Is the Ace250 about to lose it crown

[strike it rich]

The Ace250 is currently the King of the entry level metal detectors but is its reign about to come to an end.


Why do I say this have you noticed the price of the Ace 150 and 250 dropping not too sure about your domestic home market but here in the UK there has been a marked drop in price.

The reasons for this must be due to a number of factors has satutaion point been reached and sales declining.

The drop here ie in the Uk seems due to the fact dealers must have a huge mark up and take a loss so to speak but just what is shaking the good old Ace to its shiny yellow casing.

Lets examine this a little more closely the price drop occur ed just about the point when the Fisher F2 surfaced.

Compare the two side by side the Ace has a lot of bells and whistles as does the F2 its almost a grown up detector vdi,notches,etc people are singing its praises.

The one thing the F2 doesn't have is a long track record this can only come with time.

Performance of the F2 seems equal to the Ace 250 bearing in mind I own neither machine.

So where now for the Ace 250 I perdict Garret ts will reduce the retail price of it further to give the F2 a shot across the bows and co currently release the Ace 350

This machine will have all the features of the F2 but with manual gb and interchangeable target found plates with Usa and Uk currency symbols on the respective plates.

The price should be around 50%-75% more than the F2.

Will this happen if the Fisher F2 lives upto its promise there could be a price war.

Watching the video for Garret ts with Norfolk Wolf he said something very telling "you hardly see any Ace 250's for resale" very very true.

 

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I would be interested to hear the reviews from owners on the f2...especially those whom also owned the ace250..I have noticed on ebay a decrease in the price of the 250.... so this should be interesting to watch..

 

[robert roy]

HUmmmmmm, I'm not so sure the Ace is about to lose it's crown.
The F2 has some good things about it, but in the long run I think (just my opinion)
the Ace will remain on top. There has been just too many simi-negative
posts as of late at this forum and www.findmall.com
to support the F2 as the best. It probably IS a good detector for the newbie who
wants to get his/her feet wet, though. As for target seperation and fast response, I have read mixed
reviews about that.

I think I'll have to take a wait and see position before I award ther F2 the Top Dog prize

Rgerads
Robert R

 

[treasureace14]

ace 250 will prevail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P :P :P :P

 

[thompy]

just buy both and you can tell us which is better

 

[EDDE]

if you are highlighting this you are blind
maybe because its a TOY

 

[treasureace14]

i hear that the f2 got bad reveiws......

 

[daaaveman]

I have an Ace 250. Compared to the Tesoro Silver uMax I just bought, the Ace is a toy while the Silver is a tool. The Silver uMax is 10x the detector either the Ace or the F2 is. I don't have an F2 but it is getting pretty poor reviews from folks on here that I trust.

With the Silver, it 'sings' to you when you should dig. Plus, I don't like having to walk around looking at a screen. With the Silver, you just listen until it tells you to dig.

If you're coin hunting and turn the discrimination up, there is no doubt when you hit a coin. I found 3 pennies about 2" apart the other day, and I knew it was three coins before I started digging. The Ace would have only given one signal. Plus, I hate the 'ding' tone of the Ace. The Silver sounds like a cool drum circle with the choppy signals as you move thru trash but man, when you hit something good, it's like the Silver gets excited - perfectly obvious sound. It sings out, leaving no doubt where to dig.

I'm covering ground probably 10 times faster with the Silver than with the Ace and have much more confidence that I'm not leaving things of interest behind. Plus, it's just more fun.

I dug a dime at over 8" with the Silver this past weekend. The Ace never would have found it.

Oh, and the Ace is piss-poor at pinpointing compared to the Silver. I'm digging smaller holes and often just popping items instead of having to dig a plug.

Anybody want to buy an Ace? I was keeping it around for friends but I think I'll sell it and buy another Silver. Then I can run a couple of different coils when I'm out alone.

 

[EDDE]

"the ice cream truck"

 

[treasureace14]

umm i got an ace250 for christmas.it was my first detector and my only detector.ive only been mding for a month or so and i love my ace.its a great coin hunter and great beachhunter.

 

[bavarianminister]

I can only hope that Garrett can improve on the Ace 250. In my idea it is a perfect starter detector for anyone. Great price - and made here in the USA. If Garrett comes out with a 350, I will be first in line to purchase one. I own some expensive equipment, and have been detecting for 20 years - the 250 is just plain hard to beat! Kudos to the Garrett family!

Bavarian

 

[treasureace14]

any of no crackbadger?
u no the dude with showcases of rings coins and so on
that dude thats like great at mding?
well he has lots of expensive stuff
he likes the ace 250 better.
booooha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheTreasureAddict]

Hey TreasureACE12,

Thanks for the Love brother!! As for the post! Listen, How many detectors are on the market? YA! Alot! People know what they like, who detect! And newbies find out real quick whats good and whats not. Im not saying the F2 isnt good. Honestly most detectors will work awesome if the user learns how to work it. But thats where the ACE will prevail! It is simple turn on and go, great little screen and hard to beat. The people who have it(which is alot due to the pricing) freakin love it, and will continue to support it. As for the pricing issue, things go down after awhile, that just how business and products work. U.K is kinda funny about detectors, as is every country has there supply, product and demand issues. I for one love the ACE and will continue to sell and support it for GARRETT. It cost me about $200 and has made me over $7000 in gold,silver and coins this year alone. The machine rocks! As for the ACEs performance, it has its ups and downs, but what machine doesnt? Sure the pinpoint jumps sometimes(Swipe it again and it will work fine) The depth? (Turn up the sensitivity) You just need to take the time to hunt with it! Just like any machine learn to use it! I am happy u love the Silver though! ROCK AND ROLL! Just dont think the ACE is going anywhere! Treasureace12 keep swinging little brother, the ACE 250 is what you want!

BOOOOHA
CRACKBADGER

 

[strike it rich]

Crackbadger Your post was excellent can't argue with the facts what would be good is someone with the Ace250 testing the F2 out, someone who is a legend and finds more gold than fort knox. Someone who knows the Ace250 really well, and has a proven track record with it someone who knows how to test a metal detector out to the max.

well you get the picture S.I.R

 

[TheTreasureAddict]

Hey Brother,

LOL, Didnt need that much! LOL! But it was a compliment thanks! Id love to test out the F2! Ill see what I can do! Thanks for throwing the post up and waking everybody up! I was trying to help out my new brother down there, TREASUREACE12. Didnt mean to mess with your post! Sorry! See you at the beach!

Crackbadger

 

[strike it rich]

Hey Brother,

LOL, Didnt need that much! LOL! But it was a compliment thanks! Id love to test out the F2! Ill see what I can do! Thanks for throwing the post up and waking everybody up! I was trying to help out my new brother down there, TREASUREACE12. Didnt mean to mess with your post! Sorry! See you at the beach!

Crackbadger

post away CB and if you ever do a comparsion test Ace250 vs F2 it would be very interesting.

P.s congrats on the banner and those Youtube videos are great.

 

[KINGPULLTAB]

Hey Brother,

LOL, Didnt need that much! LOL! But it was a compliment thanks! Id love to test out the F2! Ill see what I can do! Thanks for throwing the post up and waking everybody up! I was trying to help out my new brother down there, TREASUREACE12. Didnt mean to mess with your post! Sorry! See you at the beach!

Crackbadger

Hey lets just buy one test it and ebay it after were done---KINGPULLTAB

 

[strike it rich]

Hey Brother,

LOL, Didnt need that much! LOL! But it was a compliment thanks! Id love to test out the F2! Ill see what I can do! Thanks for throwing the post up and waking everybody up! I was trying to help out my new brother down there, TREASUREACE12. Didnt mean to mess with your post! Sorry! See you at the beach!

Crackbadger

Hey lets just buy one test it and ebay it after were done---KINGPULLTAB

LoL

 

[Felinepeachy]

Here, the Ace has gone up in price but to tell you the truth, the darn thing would be worth more if it were NOT yellow. It makes it look like a Tonka Toy LOL