The-Bone
Sr. Member
- Nov 13, 2007
- 326
- 24
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
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- Detector(s) used
- Ace 250, Whites Silver Eagle, BHID,M6,CZ21
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hi all,
i just boogered up my ankle at work and have been sitting around the house for 2 days with nothing to do. I set up a little test run with the 250 i received at Christmas and am still amazed at how well it performs for $200. i knew the thing was quick with response times but am more impressed than ever. I set up 3 coins about 2.5 to 3 inches away from each other and started swinging. I quickly ascertained that my normal swing was a bit too fast. By slowing down just a hair that little bugger hit all 3 targets. Furthermore, it ID'd them all correctly. i played around with different denominations and sure enough it lit up the correct tabs for each target. Next i placed some junk targets that were notched out into the coin mix..The Ace fell silent over the junk and picked up the good stuff. Lastly, i set up a measured air test(plastic ruler and all) I am pleased to say that i got almost 8 inches consistently on a quarter. By consistently i mean that it sounded off and ID'd it correctly. I got right around 7 inches on a dime. As far as field tests, the 3 or 4 times i've had it out so far i am also relatively impressed. I can usually run the gain almost all the way up. BTW, the indoor tests were done under the factory preset COINS mode. Depths reported were for that gain setting. One last item, somewhere on here someone mentioned swinging the coil closer to your feet. I have always felt that the 250 is coil heavy. Today i shortened up the rod which moved the coil closer to my feet than what i normally would have positioned it and it has made a HUGE difference. Thanks to that person!!
HH
The-Bone
i just boogered up my ankle at work and have been sitting around the house for 2 days with nothing to do. I set up a little test run with the 250 i received at Christmas and am still amazed at how well it performs for $200. i knew the thing was quick with response times but am more impressed than ever. I set up 3 coins about 2.5 to 3 inches away from each other and started swinging. I quickly ascertained that my normal swing was a bit too fast. By slowing down just a hair that little bugger hit all 3 targets. Furthermore, it ID'd them all correctly. i played around with different denominations and sure enough it lit up the correct tabs for each target. Next i placed some junk targets that were notched out into the coin mix..The Ace fell silent over the junk and picked up the good stuff. Lastly, i set up a measured air test(plastic ruler and all) I am pleased to say that i got almost 8 inches consistently on a quarter. By consistently i mean that it sounded off and ID'd it correctly. I got right around 7 inches on a dime. As far as field tests, the 3 or 4 times i've had it out so far i am also relatively impressed. I can usually run the gain almost all the way up. BTW, the indoor tests were done under the factory preset COINS mode. Depths reported were for that gain setting. One last item, somewhere on here someone mentioned swinging the coil closer to your feet. I have always felt that the 250 is coil heavy. Today i shortened up the rod which moved the coil closer to my feet than what i normally would have positioned it and it has made a HUGE difference. Thanks to that person!!
HH
The-Bone
I n the dry and wet sand ....and is the coil waterproof 
...sorry if i'm ranting, i just get really pissed off at the prices of some of these units when i know how the electronics industry works...look at TVs, 5 years ago a 40' plasma set cost twice what it does today...How come top end detectors never follow suit?
