help with an Ace 150

[gomer28]

I have the Ace 150, and I need some tips. I mostly hunt in coin mode but I’m still dig up more trash than coin’s. I started in my back yard but it has lots of trash such as tin cans and other types of scrap metal. I have tried to turn down the sensitivity but I still get a lot of trash. What do I do?

[funkman]

Gomer,

I have the Ace250 which is about the same as yours except with pinpointing and I can tell you that it will show cans as coins. There are two ways I determine if it is junk or not with the 250 which is as follows:

1. When I find a target that is giving me that nice 'BING BING" noise on coin I swing shorter swings over the target and as I am swinging I slowly pull back towards myself (again while swinging). What I am doing is trying to find the spot on the ground where I lose the signal. While doing this watch the target ID and you will see that right before you lose the signal it will change to a junk target ID. I do this a few times (going back and forth) just to make sure. If the target ID stays in the coin range then it could be a coin, which then I go to my next technique.

2. After doing step one and verifying that the target ID stays in coin range, I then do the short swinging while pulling away as I did for technique one and find that spot on the ground where you lose the signal. Remember go slow and swing short close swings so you can find the exact spot (center of coil) where the target drops. Then do the same going forward now and find the spot where you lose it going forward. If the distance between where you lost the signal (close to you) and where you lost the signal (furthest from you) is small, then the target is small. If it is a greater distance then it is a larger item and you can choose whether to dig it or not, depending on if you want to have to deal with it again at a future outing at the spot.

ANy other questions PM me and I will help any way I can.

HH

Funkman