rockhounder
Tenderfoot
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Hello all i am new to the hobby only been at it several years.
My first detector was a freedom ace plus. It is an amazing machine i have found well over 60 dollars in clad change more then a dozen cheap rings and pendants and
A dozen wheat backs and a 1902 Indian Head Penny. I am still looking for that first silver coin it will come in time.
That being said it is a hot rock finding machine it will not handle a tot lot with pee-gravel might as well give up and move along it goes crazy and you cant use it.
Any rocky area and it just wont work it will not stop beeping.
I knew i needed an upgrade to a newer machine the freedom ace plus is from the early to mid 90's if i remember right.
So after months and months of lurking on every detector forum and website and review place i could find i pulled the trigger and bought a
Garrett Ace 350 it was in my budget and i like that it is very easy to use and garrett customer service is the best there is.
Now back to the hot rocks i am easily distracted by bright shiny objects.
The ace 350 worked way better then i had hoped it handles the hot rocks with ease
I have to turn down the sensitivity several notches but i don't have it beeping out of control like my old machine.
The reason i went with the 350 instead of the 250 was the DD Coil and higher frequency.
The DD coil handles the heavy mineralized areas better.
And please tell me if i am wrong the 350 does not lose depth when you turn down sensitivity that main point was worth the extra money for the 350.
Thank you all very much i cant say enough how much i have learned reading in this forum.
Happy Hunting
My first detector was a freedom ace plus. It is an amazing machine i have found well over 60 dollars in clad change more then a dozen cheap rings and pendants and
A dozen wheat backs and a 1902 Indian Head Penny. I am still looking for that first silver coin it will come in time.
That being said it is a hot rock finding machine it will not handle a tot lot with pee-gravel might as well give up and move along it goes crazy and you cant use it.
Any rocky area and it just wont work it will not stop beeping.
I knew i needed an upgrade to a newer machine the freedom ace plus is from the early to mid 90's if i remember right.
So after months and months of lurking on every detector forum and website and review place i could find i pulled the trigger and bought a
Garrett Ace 350 it was in my budget and i like that it is very easy to use and garrett customer service is the best there is.
Now back to the hot rocks i am easily distracted by bright shiny objects.
The ace 350 worked way better then i had hoped it handles the hot rocks with ease
I have to turn down the sensitivity several notches but i don't have it beeping out of control like my old machine.
The reason i went with the 350 instead of the 250 was the DD Coil and higher frequency.
The DD coil handles the heavy mineralized areas better.
And please tell me if i am wrong the 350 does not lose depth when you turn down sensitivity that main point was worth the extra money for the 350.
Thank you all very much i cant say enough how much i have learned reading in this forum.
Happy Hunting
