A few questions about the Ace 350 depth detection

[HoosierPirates]

I've been noticing that my depth detection seems to lie, many times saying that something is severall inches deep and it's not... normal?

Also notice that if I bump my DD coil, that it will send a false signal....normal?

Noticing today that pennys are registering as dimes/quaters....?

I dig alot BS... I believe thats normal


Thanks

 

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[DesertNuggets]

Bumping the coil and causing false signals is 100% normal with lots of detectors.

I dig lots of bs too. Thats normal.

 

[neuseman]

It depends on the size of the target being detected. Im new to the hobby but ive seen this on videos about the AT Pro. I think the smaller targets will be a bit shallower than what the depth scale reads. The larger targets being detected will be a bit deeper than what the depth scale reads. You might want to double check my assumptions but I think I got it right. Anyway I have the Ace 250 and when the coil is bumped it will false. I think most detectors do this. Copper pennies on my machine a lot of times register as a dime. I think the depth of the coin and its position in the ground has some effect on this. The new pennies most of the time register as a penny on my machine. 99 percent of the time when my machine registers a quarter on the scale it is a quarter. I hope this helps you with your machine.

 

[nhagan]

My father has the 250. I just grabbed a 350 about two weeks ago. I have also noticed a big difference between the two (DD coil plays a big part in their difference). My 350 will false even if I swing and lift from parallel to slightly out from parallel (angled to ground). From what I have been told its somewhat common (annoying but I will get used to it). I hunt with both the 250 and 350 off and on. I feel both are wonderful detectors. I am still learning with the 350 but am getting better with it every time out.

The 250 is usually (90% of the time) dead on while in coin mode. If it is a penny it will hit up penny (occasionally dinging in at a dime). If it is a nickel its dead on nickel. If it rings up quarter its for sure a dang quarter haha. I call the old mans 250 the quarter killer cause he pounds out the quarters out of the ground with that thing.

The 350 from what I have noticed (searching over the same area, sometimes over the same target when we were hunting together) will give crazy signals. I have seen a penny come out of a hole that my 350 'bells' in at a quarter while my fathers 250 rings in at a penny dead on. Again, I am still playing around with the 350 and learning on it but I did find out the last couple times out that lowering the sensitivity has helped out a bit. I left it at the default of I think 5 out of the box I lowered it to 4 bars and it seems to work better for me.

Anyway, I dig both machines. I wish I had saved a few more pennies to snag the at-pro but I think I will get plenty of use out of my 350.

Neil

 

[eldorado]

had a bit of time to use my new ace 350,, getting used to its langauge. I noticed you dig bs I assume that means BIG SILVER.. tonight I was using my dd coil,, and was going to change to the sniper coil. I pretty sure I shut it off before changing coils however when I puton the sniper the screen was locked up no buttons would do anything at all.. had to take out a battery then it shut down.. put battery back in a the ace booted back up and ran just fine. IF i didnt shut it off before changed coil do ya think it caused the lock up??

 

[neuseman]

My ace 250 done the same thing one day.

 

[HoosierPirates]

Thanks for the replies.

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

The coil being DD coil can be tricky to learn. Once you do you will love them!

 

[HoosierPirates]

I began to have some other issues after my first post. I contacted my dealer (Robert @ Deep Coin Detectors) and Garrett. Both were great to work with and came to the conclusion that my coil may have a defect in the epoxy. Garrett is sending out a new DD to see if this resolves all of my issues.