Garrett Treasure Ace Metal Detector

If you read a lot of of my articles, you will know that I do not advocate spending mega bucks to get into this wondrous sparetime activity of treasure finding with metal detectors. As a hobbyist with closely 40 years of using metal detectors, I am convinced that the most highpriced instrumentation is not the best way to start. What delectations me today is the fact that the big name metal detector manufacturers are constructing a lot of great machines at price levels that permit persons at each age and income level to find out that this is the best sideline in the world. The Garrett Ace 250 is one of the very best of these new detectors. Priced at just over $200, this is a powerful detector with numerous features. Here are a heap of of the wondrous features of the Garrett Ace 250 found on detectors costing hundreds more: Graphic Target ID Cursor (12 Segments) Discrimination: Accept/Reject Notch Electronic Pinpoint Sensitivity, Depth Adjustment (8 settings) Battery Condition Indicator Coin Depth Indicator Headphone Jack Interchangeable Ace Series Waterproof Searchcoils Large LCD Display Microprocessor controlled Push Button Controls Clear speaker Tone Tone ID - 3 Levels Touch-n-Go Operation Comfortable foam grip Adjustable padded arm rest 3-piece break stem for easy storage All Metal, Jewelry, Custom and Relic Search Modes Coin Settings Multi Notch Discrimination Modes Sensitivity/Depth Adjustments Five Distinct discrimination Patterns Pinpoint Submersible 6.5 X 9 inch Searchcoil Instructional Video' 4 AA batteries The instrument takes no time to get ready for galore severe fun. In less than three minutes I was ready to try it out. Exceptional remainder and very light weight, will permit all day hunting. Although I have not done a finish field test, my ventures in using it convinced me that this is a winner. I dug up a man's gold ring at more than 9 inches deep. My test gardens provide a outstanding challenge for any detector and this unit did very well in my trash garden as well as my 30 year old coin garden. It performed closely as well as the Fisher F2 (my personal favored start-up unit) and out performed it on gold targets. Just my short testing of the Ace 250 has caused me to further move away from the huge boys. For almost all of my coin shooting on land, I will grab my two light weight machines from Garrett and Fisher and leave the big boys at home. Who needs them? Here's to "diggin it"! Larry Garrett Treasure Ace Metal Detector Image Garrett Treasure Ace Metal Detector Image Garrett Treasure Ace Metal Detector Image Garrett Treasure Ace Metal Detector Picture Garrett Treasure Ace Metal Detector Image Garrett Treasure Ace Metal Detector Image

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240 of 241 humans found the following review helpful.
I like this detector
By Thomas Dunham
I've employed respective metal detectors off and on for galore years. While I would surely not classify myself as a hardcore-detecting hobbyist, I do try to do it decently when I participate.

One thing I have noticed is that there are a lot of metal-detecting "snobs" out there that love not one thing more than telling you that while your detector is cute, it might as well be a giant turd with earphones equated to theirs! It's weird--I like this sparetime activity because it's dissimilar / not mainstream, but when that stuff happens, it may as well be golf...

Anyway - I'm not into this sparetime activity sufficient to spend $700 - $1500 on a detector, but I do want to get my moneys worth. There are A LOT of reviews on the web for this queer detector, and I would say that 1 in 10 were negative, with the rest being very positive. For $200, I gave it a shot. My findings:

The good:

When I received the device, I walked out into my backyard to play around a little, and immediately, with a resounding "DING", found a penny regarding 4 inches deep. It seems to genuinely like coin shooting

The discrimination and sensitivity settings work well, and the respective settings (coins, all metal, jewelry, etc...) work reasonably well-- as far a coin shooting, the find normally is precisely what the detector says it is.

I've read some reviews slamming the "pinpoint" feature. Honestly, after I READ THE BOOK and played with it for a couple minutes, I found that it worked rather well.

It seems to work very well down to when it comes to 8". It may work well beyond that... I in truth haven't had the probability yet to hunt anyplace for actually deep items.

It's very light, and the display crams a lot of usefull stuff into a little area without being confusing.

If you turn it off while you're digging, the batteries last a long, long time.

The bad:

It uses 4 "AA" batteries rather of a 9-volt.

The shaft is a bit on the flimsy side, even though it is beauteous easy to stabilize if you desire.

It only has a couple tones - a dull beep for trash or unknown items, and a 'DING!' for coins. Honestly though, after I got used to them, they were plenty.

It seems to like a somewhat slower sweep than most detectors.

*Major Gripe* There is no volume knob. Get with the program guys, that thing is LOUD!

In short:
The bottom line is this - you genuinely need to read the book that comes with it and spend an hour getting aquinted with the device for it to in truth work for you. I like it, and for the cash wouldn't think twice in regards to buying another.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Garrett ace 250 is a good machine
By Renaross
Hi, pardon me for my bad english. I purchased this ace 250, is my original metal detector, i found a lot of coins, not gold or silver until now. In my garden, and in sand beach. Is a in truth good machine until 18 20 centimeters max (coins). It discrimines well iron from coins, is easy to use, is sensitive, battery have long life, and it tell you precisely proof of target. In sand beach is good too, no problem. It is perfective for observe coins, not the best for observe gold. The pin pointing is good too, you need to exercise to improve your precision, and of course reads the manual and see the dvd, in the firstborn week you will recognise this good machine, his differents sounds. For beginners and not so on, very good metal detector (until 20 centimeters for coins). Good luck!

27 of 30 humans found the following review helpful.
Fun and easy to use out of the box.
By T. L. Cleveland
It lives up to the recommendations. I am disabled but the light Ace 250 doesn't hold me back. The enclosed video is a tremendous support in understanding the LCD panel. It is fun along with great exercise and easy to use. It identifies what is detected rather accurately. If it finds trash, I just keep searching and digging with predictable results.

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