only.Do it!! Get a gold machine to REALLY have a ball.Tons a au 2 u 2-John
I was sure I wasn't the only one who hoped my Ace 250 would also be a suitable nugget machine! Just took me a while to find this posting thread.
Long story short....I got 2 nuggets, one 1.7 gm the other 3.6 gm and tried them with my Ace 250 with the 9X12 coil yesterday. I couldn't get a solid signal at 4" in an air test on either nugget. Trying both was a little better, but the coil had to be about 2" from them (again, in air) for them to register a solid target tone. DRAT!
Oh well, it's still the hottest thing going for coins and jewelry. Guess it's time to consider a Lobo SuperTraq for the small gold.
HH, ya'll!
Seek and ye shall find; kneel and you're gonna have to dig!
Try out a Gold Bug 2,beg,borrow,rent or steal. I have GB2 & LST for real trasy areas,smallest coils are the best for weight,ease a use and getting it all!!Tons a au 2 u 2-John
John, the GB2 was among my top 3 finalists in researching gold detectors. The other 2 were the Lobo ST (#1) and the MXT (tied for 2nd with the GB2). No final decision made yet, so all input would be appreciated.
The Lobo ST, btw, was #1 for a few of reasons: Lifetime warranty, optional manual/automatic ground balancing and sensitivity. The only other detector I've had experience with is the Ace 250. I really like the readouts on the Ace and the MXT seems to have similar (but different) readout.
HH, ya'll!
Seek and ye shall find; kneel and you're gonna have to dig!
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