ACE 250 for relics?

[SPONNIE73]

I went relic hunting for the first time with my Ace 250. Being new to M D I’m not sure if the Ace 250 is the right Machine but it will have to do for now. I bought the detector for finding coins and later became interested in civil war relics. I got permission to hunt a farm next to a civil war battle field, any advice would be appreciated.. Here are some finds from the woods next to my house.

God Bless
Mike

 

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[relicreb]

Just about any machine will find cw relics. Just learn how your machine works. The key to finding relics is location, and it sounds like you have a great place to look. I noticed in your pic that you are finding brass and copper, thats good, most cw relics are brass, copper, and lead. I would get a few lead sinkers and place them around the yard, once you learn how to locate lead you can find a cw site.
Good diggin and let us know what you find!
relicreb

 

[Dick from IA]

You'll do OK Relic hunting with the Ace 250, Spoonie. Run in Relics mode, take your time, and be ready to dig some iffy signals. The Ace is a better coin than relics detector, but Relicreb is right, just get to know your machine.

Just bought a Tesoro Vaquero for hopes of deeper finds, and in 2 short test runs it seems to do just that. Just around a couple of yards but it does find stuff at 4-8" without batting an eye. Plan on a real relic hunt later this week, in wooded areas around here.

Relic Hunting is Very Addictive, BTW

DFIU (Dick from IA)

 

[Digginman]

I use my 250 for relics. That little machine gobbles coins up, but I have had success with relics.

 

[Gribnitz]

depends on how deep your stuff seems to sink. In my area I am finding bullets, buttons, etc at only about 4-6 inches. They hit a clay layer and don't sink much past that. If your in a real sandy area, thats another story. You want a really deep seeking machine then since relics sink farther and faster in that loose soil.

 

[jeff from east pa]

you seem to be doing very well with the brass items and thats good . I'm not familiar with that machine. I use a whites 5900di pro sl. my opinion the best detector ever made. it's easy to use and is very tough. I tried a whites xlt was not impressed. But everyone has there own opinion. but heres what I say read the field reports on a detector before you buy it. and remember you get what you pay for! Your detector is doing great on brass as I said but another importent thing is depth. I have dug bullets as deep as 8 inchs and most civil war bullets average 5-6 inchs in depth. do a few air tests on a few items by running them across the bottom of your detector you should be able to pick them up at a foot from your coil or more. buttons slightly shorter but remember once that item is in the ground you well loose a little depth I get a good bullet air test at one foot from my coil so I figure I'm good to about 10 inchs. this is not with every detector but after using mine for as long as I have I know it like the back of my hand. and being a short distance from gettysburg I got plenty of practice. good luck!