Ace 250 IDing gold and silver rings

[aerograd]

Ace 250 ID'ing gold and silver rings

I have an Ace 250 which I really like so far. I read where alot of people find rings and other jewelry with their metal detectors, including the ACE models. My question is will a ring show up as a consistent target ID or will it bounce around between IDs? For instance, will a gold ring "ding" repeatedly as being a pull tab or nickel? Or will it go between pulltab, to nickel, to dime, back to pull tab? Same question for silver rings. Usually, if I get a signal bouncing around I ignore it thinking it is probably foil/canslaw, or other junk. I always dig the repeatable nickel, tab, and coin signals though.

Also, there is a notch inbetween the bottlecap and nickel notches. Then there are a couple of notches between the pulltab and penny notches. What items usually ID in these notches? Are they there to cover a range of signal returns for bottlecaps, foil, pull tabs, and random precious metal jewelry? Or are there more specific things that normally live in those regions? Thanks for the info!!

 

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[txkickergirl]

Re: Ace 250 ID'ing gold and silver rings

The best thing is to take several ring and test out each one to see how it rings. I usually bench test them, then throw them on the ground and also put a couple under the soil to see if anything changes. Do them laying flat and standing up. For me most of the time my gold ring shows as a strong nickle. Now I spent 1 day with over 200 pull tabs to show for it that I dug and they all came out as a nickle on the machine not a pull tab. Still looking for my first ring
Best of luck

 

[hollowpointred]

Re: Ace 250 ID'ing gold and silver rings

the answer to your question is yes, it will be a solid signal. as solid as any other good signal...............most of the time! (theres always a catch! ) at times with any machine, the angle of a target, the ground conditions, the depth of a target can sometimes make a machine give iffy signals. you know, those only sound good in one direction kind of targets. most of the time those targets are junk, but sometimes they are not. it all depends on that particular target.

 

[Sandman]

Re: Ace 250 ID'ing gold and silver rings

the answer to your question is yes, it will be a solid signal. as solid as any other good signal...............most of the time! (theres always a catch! ) at times with any machine, the angle of a target, the ground conditions, the depth of a target can sometimes make a machine give iffy signals. you know, those only sound good in one direction kind of targets. most of the time those targets are junk, but sometimes they are not. it all depends on that particular target.

Gold rings can read anywhere from iron to around quarter or higher. What kind of reading would you get if a gold ring was very near a silver dime? You'd most likely get a jumping id. The notched out areas should not be notched out to record all items of jewelry that can show up. One of the reasons there are higher priced detectors.

 

[dahut]

Re: Ace 250 ID'ing gold and silver rings

Simply put, most rings read in the nickle to pulltab range. Alas, there is no detector that can tell you its a ring.

Will it lock on firmly? Most of the time. Rings act as single loop inductors to the electrical field emitted by your instrument. The one time that will vary is if there is trash under the coil with the ring.

All the rings I have tested (and thats a lot) lock on hard, so the answer is yes - most of the time.

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Re: Ace 250 ID'ing gold and silver rings

I've found about three silver rings with my 250. Two came in as solid quarter hits and one as a solid dime hit, with very repeatable signals. You'd think you had a coin unti you dig them up.