i gotta question

[redeemed]

hey guys, first time posting, just registered today. i have just started mding and need some help. i have always wanted a md so i finally broke down and bought a cheapo from wal-mart. took me all of one day to take it back. i borrowed a bounty hunter lone star from a friend. haven't found much but new clad and lots of junk. i'm worried he will ask for his back and i will be without, so i've been looking around and following your guys postings. my question is will i be satisfied with the ace 250 or is the lone star a better machine? thanks for the help you have already given even though you were not aware i was following you.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Upgraded Night Vision Monocular Digital Infrared Monocular Telescope for 100% Darkness with 8X Zoom - Grab it through Amazon!

[Getty]

The fear of your friend taking his MD back is called withdrawal symptoms.LOL.To answer your question ,you will not be unsatisfied with the ACE 250.Its alotta bang for your buck.Good luck,HH.

 

[mgdigger]

Get the ACE I have been detecting for 11 years and have much more expensive machines but my evryday machine is now the Ace 250

 

[allen]

i like my bounty hunter, but the ace 250 is a better machine.

 

[Floater]

Ace Is the Place. LOL I wish i had gotten it but I still like the bounty hunter too. The Ace is a lot more machine for the money though. HH

 

[surfrat96]

Ace Is the Place. LOL I wish i had gotten it but I still like the bounty hunter too. The Ace is a lot more machine for the money though. HH

Float, part with some of your dough and get one!!! LOL I'd like to try it when you get it!!

HH 8) surfrat

 

[lonewolfe]

Ace Is the Place. LOL I wish i had gotten it but I still like the bounty hunter too. The Ace is a lot more machine for the money though. HH

Float, part with some of your dough and get one!!! LOL I'd like to try it when you get it!!

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? HH? 8) surfrat

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

LOL!

yeah float,

get off some of that $$ and buy one

 

[hollowpointred]

these guys have given you good advice ( as always) get the ace 250..............no way will you be dissapointed with that one.

 

[Floater]

Hey I'm waiting on my Bonus at work. give me a break. The only problem with that is I ordered about 160,000.00 dollars in windows and guess what? About 28,000.00 worth might of been wrong. The Manufacturer is telling me im stuck with them but I didnt do the measueres and the Contractor is trying to blame me. If I survive untill bonus time and still get a bonus Then its time to party. Of course this is after my lovely wife takes her share . I'll let ya Demo one though Surf. Just send me 190.00 dollars and you can demo it for as long as you like. Later . HH

 

[northeast hunter]

hello welcome to the forum if you do buy a detector and buy it from kellyco let me know i have a $5.00 off coupon from kellyco you could have it just pm me with your address

 

[redeemed]

thanks for the advice. i htink i've decided on the ace, but will have to wait until i get paid to order. just got permission to hunt an old house that was a stage coach stop. i was going to hit it sat. afternoon but Dennis started up and the rain hasn't stopped since. look like it will be the weekend before i get to it. i will try and post some pic's later (never done it before). well, i gotta go i'm at work. if i get fired i can't order that ace!!

 

[skydiv]

I have the lonestar bounty hunter also. most like the ace 250. I woundered if i should upgrade to the 250 because everyone likes it but than i think the lonestar does me well because I don't have all the settings i won't use. rarely do I change my settings. sometimes i think the depth finder would be nice but most coins are at 3-6 inches so i just dig down the lenth of my spade. I'm now woundering if I should just by the 4" coil instead. what do most of you use?

 

[wmas1960]

I use a Whites XLT which is much more machine than you are talking of here. Probably about $700 or $800 with tax and or shipping, when you are done. However, while I may not need to say this, as it has already been displayed here, the ACE 250 seems to be a favorite machine of many. I read more and more recommendations for it then any other machine and at only $200 it seems like a lot of value for the money.

I have had my machine for about 5 years. I got it while anticipating a month long trip to FLA and left it down there anticipating another trip during that winter. Figured it wouldn't do me any good in Chicago when temps were -10 and the ground was like concrete.... Anyways, due to health issues with my parents, i didn't get back to FLA for a couple years and the detector sat. I finally got back down and shipped it home. But then, I had a new girlfriend who was occupying more of my time and I still didn't get out with it like I would have liked. Untill this last April when she had to work more evenings and I would go down to the beaches or parks for a few hours.

We have been trying to think of things to do together and I have thought that going to the beach together might be fun. I enjoy the detecting and certainly would enjoy it more if it were something we could do together. We both need more exercise and all. I think Metal Detecting is fun and interesting and as has been mentioned elsewhere on these groups, you don't notice the exercise as much when your mind is focused on some other activity. I thought about this tonight with the swinging of the detector back and forth, walking on the soft shifting sand, bending to pick stuff up, and just the walking back and forth. I covered an area of about 75 yards by about 150 yards. I am not good at judging distances but that would be my guess. Going back and forth, up and down the beach, criss crossing here and there, trying to zero in on a target rich site, I figure I did some good walking. I went out there at 7 and left at just after 9 when it got too dark to see what I was retreiving. I was thinking, pack a picnic dinner, go down to the park or beach and eat, detect a little and sit till it gets dark. But then, I am a guy. Who knows how she would take to the idea on one of her, too few, nights off. She is also a bit on the shy type and might not feel comfortable doing such a geeky guy thing on a crowded beach.

On to the reason I am contibuting this post. My GF has an interest in collecting coins. She has also taken a little interest in some of the things I have found. Especially the 14K gold/diamond ring that I found last May. I am thinking if I can interest her in it, I might need to get a second detector. I have a feeling that once she finds something good, I may never see my XLT again. Unless I bought her, or myself a second machine to use. IF I couldn't afford another XLT or a DFX, I would certainly consider the ACE 250 as a second machine. Would seem very practical. Especially for someone who might start out without a certainty of having a long term interest. All in all, I would have to say, while I am not experienced with the ACE 250, based on the testamonials that I have read, and the number of people contibuting here who use this machine so successfully, I would feel confident on spending the money for one.