Garrett Ace 250
Street Price $250 - Beginner, coin
Number of Reviews: 92
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Garrett Ace 250
The beat at it's price!
Steve Houston in Sweet Home, OR -
If you want the best bang for the buck, then this is the detector for you. It has most of the bells and whistles of upper end units in a light weight, easy to use format. The Garrett 250 gets decent depth which surprised me for a $250.00 detector.
The only drawback I could find is it gets better depth in the disc mode than in the pinpoint mode. So occasionally a deep target may seem to disappear when you try to pinpoint it.
Steve Houston
May 21, 2007
3 people found this review helpful.
What can you say? The best under $200 by far!
George in Wisconsin -This is the detector that I rediscovered detecting with. This isn't a toy from Radio Shack or Walmart but a real good detector. It has other coils and features you'll pay $600 to see on other detectors. It's very light weight but for whatever reason it doesn't feel cheap and the housing is well made. The sniper coil that you can get will make this a coin killer - no doubt!
Apr 30, 2007
14 people found this review helpful.
OVERALL GREAT DETECTOR, LOVE THIS ONE!!
chris in melbourne florida -well i have be detecting since 1978 and my first was
an old whites "tr" non dsc... owned and loved my
coinmaster 5000 and 5000d but to my suprise the ace
250 is really nice.. ive been out on 6 outings and
have found about 3-4 dollars in change (lots of pennies) some bullets and 1 copper ring.. definately
test and get to know this detector!! read all the reviews.. i learned some valuable info here on the
"hot-spot", pinpoints and gold signals.. lol i am
afraid i let some get away...by passing the off as junk.. its a great detector for the money
i recommend tis one, plus its made in U.S.A.
Apr 24, 2007
9 people found this review helpful.
Coin shooting down under.
Wayne Salt in Melbourne Australia -I live in Melbourne Australia. I have had my ACE250 since late December 2006, so that's a bit over 3 months of detecting in playgrounds, schools, parks & beaches. So far I have located $107.50 in various current coins plus old pennies, one & two cents, keys, toy cars, pocket knife & foreign coins. Recently in a playground I located a straw colour stone in a silver claw setting that had broken away from it's ring.I need to get the stone identified.
My one real complaint is that every so often the ACE 250 goes off loudly (as if an aluminium object is attached to the coil) when I turn it on & I just can't use it. Later in the day I'll switch it on again & it's fine.
If any US reviewers wish to swap notes with me, my address is wsalt@bigpond.net.au.
Apr 21, 2007
3 people found this review helpful.
Bell tone sound No problem if you know how to read it
Will in Tn -The first thing that will happen when you use this machine is it will sound off with a bell tone. Yes, even over trash. Ones in the know know this and can read it. Never mind, the ones that never took time to read it. They will never find much treasure anyway! You do the work. Bell tone, Bell tone! But broken up ones as to clear ones. You use your brain. Put a quarter down, hear it and then the rest. You will soon be able to tell the dif. Know Your Machine and what it is tell you!
Apr 16, 2007
8 people found this review helpful.
Beginner's luck
Roger Munns in Bergerac, France -Only two outings with my Ace250, never used a detector before. First outing, along footpath in UK, found a nice condition 1797 Cartwheel penny. Next outing, after moving to France, searched a Frenchman's garden for his gold cygnet ring lost two years ago - found in 20 minutes under his lawn. Amazingly the ring was down about 4 inches - how do things sink like that?
I like this machine, it is easy to use and understand.
Apr 15, 2007
5 people found this review helpful.
An Excellent All-Round Detector
Q. M. in Redcar, U.K. -Have owned an ACE 250 for several months. I don't like the triple tone but have got used to it. I use this machine on fields and wet salt beaches. On the beach I use 'jewelry' mode and cut the sensitivity back one or two notches. You can then use it over shallow saltwater pools without losing much depth or getting false signals. Pinpointing is excellent if you lift the detector up a couple of inches and move it side to side SLOWLY to get the best signal. On the field it easily holds its own against machines twice its price!
Mar 28, 2007
11 people found this review helpful.