First Merc (With the ACE 250) and first medallion

Ricardo_NY1 · Dec 12, 2006

Went out MD'ing last night from 7-10pm. Dug up some clad and in between I found this religious medallion. At first I thought it was a pull tab. Is this one of those church give-aways or something better? Not sure. Further on I received a not so weak dime signal at 8". Dug a nice round plug and out came a cone of soil, and at the bottom of about 7" came this merc. I finally got the hang of this machine. Pressed on but the batteries were almost on E, so I called it a night. Persistance into learning this hobby have so far paid off. I was up till 1am the previous night with a collection of junk items, air testing the crap out of them in an attempt to learn the 250 language.

ringfinder · Dec 12, 2006

Nice finds, always love that Mercury Lady and that is a fine religious medal you found also.

The funny thing about silver, especially silver dimes, they sound really good and kinda bounce and sound good and lock right on to dime. Also wheat pennies will do the same thing only they just sound a little different.

I hope anyone on this forum who is using a ACE 250 or ACE 150 is using a headset and using a PROBE.
I mention the probe because with the ACE it should be an important part of your hunting tools. I bet if you aren't using a probe, when you dig a very deep hole, you have a hard time finding your target. Well with a probe, it takes most of the guess work away.

HH all, a fellow ACE 250 user, Ringfinder I am also using a SunRay Probe with my ACE.

daniel74868 · Dec 13, 2006

Congrats!!

Southcacalaky · Dec 13, 2006

Nice finds there HH Art...

dave-enc · Dec 13, 2006

congrats on finds wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

Night Stalker · Dec 13, 2006

Ricardo_NY1 · Dec 13, 2006

Eathabs, that was actually my first mercury dime with the ACE 250 which I've had for about 2 weeks now.......I had found 2 other mercs at the end of Nov. with my BH 1100. It's been almost 2 months actually in the hobby.........however, I did find a 1942 Washington Quarter 2 days into the hobby with the BH 1100. Luck was on my side that day I guess.