Can ACE 250 find nickels?

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mike98000

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I went out for the 3rd time with my new ACE 250 and I am really amazed how it rejects trash. Of course, this is with all the notches turned off on the left, all the way from iron to penny. And since this area was full of new pennies I turned penny off too and then it was pretty reliable finding dimes and my first 2 quarters. And I did have my sensitivity set on 4 out of 8 as had been recommended. I did not find that 5 or 6 helped any. Anyway, my question is how can I ever find nickels if they ring the same as trash? Are there other machines that are better at finding nickels? Or should I not worry about it since they are only 5c !!

Mike
 

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Hey Mike, if you erased all icons to left of pennies then you also erased nickels. Try it in standard coin mode. This erases all trash except nickels. My ACE250 is killer on nickels. If you hunt in jewelry or coins mode you'll find them if they're there!!! ;D
Good luck
HH
Greg
 

I believe that the nickel is the least minted / used coin overall by numbers so they should not be as popular a find. They are also harder to find because of their metalic composition.

Ed
 

As a side note, I started hunting woodchip playgrounds last week. In 3 days I found 80 coins, with 13 being nickels. This machine really hits nickels hard ;) You will learn the tones and can tell without looking at the ID meter. Mine bangs a hard single tone that repeats in all directions and the icon does not move off nickel. Keep after it, you will learn with practice.
HH

Greg
 

Thanks. I will try it. I really appreciate all the help. I will report back my results.

Mike
 

the 250 will absolutely find nickles. i have found many with mine. and dont forget gold will show up in the nickle/pulltab range. i dug a 10k gold weddingband that showed as a solid pulltab on my 250. if you are interested in finding gold jewelry you have to dig those nickles and pulltabs!
 

Well I tried with the nickel notch on. I did find one thing that hit the nickel indicator real hard and consistent... a pull tab. I got out an actual nickel, a 2004 and a 1944 and put them on the grass (in a spot that was otherwise "quiet". I tried them one at a time and neither one was totally consistent. The old one would hit the notch to the left half the time. The new one was better but hit pulltab sometimes. I turned up the sensitivity all the way and this made almost no difference. It could only find them from about 3-4" away in air. Is this just the nature of nickels? Admittedly, I doubt I have any in the yard at this point.
 

I don't think it's so characteristic to nickels so much as it is to Garretts. I have the CXIII and nickels play hell with that machine, while my XLT pops'em every time... ???

Hunt in all metal mode if you have it and learn to recognize what the detector is telling you... Or try with Jewelry, I believe it is less discrimination than coins mode. Either way you're going to be digging a lot of trash. But thats not always a bad thing...
 

The 250 is a coin magnet, nickels included, but of course nickels happen to fall into the general range where trash like pull tabs, bottle caps and foil reside. Also, as Donovan pointed out, nickels are, and have been, the least used piece of pocket change, so for that reason alone you'll find less nickels than other common pocket change.
My first $100 or so of clad broke down like this - 800 pennies,146 nickels,343 dimes & 210 quarters - And I would expect that general ratio to continue.
I don't know how often you ultra descriminate, and you likely know this, but you could be missing out on some valuable goodies notching out so much.
I've done that once - At an area thats been the scene of a 3 day 4th of July celebration for decades, including concerts, art fare and fireworks.
It was a foil/pulltab nightmare ... And I figured the odds of finding any worthwhile pennies, nickels or jewelry was slim, so I notched out everything save for dimes & quarters.
Definetly cut down on the hits ... But in general I hunt in jewelry mode, or at least coin mode.
I've already found half a dozen gold rings/charms that all showed up as foil or pulltabs, and I'm not about to turn my back on more of that for the sake of clad.
 

I have always had trouble finding nickels but with my ACE I have found more nickels than ever before. You have to listen really close but even I with a hearing loss can usually distinguish a nickel from a pulltab which has nearly the same tone. It takes practice though. JIM
 

Well I went to a school yesterday for about 3 hours and found about 35 coins and 6 were nickels!!! But there were a couple of things I noticed. First, nickels will hit the nickel indicator very consistently, but so will pull tabs, and that position makes only one sound either way. So you know you have a nickel, or a pulltab! Also, I don't think any of the nickels I found were deeper than 1". And I can confirm that wood chips are an ideal search environment. I did well on the playground but could not get within 1 foot of the metal poles or anywhere underneath the metal equipment or the detector would go goofy. Maybe I should have turned the sensitivity down to 1 in those areas.
 

good job on the schoolyard mike! turning your sensativity down in those areas around metal objects would definitly be the thing to do.
 

Hi Mike, I agree that woodchip play areas are a great learning curve. I usually leave sensitivity at 3 when in these areas. After a few chirps near the posts you know what to expect. I visited a couple this morning and came home with about 60 coins. Luv that ACE!!!! Keep after it and you'll have it paid for in no time.
HH
Greg
 

Gold Digger said:
I don't think it's so characteristic to nickels so much as it is to Garretts. I have the CXIII and nickels play hell with that machine, while my XLT pops'em every time...? ???

Hunt in all metal mode if you have it and learn to recognize what the detector is telling you... Or try with Jewelry, I believe it is less discrimination than coins mode. Either way you're going to be digging a lot of trash. But thats not always a bad thing...
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Me and my buddy went detecting today at the real old local high school. They have scraped a few inches of the ground off in several places. With visions of old silvers being found we decided to give it a try. Of all my find today I found more nickels than any other denomination of coin. Followed by clad quarters, followed by pennies and then a dime, using my XLT.

My buddy, using his Garrett, found more pennies, no nickels or quarters and more dimes than I did. He did recover a 1906 IH cent, which was the best find of the day. I don't know what it is about Garretts and nickels, but they sure don't like'em... LOL
 

of all the coins I find, nickels are the fewest and dimes seem to be the most...
 

I reiterate, I have found more nickels with my ACE than any of the 3 detectors I have.The nickel tone and the pultab tone sound almost identical, however when it is a nickel the indicator will lock solid over the nickel icon. The nickel icon really has two notches, the one directly under the nickel icon and one just to the left. If the signal bounces back and forth any at all I have found pull tabs. It will usually lock solid on the rt hand nickel iconwhen it is indeed a nickel. JIM
 

But there were a couple of things I noticed. First, nickels will hit the nickel indicator very consistently, but so will pull tabs, and that position makes only one sound either way. So you know you have a nickel, or a pulltab!
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Mike, GOLD also registers in the nickel / aluminum range. So when you get the low buzz tone, so you know you have a nickel, pulltab, OR GOLD. Ity pays to dig these signals, as I am beginning to learn. Good luck with your ACE250. Once you really get to know it, you'll be pleased with it. HH!
 

Found 5 nickels tonight in about 2 hours, the most I've ever found in one trip...

I was using my ACE 250 and it does seem to put off a stronger hit distinguishing it from a cruppled piece of aluminum or pull tab...

ACE is the place! ;D
 

I took the Ace 250 out for the second time today over an area I have hit hard several times befor. with several other detectors. I found 4 quarters 7 dimes and 6 nickles and 29 pennies. The ACE had no problem with nickles.
 

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