My high end quality detector envy fading fast!!

[creattionz]

So headed out saturday with a few people with my trusty Ace 250 against there Etrac and whites.
I figured I'd be the one admiring what they would find and in my head wishing I had there machines.
Well as usual my Ace wouldn't have none of that and while they may have pulled more clad then me I def dug the best of the night!!!!
Proof that the machine is only part of finding the stuff u still need to be the lucky one to walk over it

My first large cent. Blew my dang mind its a 1827 the oldest coin I've found since I started detecting in march.








Also found my first silver rosie. As you can see my digger made its mark lol




Other finds was about 1.50 in clad and some costume jewelry.

 

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[GarretDiggingAz]

I got a BH Pro 505 as a backup plus my kids could use as well. It works fine. My sons first day using it. He dug up a pocket knife. I had gone over that same spot and thought it was junk. So I didn't dig it up. That's when I decided to do as told. Dig up every hit. You just don't know what's there until you dig it.

 

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[creattionz]

Thanks for all the replys all.
I love my 250 and won't ever get rid of it. I will be upgrading to the AT pro for water purposes but I will stick with the 250 for my everyday park walk machine

 

[Wildcat1750]

Congratulations on finding the Large Cent!

 

[scott9050]

I have an Ace 250 as well but upgraded to a V3i. All I will say is when you learn to use that high end detector and take it over the same spots you "hunted out" with the 250, you might be shocked at what was left behind.

 

[grlangfitt]

And that is a gr8 attitude to have. It aint always the machine but the person putting in the time to learn the machine being operated.

 

[creattionz]

I got the 250 from the wife for the birthday in march of this year. Before that I was a tnet surfer just enjoying seeing what everyone else was finding.
Since I've gotten it I go out 3 times a week 2 times during the week for a hour or 2 each then sunday I head out around 5 am and hunt till noon 1 pm so I've def been putting a lot of hours in and each time I learn something new.

 

[MTHershey]

I recently found items dating to the 1860's at a site in town. I'm probably missing a lot of stuff with my cheap detector, so my envy is now picking up. No way I will be buying a better detector anytime soon, though.

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

You know even though you go over an area. You always miss something. For the first couple inches you can cover all, but as it gets further down the detection is conical. So unless you're moving a couple inches each time and covering area in both directions north-south and east west. There will always be something left behind. I think that's also part of the reason why people say they keep finding things missed. I could be wrong, but that's how the detection fields are explained in the manuals, so that seems to make sense. So once again, it points to the individual and not how expensive the detector is.
Maybe that's why I'm slow moving. Lol

 

[Rawhide]

I have about the cheapest detector on the market (Bounty Hunter Gold Digger) and got it for free. I am having fun and finding interesting and old items. I detect while my kids play in the park and on my own when I can. I would love to upgrade if I can someday, but don't envy any other machines. I'm sure some on here consider my detector a toy by comparison, but that doesn't make it any less fun for me and my family!

I started with a bounty hunter and dont consider it a toy. I was luycky enough to find my current machine now at a price I could afford. My bounty Hunter would not have produced half the finds I found on todays hunt. It still is a good machine and I just cant sell or it. A mutil frequncy, PI or other detector, that cost 3 times what I paid for this one would not help my hunts. Its bragging rights afer you hit a certain point. There is many detectors out there that dont get credit for being really good machines. Garret knows how to put value on his products. I actually would like a better pinpointer than a new detector right now, lol. Great post.

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

I don't even touch my pinpointer anymore. Just use my detector and scoop or hand. Might speed up the find a bit, but I know when I dig its right there.

 

[Jarl]

Ace 250 is a good coin hound. I may upgrade to something 'high' tech and flashy, but I don't think i'll part with my Ace.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Cool! Looks like a clipped planchet error LC.

 

[TheTreasureAddict]

So headed out saturday with a few people with my trusty Ace 250 against there Etrac and whites.
I figured I'd be the one admiring what they would find and in my head wishing I had there machines.
Well as usual my Ace wouldn't have none of that and while they may have pulled more clad then me I def dug the best of the night!!!!
Proof that the machine is only part of finding the stuff u still need to be the lucky one to walk over it

My first large cent. Blew my dang mind its a 1827 the oldest coin I've found since I started detecting in march.


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Also found my first silver rosie. As you can see my digger made its mark lol


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Other finds was about 1.50 in clad and some costume jewelry.

We all get kind of tied up into the bells and whistles of a detector, depth, recovery which all play a crucial role in recovery however can also act a as a disadvantage, the first is we get lazy and don't want to dig a certain signal, when using an ACE it simply gives you a hey guy its in the quarter or nickel range dig it signal which I love. However luck does have a huge factor in it and as I always say, if its there, you'll find it no matter the detector. However those bells and whistles help alot for depth and ID speed and recovery especially in areas that are heavily hit or highly mineralized. Congrats on your finds brother, and yes im still around and still have an ACE.

Crackbadger

 

[creattionz]

I still use my ACE but I bought a AT PRO and I've been useing the for the last few weeks to learn it

 

[Fattony315]

Nice, sometimes its better to be lucky than good. LC is always fun to find.

 

[Sovereignelite]

Of course it's hard to miss a large copper coin with just about any detector. Congrats!

 

[Sovereignelite]

Ditto!

You know even though you go over an area. You always miss something. For the first couple inches you can cover all, but as it gets further down the detection is conical. So unless you're moving a couple inches each time and covering area in both directions north-south and east west. There will always be something left behind. I think that's also part of the reason why people say they keep finding things missed. I could be wrong, but that's how the detection fields are explained in the manuals, so that seems to make sense. So once again, it points to the individual and not how expensive the detector is.
Maybe that's why I'm slow moving. Lol

 

[Sovereignelite]

That's a LOT of digging!

I got a BH Pro 505 as a backup plus my kids could use as well. It works fine. My sons first day using it. He dug up a pocket knife. I had gone over that same spot and thought it was junk. So I didn't dig it up. That's when I decided to do as told. Dig up every hit. You just don't know what's there until you dig it.

 

[bzbadger]

Great finds, I started with a 150,then 350 then an ATP..had some fishers etc but mainly garretts. I agree with crackbadger, apparently a distant cousin of mine, that machines like the garrets keep you from being lazy and make you dig a little more. Those higher end machines aren't perfect and if you rely on them too much then not only do you miss out on a possible good target but miss out on the fun of the exploration, anticipation and learning from what you did not what a machine tells you.

Get your facts first, then distort them as you please-Mark Twain

 

[BuckleBoy]

The post does read "you still need to be the lucky one to walk over it" a lot of you are way too critical of the 250. The better I get the better the finds are. And for those of you who think the bell tone for coins is annoying, when I hear those I think "cha - Ching" clad in the jar!!

Great finds, keep it up!

Quality doesn't have to come with a huge price tag.

I don't find that comment critical in the least. YOU are reading into it way too much. That is just truth. I have a Tesoro silver uMax I bought for $159 used with the stock coil five years ago. I've dug 175 year old silvers and military belt plates with the machine, along with some incredible relics and other coins. Would I have found them all with my other detectors? Yes. The reason I swing that machine is that it's very light in a brutal environment where I don't always want the extra pounds on my arm, as well as the mud on the boots and shovel. But I know that the uMax with the stock coil doesn't fare well in terms of depth. I can tell that with an air test against the other detectors I own. In short, do I think the uMax is a great machine? Yes. Am I aware of its limitations? Yes. That's just smart--to know the detector's limitations.

That said, most of the success in this hobby is research, and the rest is persistence, intelligence, creativity, and public relations (i.e. permissions!), and the last bit is what you walk over--or don't, mixed in with a little luck.

Detectors won't change any of those things. Anyone with the cheapest detector on the market could've found many or most of the items in my signature line this year--that is, if they'd done the research, talked to the exact same people I did, been told "yes, you can detect," been smart and persistent enough to find the sites, and happened to walk over the items. If I'm going to spend that much time doing things besides detecting, in order to make my detecting time worthwhile, then I want the best I can get in terms of performance from a detector. I'm not a "think I'll go to the park this afternoon" kind of guy.

Cheers,

Buck