Best place to buy a Ace250?

[NWhunter]

I want to buy a Ace 250 and I see them on E-bay for $199 free shipping with a few gifts but the gifts are nothing to right home about. I wanted to ask you all where the best plaace to buy one would be?

Thanks
NWhunter

 

[gregl01]

Almost everyone has them for the same price. I would suggest buying it from a reputable dealer because of their service. Good luck when you get it.
Greg

 

[Sandman]

If you can't find a metal detector dealer where you can inspect the detector when you pay your money you will have to do mail order. ?Stay away from E-bay as you can read many horrow stories about others that bought broken equipement.

Check the advertisements in the treasure magazines. ?There are pros and cons about buying from Kellco. ?Clevengers of Kansas City comes to mind at 1-800-999-9147, ?There are others but I have had good luck with them.

HH,
Sandman

 

[Michigan Badger]

Like Sandman256 says, if possible find a local dealer. You want to be there and see the detector you're getting. This is the ideal. Then there's the one-on-one help that's almost priceless. And something else that's rarely discussed is the possibility of leads on where to hunt. These dealers usually know a great deal about the history of the area and they can get one started in the right direction.

But, if there are no local dealers, then it's ebay or some online detector store. Be advised that through ebay you never know for sure what you're getting. Most likely you'll be okay but then you never know and ebay sellers come and go.

If there's no local dealer I usually go with either KellyCo or one of the other major online dealers who has been around for awhile.

Most of my machines came from KellyCo. All where shipped well and timely. I found that they do beat all other deals as advertised. And, they will make wrongs right. However, as far as advice and general useage help goes after the purchase, forget it. Once the deal is satisfactorily completed, they don't want to hear from you until the next purchase.

I might add that this is not true of all online dealers. KellyCo is so big and does such a high volume of business that I don't think they have time to do much individual assistance work with those learning their machines. I don't blame them for this, it's just a fact. Probably most of the staff is over-burdened already.

Here's a suggestion:

Do an online search of dealers and look for those who don't (DO NOT) sell those high priced metal detector headphones. While some of these are very good, they're over-priced to hook THers. Most anyone in the detector business knows they're a high-markup item and easy money from newbies.

There is one major dealer (I forget who just now) who won't sell these because he knows Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, etc., sell excellent headphones for far less money and you may even be able to try them on before you buy to find the model that is most comfortable for you. If after you make the purchase you find they're not what you needed, you can get 100% refund. Most online dealers deduct for "restocking" and then there's the postage and shipping hassle.

Refusing to use THers indicates a high level of integrity and he's the person from which to purchase your machine. He's the dealer who'll be there to help you after the purchase.

 

[NWhunter]

Thank You,

I have decided who to buy from And I am going to get a Minelab Sov for myself and a Ace250 for the wife. We are going to do a lot of beach hunting and I will do the water and she can do the dry sand. We just got a little motorhome last summer and can't wait to run up and down the coast this summer. I owned a Goldmaster2 when they first came out but never did get to become one with it and was bummed at how hard it was to figure out. i found lots of change with it but never any nuggets I will take my time and learn this machine well! I am looking for someone to go out with here in the seattle area when the wife say's she don't.

Thanks Again
NWhunter

 

[Sandman]

Nwhunter your going to love the Sov. but it will take a learning curve to learn all of it. Thankfully you can just turn it on and go and learn as you use it.

Be prepared to be looking at lots of your wifes treasures! Women have a habit of finding things even when they forget to turn the detector on...... First time I took my wife detecting at a local beach she found two silver half dollars, a silver dime, some wheaties and clads and two gold rings in two hours. When I came ashore and only had some clad, she was sitting at a picnic table drinking a Coke. She wonders why I don't do as well.

Sandman

 

[Pennyworth]

NWhunter, sounds like you and your wife are going to have a lot of fun this summer traveling and hitting the beaches. I've only had the pleasure of detecting on a beach one time and I fell in love with beach detecting. Only wish I was able to do more of it,but where I'm located the beaches are not very nice, I detected while on vacation.

Good luck with your new machine and I know your wife will love the Ace 250, as I have one and it's very easy to operate. I would say the only difficult thing for me was pinpointing when I first got it. Now I'm much better at pinpointing,everything takes time to learn. Happy hunting.

 

[NWhunter]

Thanks guys,
I am looking forward to this summer already! I did a lot of research and the Elite seemed to be the machine. Got one new from minelab for $525 shipped with a 4 year warranty. the 250 was a no brainier. It should be here next week and I will jump right on the beach and see what was left for me? I am sure I will be picking your brains real soon.

happy hunting
NWhunter

 

[johnny50]

I just bought my Ace from these folks:

http://www.detection.com/garrett/ace250.html

It was a nice, easy transaction. I called them from England, told them the package I wanted, and paid w/ my CC. The MD was shipped out the next day, with an e-mail to let me know, and it arrived in a week. And, they have decent goodies to go along with it.

I highly recommend these folks if you're going to purchase a MD.

I'll be posting my first find in just a sec!

Good luck.

Johnny

 

[Monty]

That's really a better deal than Kellyco offers. The extras are much nicer and I like the idea of choosing. Nice Tip. Monty

 

[DigEmAll]

I'm looking at buying yet another detector. An ACE 250 this time. Unless I find a great deal on Ebay, it looks like I will be ordering from these guys! Thanks for the tip Johnny! And thanks to Monty for pointing it out to me!

 

[NWhunter]

Yes that was nice of you and they are better gifts then the other place. Got me a Sov-Elite comming and got a good deal on a new one. $525
I hope this was a good deal? Was told by Kellyco that it was a very good deal and they wanted to know who was selling them for that price. I said I don't remember I wanted to see if they would beat the price and they said no! So I bought it from the other guy. Now it just needs to show up
I hope the wife finds good stuff that way she will look forward to the next time out. I bought her a membership to a club but she would not use it. So I am hoping this will do the trick. Walk , swing , walk , swing, bend down and dig - repeat all day and this should work right?

I will call today

NWhunter

 

[bobm31]

I bought mine on ebay from a REPUTABLE dealer got FREE shipping and didn't pay sales tax. Have two year FACTORY WARRANTY from Garrett. I understand that their severvice is real good.

 

[nfunk]

I got my ACE250 from http://www.detection.com/garrett/ace250.html.
I believe the guys name is Sean. Great service and zero problems.

 

[bobm31]

I got my ACE250 from http://www.detection.com/garrett/ace250.html.
I believe the guys name is Sean.? Great service and zero problems.

Sean (A&S Company) is the one that I bought mine from....on ebay!!

 

[NLINE SIXX]

Bob did you check out Garretts prices first since you live very close to Garland, Garretts home office.

NL6

 

[bobm31]

Bob did you check out Garretts prices first since you live very close to Garland, Garretts home office.

NL6

Garrett's factory price is $249.95. Garrett allows authorized dealers to sell the Ace 250 for $199.95 with FREE SHIPPING....Bob

 

[NLINE SIXX]

Ok Bob I see, I live close to Garland also so I just figured I would go to Garrett to buy one local when I got ready to buy. But if that's the case getting it a lot cheaper through mail order I'll go that route.

 

[bobm31]

Ok Bob I see, I live close to Garland also so I just figured I would go to Garrett to buy one local when I got ready to buy. But if that's the case getting it a lot cheaper through mail order I'll go that route.

Just go to ebay, you can get an Ace 250 for $199.95 with FREE SHIPPING and NO SALES TAX (if ordered out of state). Find a authorized Garrett dealer (like A&S Company), they will ship via UPS Ground FREE and you will get it within a week.

 

[NLINE SIXX]

Ok Bob I see, I live close to Garland also so I just figured I would go to Garrett to buy one local when I got ready to buy. But if that's the case getting it a lot cheaper through mail order I'll go that route.

Just go to ebay, you can get an Ace 250 for $199.95 with FREE SHIPPING and NO SALES TAX (if ordered out of state). Find a authorized Garrett dealer (like A&S Company), they will ship via UPS Ground FREE and you will get it within a week.

Thanks for the info Bob, I just thought maybe Garrett might offer the same deals as some of the other internet sites are offering to locals if you ask them to match the price, but apparently you have checked that out already. HH.

NL6