Garrett Ace 250
Price: $250
Avg. Score: 
4.2
Based on 260 reviews
4.2Based on 260 reviews
Avg. Durability:
4.05
Avg. Ease of use:
4.50
Sasquatch
March 09, 2013
I actually bought my Ace 250 last spring and only got to take it out and
play twice( I have a 5yr old that wont let me outta his sight). I found a bunch of junk pull tabs and bottle caps. This spring I watched every instructional video or just posted videos of digs with the 250 and payed close attention. I went back out with it this week for a couple hours and started finding coins literally seconds into the hunt at the local ball field ( all clad).
I can't wait to get to some old house sites and look. I will post more later. If you buy one of these watch the instructional videos on youtube. Thus far it's worth the bucks and easy to use. I am definitely gonna buy a pinpointer Garrett of course.
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Terry Willis from
Union Wv
3011
Ace 250
January 25, 2013
I'm back I have a new coil now got it on ebay for £50 it works great
I found loads of silver some very nice hammered coins. goes nice and deep
with the new coil just what I needed on farmland. I still pick up big bits
of iron but you can tell what it is by the sound it makes. But I still check just to make sure it is iron, no gold yet maybe one day lol. I give it a 5 now for the money I payed for it in all it cost me 75 for the ace 250 and 50 for the coil on ebay good buy.
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Roy from
Wales powys
1810
Well...here it is...
January 15, 2013
Ok.. . I started with a bounty hunter 202 a couple years ago and after 2
years moved up to the ace 250. I have more depth with it which is the only
positive on this machine in my opinion. I have a large coil and a smaller
coil for it, I can pinpoint fine with the small coil and after a couple
years have stopped using the large coil, too many big holes. As for my old
202, it can find targets quicker, the ace Target response is rather slow,
but as I said its a bit deeper.
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Aaron from
Ohio
911
Buyer beware
November 30, 2012
The Ace 250 and 150 are appealing to the buyer that wants a good mid-range
detector without the high price of the high end models. My frustration
with these comes from the many false positive readings you get with them.
Many times you end up with a large hole and nothing to show for it. When I
go over the same area with my cheap Bounty Hunter I find things that these
units have missed. I ended up finding a used Fisher 3d 3Z at about the
same price as a Ace 250 and am very pleased with the Fisher.
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Dennis Tackett from
Indianapolis
288
Ace 250
November 14, 2012
I only paid 75 pounds for my ace 250 could not wait to get it. I had it for 2 weeks now and been out with it about 5 times now about 4 hours each time.
I found that if its under 6in it was great but I'm going get a better coil for it. but I have found a few 17th cent coins and musket balls it is very easy to use and I don't have to dig all the time but if its over 6in and the signal jumps around dig it up. I like the ace 250 its better then a c scope I had 3 other makes and for the price it is the best. I give it a rating of 4 because you need a coil as well if you want to go deeper or keep your money and go for a minelab lol
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Roy from
Wales
2310
Very good value
November 02, 2012
I think with all the other reviews you should have a good idea what a great
value this machine is. Its very easy to get the hang of using it.
Considering the price, I'll give it 5 stars. That said, I thought I'd
focus on the shortcomings, any of which could result in disappointment to
someone buying one. Saltwater beaches: I was in the UK last year and took it to a few beaches. In wet sand it was hopeless. It would sound off all the time, even with reduced sensitivity settings. On dry sand it was fine but I found the sensitivity to all but larger junk items to be weak. On a coral beach it worked great, except one again in the saltwater. Maximum depth for coins: The maximum realistic depth in regular soil on coins is 6". That's pretty good, but that said its missing a lot of targets I feel.
The solution is to use a larger coil as the one that comes with it is 6"x9". Not really big enough for the type of holes I'm willing to dig. The problem is the larger coils are far too expensive for such a budget detector. Thus you realistically have to upgrade to a more expensive machine.
Silver dimes show as pennies: The lesson here is to dig anything that is not hard into the ferrous end of the scale. No gold: This machine has found me no gold at all. Now it could be a competence thing as it detects my wedding band as a solid pulltab signal. I gather that's not unique to this machine. Won't pinpoint on zinc: This probably not a bad thing unless dry cell batteries are something you want to dig. Happy swinging!
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Denzil Ravenscroft from
Seaway Valley
713
Metal detecting for beginners
October 05, 2012
Just bought and have used a few times, for the money you can't go wrong it
is easy to learn to operate and for the price it is the best one going I
emailed several businesses that sold detectors and asked what metal
detector they would recommend for the beginner and everyone I spoke to said
the Garrett 250 would be my best choice and so far they were right.
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Michael from
Indiana
913
No regrets with this detector
September 25, 2012
Didn't want to spend thousands to get started. Did a lot of research and
bought the ACE 250. Unlike George in Fort Pierce who syas he can't find
anything deeper than 3 inches, I've found items down to about 8 inches both
in hard ground and on the beach. I've located coins, jewelry, metal
buttons, fish hooks, lead sinkers, etc. Hoping to go to south Georgia to a
civil war area and do some detecting on a friends land soon. I'd recommend
the ACE 250 to anyone looking to get started in this hobby.
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Chris from
North Florida
1711
Excellent detector
August 29, 2012
Firstly this detector is quite superb for its price. It is not anywhere
near as poor as some reviewers make out. The only down side as some have
already mentioned is the lack of a volume control on the detector itself
this can be overcome by using head phones with a built in volume control.
This detector does require you to put in some work. you MUST do your home work and work with this machine to learn its every sound and indication. It will not be long before you have figured out what is worth digging and what is trash. Set it to all metals and initially dig everything to learn what indication and sound is given for each item. You will ultimately still dig trash that may be shown as a coin this is no hardship and doesn't happen very often. It is a sensitive beast and I love it
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Robin from
Uk
1912
Great dector
August 27, 2012
I see a lot of bad reviews. I think you should learn how to use it before you trashing the Garrett 250.
I can pinpoint something within 1 inch with my eyes closed.
It works perfectly.
The only bad thing about it is, there is no volume control.
But I use a head set with volume controls, problem solved.
I am a novice and if I can make this work anyone can so all you haters out there know what your talking about before writing a review.
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Steve from
Sussex, Nb Canada
3610