Garrett Ace 250
Street Price $250 - Beginner, coin
Number of Reviews: 92
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Nick in New Orleans, LA -
I purchased my ACE 250 several weeks ago. I have used it for a total of 12 hours spread over 5 days. In those 12 hours I have found over $20.00 worth of change.
The ACE 250 is a great coin detector. I find the display provide accurate information for coins and depths. I found dimes and pennies atleast 8 inches deep without any problems. The discrimination works great with the ability to notch out specific objects and/or coins. Pinpointing works great once you figure out its idiosyncrasies.
See this link for a very good explanation of the display.
http://gometaldetecting.com/forum/post2031.htm
Bottom line is the price/performance of this metal detector, you can't go wrong.
Jan 04, 2006
36 people found this review helpful.
swicthing brand to brand
ROBBIT in NEW JERSEY -what is it you dont get???? metal detector detects metal? they will never be able to seperate trash 100% from good finds, but if you learn technique you will keep finding wonderfull treasures.coins jewelery.gold. all this talk about depth you make me laugh its so simple?conditions will change the depth of your target that effects your metal detector ,did you know when you walk on the ground the dirt below will shift your target? no you didn't because you think you have the answers,and still you just keep switching brand from brand and still you have nothing but errors?
what you all should do is learn about electro magnetic force understand current because your body produces it every second thats the hint thats interfering with your coil. i keep finding wonderfull treasures coins rings&jewelery all the time and i only own a cheap basic ace250 and you own the nothing but the best and still cant find$$$$treasures again you dont need to spend $400and up to find great finds just learn experiment make sure your batteries are always fulland go to a 99cents store buy a light the size of a quarter with velcro attach it where it will light up your display so this way you can go out at night and detect the light is so light in you will not not its their? so now i answered your question when are they going to make a metal detector with a light well their it is cheap small and light. but i will say the new computer detector is the way to go and not the $400andup detectors just a $200-$300 range will give you more . good luck to you all.
Dec 28, 2005
43 people found this review helpful.
ACE 250
Greg in Upstate NY -I have had my ACE since May and have grown quite comfortable with it. It is a wonderful machine for coinshooting. I like the lightweight, ease of use and easy on batteries. Together this summer we netted about $40.00 in coins mainly from schools, parks, and playgrounds. The ACE has decent depth and wonderful discrimination on targets. Very easy to use and only wished it had a bit more depth, but for the price it can't be beat!!!!!
Dec 23, 2005
24 people found this review helpful.
Big Pay Dirt and New Friends
John in West Texas -Two month ago I purchased my Garrett Ace 250. On the first day out and not knowing how to really use it, I hit pay dirt in a really big way. I mean BIG pay dirt. One evening I was metal detecting in a soccer field just around the corner from my home when my unit sounded off. After spending a couple of minutes trying to pinpoint where the object was buried, I unearthed a 5 carat diamond wedding ring. The diamond was in a beautiful setting that was quite unique.
Later in the week, I took it to friend of mine who is a very reputable jeweler and he appraised it at $40,000. After thinking about if for a day or so, I put an advertisement in the local newspaper lost and found want ads to see if I could find the ring's rightful owner. I knew there was some lady out there who was probably very sad about loosing her ring. After four days of being in the newspaper, a lady called and described the ring she lost two years ago perfectly including the initials inscribed on the inside. She even showed photos to prove it was hers.
Even though I haven't found much since that event which could justify buying the metal detector economically, it certainly paid off returning a ring to a very happy lady. To me, that has been reward enough. And my wife and I have two new wonderful friends.
Dec 14, 2005
36 people found this review helpful.
Pinpointing with the Garrett ACE250.
John McCoy (Trasurekidd) in Warwick, RI -Pinpointing with the Garrett ACE250
I have noticed a number of posts lately from people expressing frustration with the pinpoint feature on the ACE250, so I decided to write this review based on my experience after having used the ACE250 since March of this year. Knowing where the hotspot on the coil is, how to properly begin pinpointing, and the reaction the pinpointer will have to targets of different size and composition, as well as at different depths, will help in deciding what targets to dig, and in recovering those targets much quicker and easier.
My ACE250 is equipped with the standard Garrett 6" ¯x 9"¯ concentric (oval shaped) open coil. The hotspot¯ on the coil is the spot on the coil that the target will be directly under when the pinpoint display reads at maximum, and the pinpoint tone is loudest. It took me about a month, and quite a bit of digging wide holes to realize that the hotspot on my coil is not directly in the center of the coil, as it is on most round coils. The hotspot on my coil is located directly under the bottom of the top inner loop on the coil. When pinpointing coin sized items, the target will be in the ground directly under this point, however I have found that coins laying on the surface can throw that off, and sometimes be located a good inch or two away from the hotspot.
Once you have found a target that gives a good, repeatable bell tone, you will want to try to pinpoint the location of the target before digging to save time in recovering the target, as well as saving the soil by cutting the smallest possible plug needed. I have noticed that if you turn on the pinpointer directly over the target area, the pinpoint signal tends to fade to a very faint tone, or nulls out (disappears) altogether. Move the coil a few inches away from the target for a second or two, depress the pinpoint button, and slowly move the pinpointer over the target area. I have found that bringing the coil back to where my feet are, turning on the pinpointer, and slowly swinging the coil back and forth in 5"¯ to 6" wide stretches, while slowly moving the coil forward towards the target area to be a very quick and effective way to accurately pinpoint targets at 6"¯ or less. When pinpointing targets deeper than 6"¯, I find the pinpointer to be less effective, often giving weak, inconsistent tones that don't hold for long.
Since the pinpoint feature on the ACE250 uses All-Metal¯ mode, your pinpointer will react differently to certain targets, depending on size, composition, and depth. With most coin sized targets, as you begin scanning toward the target, the pinpointer will give a distinct, high pitch tone that gets louder as you come closer to the target, peak when you are directly over the target, and softer after as you pass away from the target. Knowing this, you can actually measure¯ the size of the target as you pass over it. Small coin sized objects will give a pinpoint signal that quickly peaks and subsides as you pass the hotspot over the target. Larger items, such as cans, or deeply buried pipes will tend to give a steady, loud signal over a much larger area. For example, a crushed beer can at 8"¯ deep may read on the Target ID as a dime, quarter or half dollar but the pinpointer gives a strong, loud pinpoint signal over a 6"¯ area. Since the mint has never made 6"¯ diameter dimes or quarters, your target is probably a beer can. Of course, since you are pinpointing in All-Metal mode, it could also be an iron strong box full of gold coins, so the decision to dig or not is yours to make! Other items that will tend to make pinpointing difficult are small, irregularly shaped scraps of aluminum (canslaw), galvanized roofing nails, certain jewelry items, and, especially in my experience, small lead fishing weights (I hate those!). Also note that since pinpointing is All-Metal mode, if you are running in coin, jewelry or a custom mode with discrimination, when you press pinpoint, other nearby targets that were previously notched out may suddenly appear, especially in heavy trash areas.
Knowing where the hotspot is, and moving the coil away from the target before pressing pinpoint will save a lot of frustration and time by accurately locating the target. Try by practicing in a sand box or a coin garden with some shallowly buried pennies, pull tabs and cans to learn the difference in pinpoint signals that different targets make, which will help you in deciding what you want to dig and what you don't.
This is my experience with the ACE250. Thanks for reading, and I hope it is of help to someone!! Feel free to add to this if I missed any points.
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Dec 10, 2005
141 people found this review helpful.
Garrrett Ace 250 is a five star "Ace"
Jim in NC -Purchased the Ace 250 three months ago and I made an excellent decision! Fantastic detector for coins!! Man when that "Bell Tone" goes ding, ding, ding You know thats the sound of "Money" being found! For the people saying the Ace 250 is unstable, if they will use less sensitivity on the machine it will do better. Most people think the more sensitivity, the deeper it will go. Wrong! This machine is also great on a salt water beach. It will not work in the salt water itself though because of the salt. This machine is also a great relic machine in the woods and fields. I have learned a lot about this detector in the last few months and highly praise it and highly recommend it especially for a beginner.
Nov 06, 2005
58 people found this review helpful.
Ace 250 Troubles
Jeremy Harris in Redmond, OR USA -I recently purchased a Garrett Ace 250 and went detecting today and have been fairly disappointed. I used the notch discrimination in coin mode to block out nickels which fall right in the middle of trash targets. Despite this, I would get quarter signals and still dig nails and pull tabs. My biggest frustration is the pinpointing. It hardly ever beeps in the same place twice, and its not an analog varying sound...just 3 different computer beeps that delay. I previously had an old school Whites Coin Getter with one knob and I knew exactly where the target was and could tell junk from goodies by the varying tone. So this Ace 250 detector is good, but frustrating if you aren't 100% comfortable with the machine.
Nov 03, 2005
19 people found this review helpful.
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