I got got the ACE 350

[christo000]

thanks Kodiak but are you in coin mode and what is wide open? getting alot of strong signals but when you dig,nothing...run the 350 back across the hole and not a sound...had this piece of s@#% for a week and found 1 nail 1 pull tab i screw on coke top...my old whites is still ringing true...I screwed up on this model Garrett I guess...thanks Kodiak

I dought you screwed up, however I never had it by all the good reviews I've seen. Along with people finding an s load of great things on YouTube, just sounds like u need more time on getting to know the machine, hope ur luck turns around for ya

 

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[Kodiak43351]

thanks Kodiak but are you in coin mode and what is wide open? getting alot of strong signals but when you dig,nothing...run the 350 back across the hole and not a sound...had this piece of s@#% for a week and found 1 nail 1 pull tab i screw on coke top...my old whites is still ringing true...I screwed up on this model Garrett I guess...thanks Kodiak

sensitivity all the way up or one bar down from full.

 

[Kodiak43351]

Also use a pin pointer if you can. That double d sounds off on tiny targets. If it's really noisy you may have to drop sensitivity down a bit to for your soil type because there is no ground balance on the 350. Another thing to try is to run the coil wire up 10 to 12 inches and tape it there and wrap till you get to control box. You might be getting chatter from coil wire. The 350 is a great machine and only reason I upgraded to the pro was for ground balance, pro audio, iron audio and waterproof. If my wife didn't make me sell it after I got the pro I would still be using it. Good luck and get back with me on any more questions.

 

[longcut]

bluedodge ,,, u got some kinda problem ........... dimes at 4 inches are suppose to knock ur ears off ................... I usually hunt in jewelry mode , unless there is just tooooooooooo much trash ,,,, 3 notches of sensitivity on up to 4 notches ,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[bluelodge]

yeah longcut,I do have a problem and it's a garrett 350!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the old white's I have goes along on these trips with the 350...it's still finding clads,silver,jewlery..having trouble pinpointing with this machine..tried it in a test plot and pretty much on but out in the real world,hell it might sound off with that pinpointer button,a three foot circle!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kodiak43351]

That dd coil might be picking up more tan one target try dropping sensitivity a bit.

 

[releventchair]

Iron will trump anything else if I let it when pin pointing. At least once a hunt it will pull me from where I marked center to an angle a few inches away, marking it by eye where the good tone was before pinpointing and if pinpointing is not close then we have some sorting to do.. Pinpointing twice helps the most and staying near where good tone was/is even though its weaker. The multiple target thing happens alot also.Often there is a good one in with three or four others in one dirty park, need to be patient and not scratch the good one. Adding hand help pin pointer adds targets the 350 discrimmed out also. So, by tone first and focus on a couple inch area to pinpoint. It does like iron, mine wants it to be priority.
Scrubbing coil on ground with a side approach works for some, I drop on it and use a cross pattern for best strength of signal but if coil wants me to slide it more than a couple inches and tone starts to grow if its slid more I,m off original target and heading into usually,iron.
So the coil is pulled off and a redo starts, staying on first target.

 

[berniemak]

I am only into metal detecting for about 4 months and I started out with a Garrett ace 350 and am enjoying it. Good machine to start out with. Easy to learn and make the necessary adjustments. Overall, great!!

 

[Hookedondetecting]

Iron will trump anything else if I let it when pin pointing. At least once a hunt it will pull me from where I marked center to an angle a few inches away, marking it by eye where the good tone was before pinpointing and if pinpointing is not close then we have some sorting to do.. Pinpointing twice helps the most and staying near where good tone was/is even though its weaker. The multiple target thing happens alot also.Often there is a good one in with three or four others in one dirty park, need to be patient and not scratch the good one. Adding hand help pin pointer adds targets the 350 discrimmed out also. So, by tone first and focus on a couple inch area to pinpoint. It does like iron, mine wants it to be priority.
Scrubbing coil on ground with a side approach works for some, I drop on it and use a cross pattern for best strength of signal but if coil wants me to slide it more than a couple inches and tone starts to grow if its slid more I,m off original target and heading into usually,iron.
So the coil is pulled off and a redo starts, staying on first target.

I got myself a bag of Golf Tees and plan to use them to Mark the spot.