nathan104
Sr. Member
- Feb 23, 2006
- 403
- 316
- Detector(s) used
- XP DEUS, AT Pro, propointer AT
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Well. I got my ACE 250 in two days ago(thanks for the recommendations from the board). I took it out in the front yard for about an hour trying out different settings and listening to what it was saying but not digging anything. According to the ID on the detector, there were a few dimes and a 50 cent piece buried out there. So the next day, shovel in hand(I havent gotten a good digging tool yet) I went back out and checked the signals I had gotten the day before. I ended up digging 4 holes and found four pieces of treasure. The first two holes detected as a penny and indeed both were clad pennies dating from the 70's. The third spot showed a dime and it was indeed a clad dime dated 2005. The fourth spot was the one that registered as a 50 cent piece so after the first 3 being dead on I was stoked and my mind was swimming with thoughts of silver. Well, 4th time was not the charm and I ended up with a sardine lid. Cant win them all. So, I dug 4 holes and ended up with 2 pennies, 1 dime and 1 sardine lid. I think I did rather well my first time EVER using a metal detector.
I wasnt expecting anything old as this place has absolutely no history to it that Ive found. I am moving to my new house this weekend though and it has tons of history. There was a sawmill on my property dating to the early 1900's and other homesites dating back into the 1800's. There are several huge Oak trees that appear to be at least 150 years old, and an old concrete buried storm shelter with 1943 written in the concrete steps. I cant wait to start detecting over there.
With the ACE 250, I found it very easy to use and very accurate. The pinpointer was dead on. The depth indicator seemed to be a bit off though. Its lightweight but having never held a detector before, my arm did start complaining after about 30 minutes not being used to it. I definitely will be getting a pair of headphones as was suggested to me by members here because a neighbor of mine came over and asked me about the detector and I briefly explained that it could identify what the target was in the ground. Well, for the next 30 minutes EVERY time it even beeped she would yell out "WHATS THAT ONE?" Over and over. Talk about being driven insane. Thats why my first hunt was very short. The new place has some acreage so I wont have that problem there.
Well sorry this ended up so long but Im just kind of excited to get the new hobby off and running. I look forward to contributing in the future and hopefully will be able to report some better finds from the new place. Thanks all.
I wasnt expecting anything old as this place has absolutely no history to it that Ive found. I am moving to my new house this weekend though and it has tons of history. There was a sawmill on my property dating to the early 1900's and other homesites dating back into the 1800's. There are several huge Oak trees that appear to be at least 150 years old, and an old concrete buried storm shelter with 1943 written in the concrete steps. I cant wait to start detecting over there.
With the ACE 250, I found it very easy to use and very accurate. The pinpointer was dead on. The depth indicator seemed to be a bit off though. Its lightweight but having never held a detector before, my arm did start complaining after about 30 minutes not being used to it. I definitely will be getting a pair of headphones as was suggested to me by members here because a neighbor of mine came over and asked me about the detector and I briefly explained that it could identify what the target was in the ground. Well, for the next 30 minutes EVERY time it even beeped she would yell out "WHATS THAT ONE?" Over and over. Talk about being driven insane. Thats why my first hunt was very short. The new place has some acreage so I wont have that problem there.
Well sorry this ended up so long but Im just kind of excited to get the new hobby off and running. I look forward to contributing in the future and hopefully will be able to report some better finds from the new place. Thanks all.
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A lot more people have lived on this land than we think.
