New member looking for a recommendation

[zacman]

I located this site after deciding that I wanted a metal detector but not knowing anything yet about them. My uses will be limited. I live on 90 acres of rolling foothill property. I hike it frequently. Indians and settlers have been here. Thought it would help increase interest when hiking to have a metal detector along. This will not be likely used elsewhere and limited use here. Any recommendations? Thinking about the $250 range. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

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[hollowpointred]

in your price range the Garrett Ace 250 cant be beaten. its a great machine for the money.it beats the pants off of the competitors machines in that price range.

 

[zacman]

Thanks - I will check that out - Any best places to buy on-line? Also should have mentioned, there is a seasonal stream on the property that gets a lot of wash down from the mountains after snows. Thought I might look for nuggets in some of that as well. Appreciate your help.

 

[hollowpointred]

i dont know if i would recommend the ace for prospecting. it has a set ground balance that could give you some trouble in heavily minerilized soil. i dont know of a good prospecting machine in that range. maybe someone else can help. as far as good online stores,try reilleys treasured gold, rtgstore.com

 

[Michigan Badger]

If you can go the money, I'd go with the Tesoro Cibola. You can find these used sometimes on the forum and ebay for about $250 or so. Contact someone selling one and make them a cash offer of $250 postpaid.

New there's about $340 postpaid.

Tesoros really hold their value so you could buy a used one and probably get all your money back a year later.

 

[stoney56]

Zeb, I want to point out that I'm looking at one for the wife and my understanding is for about $15 more you can get the factory installed high tone. Here's Tesoro's Field Test on their site.
http://www.tesoro.com/CibolaFieldTest.html

 

[JakePhelps]

www.kellycodetectors.com is a good place to buy detectors from but they dont have tesoro. sounds like you have alot of great area to hunt, can't wait to see your finds

 

[Monty]

ACE 250! Monty

 

[zacman]

Thanks to all who responded. I think I will go with the ACE 250. I see a Pro version which advises that it comes with a new 6.5 x 9 coil for about $199. It appears that some of these offers include extras. I will check around to see what else might be included so I can compare the prices with the extras included.

 

[zacman]

While searching I see that I can get the ACE 250 Pro with a 9 x12 coil for $274. Is it worth the bump up from $199 to get the larger coil? I am a total novice and know nothing yet about detectors.