ace250.. 2nd thoughts :(

[rdb7]

the more i read on tnet the more i hear ace can't see past 5" or so.... wondering if i should upgrade to a deeper detector before the thaw

i want to find old coins not just clad....


ace250 current or former users... thoughts?

 

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[seger98]

I have a minelab X-terra 70 & a Soverign GT, the wife uses an ace 250, we detect alot of areas together & she doesn't have any trouble finding older coins right along with me. So I think it's up to you if you don't think the ACE isn't any good in the area you are using it in.

We detect in a lot of sandy areas in Northern WI. now out in AZ she doesn't do as good as I do out there! tighter packed soil!

 

[rdb7]

thanks seger.. i would just hate to be hunting some great spots and walk right over something

although i also stumbled upon a post claiming in a real life test no detector (2box included) could detect a coin cache in plastic at 25" .... which is crazy if true

 

[seger98]

Also, have you turned up the sensitivity and try different modes? And your welcome.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

rdb7,
think most, (not all) of the coins I
found would be less then 5"
down.

We all want to go deeper but...............
Is it the machine or the hunter?

That 250 is a good machine; learn it and
it will treat you well.

If you think you want to try a new detector.
.................................................your money, your call.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[rdb7]

i guess i should give it a try and stop reading all the success stories of the etrac for now lol... until i find $1500 just laying around

 

[seger98]

rdb7,
think most, (not all) of the coins I
found would be less then 5"
down.

We all want to go deeper but...............
Is it the machine or the hunter?

That 250 is a good machine; learn it and
it will treat you well.

If you think you want to try a new detector.
.................................................your money, your call.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

You are exactly right Sherman, most coins I find as well are no more then 6-7 inches down! Most around 4-5!

 

[Monty]

I have an ACE 25 and have had it for a couple of years. It is a very good machine. I found a silver dime at 9" with mine once. I said once, because normally the coins I find with it are nearer 4 or 5 inches. I planted a coin garden with a silver dime at 6" and couldn't get a beep out of it. I pulled out the big gun, GTI 2500 set on all metal, and just barely got a faint peep! So, what does that prove? It tells me that freshly "planted" coins are harder to pick up than ones that have been in the ground for some time. I do club hunts with freshly buried coins a lot and have not had any luck at all on silver quarters and dimes at nine inches, the so called "deep hunts". I noticed the winners usually use a Minelab or Whites DFX. So, I am now learning a Minelab Safari for the coming club hunts. I have been digging coins a lot deeper than I have with my Garrett equipment. I say a lot, I mean 2 to 5 inches deeper than I am use to digging. I have dug numerous clad coins at about nine inches. I thought my machine was falsing at first until I started digging deeper on purpose and dang if I didn't find the deeper coins I had been missing. So, that's just my experience. Not saying that everyone will have the same results. Monty

 

[treasurefiend]

The Ace is a great machine!!!! I would however get the 9x12 coil, thats the only coil I hunt with on my Ace.

 

[rdb7]

"2-5 inches deeper" ... that's the stuff i'm afraid of missing

thanks monty

 

[rdb7]

TreasureFiend so you think the larger coil is worth the $ ?

i kept reading it only added an inch of search so i decided not to get it...hmmmmmmmm

 

[treasurefiend]

It gives more than an inch and like I said, it's the only coil I use on my Ace.

 

[treasurefiend]

For old coins, My 1st hunt for 09 I found a 1917 merc down about 4 1/2 inches. Last year I found a 1893 V-Nickel down 2 inches. I have also found 2006 zincolns down 4 & 5 inches. For under $250 you can't go wrong. Then once you get $1,500 get an E-Trac.

 

[watercolor]

I live near Chicago and primarily hunt wooded areas. . . where I have had
more success in finding older coins when compared to manicured parks.

The oldest coins I've found in the woods so far. . . 1870's - 1900's were only
about 3" to 4" deep where modern clad in some of the manicured parks, was
in excess of 5". The Ace is a good machine and I know several of the IL hunters
on the forum that use them and with great success.

Good luck!
watercolor

 

[Monty]

I've often wondered why so much of the clad is so deep. Then I got to noticing that most of the parks made in the past 20 or 30 years do not have a natural topography. They mostly have a foot or more of fill to level out a lot of the parks for games such as baseball or soccer, or even picnic areas. I find coins especially much shallower in the older parks. However the best park in the city once had a natural sand beach nealry a hundered yards long. The dam was put in in 1902 and it was an amusement park and swimming beach up until the 1950s. Then the city came along and built an elevated jogging and walking path right across the old beach. Everything that was buried in the beach sand is now about 4 to 5 feet deep! And you are not allowed to wade the water, so no one has ever recovered much valuables from that site at all. I am working with the local museum people now to try to get permission to wade hunt the water leading out from where the old beach was located. So far the city won't budge, but the museum curator is a high school classmate so I may be able to swing it later this year. I will certainly post same if I do. Monty

 

[seger98]

I've often wondered why so much of the clad is so deep. Then I got to noticing that most of the parks made in the past 20 or 30 years do not have a natural topography. They mostly have a foot or more of fill to level out a lot of the parks for games such as baseball or soccer, or even picnic areas. I find coins especially much shallower in the older parks. However the best park in the city once had a natural sand beach nealry a hundered yards long. The dam was put in in 1902 and it was an amusement park and swimming beach up until the 1950s. Then the city came along and built an elevated jogging and walking path right across the old beach. Everything that was buried in the beach sand is now about 4 to 5 feet deep! And you are not allowed to wade the water, so no one has ever recovered much valuables from that site at all. I am working with the local museum people now to try to get permission to wade hunt the water leading out from where the old beach was located. So far the city won't budge, but the museum curator is a high school classmate so I may be able to swing it later this year. I will certainly post same if I do. Monty

Why can't you go into the water? is it not a public beach anymore?

 

[rwsnc]

My story is similar to Seger98's. B|lker, my hunting buddy, uses an ACE250 and I use a XTERRA 70. Depth is about the same. Sensitivity, and coil size will effect depth difference, if everything else is equal. The ACE250 has a larger coil option that should add another couple of inches to your depth.

 

[Lowbatts]

I've often wondered why so much of the clad is so deep. Then I got to noticing that most of the parks made in the past 20 or 30 years do not have a natural topography. They mostly have a foot or more of fill to level out a lot of the parks for games such as baseball or soccer, or even picnic areas. I find coins especially much shallower in the older parks. However the best park in the city once had a natural sand beach nealry a hundered yards long. The dam was put in in 1902 and it was an amusement park and swimming beach up until the 1950s. Then the city came along and built an elevated jogging and walking path right across the old beach. Everything that was buried in the beach sand is now about 4 to 5 feet deep! And you are not allowed to wade the water, so no one has ever recovered much valuables from that site at all. I am working with the local museum people now to try to get permission to wade hunt the water leading out from where the old beach was located. So far the city won't budge, but the museum curator is a high school classmate so I may be able to swing it later this year. I will certainly post same if I do. Monty

They gotta dredge it sometime Monty, hopefully during your time!