Garrett Ace 100

Treasure ace 100

Nick in England -
Bought this machine for £20.00, yes £20.00 second hand bargain!!

Very light and easy to use once you ignore the user manual and settings on the dial!! I found its best set at the top of the trash zone just before the 5c mark, on this setting it picks up rings, coins all the good stuff. It will pick up all other metals but you are able to discriminate with tone differences.

Excellent bargain starter machine, will pass it on to my son when I upgrade.

Jan 25, 2012

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Garrett Treasure Ace 100

Adrian in Europe -
I have had my Treasure Ace for 10 years now, bought second hand in the UK for around £130. It's a good piece of kit for the price. I have found Roman coins, Bronze Age relics, coins from the 1700,1800 and 1900's. The only two issues I have with it are: The beeping is VERY loud, I had to buy headphones with volume control. Pin-pointing objects can be tricky and a little frustrating at times.
But other than that, it's great! I would buy another Garrett - YES!

Dec 15, 2011

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garrett ace 100 feed back

dr.bob in kansas,usa -
I find that this detector is very weak, I'm sorry to say. When using it, I've found many items but, it passed right over a coin on the ground and did not make much of a sound. It should of went crazy but, didn't. Luckily I spotted the coin and picked it up. I cleaned the coin and saw that it was a 1889 5 cent coin. Just for curiosity why it didn't really go off, I dug a hole about 3 to 4 inches deep, covered it, then went back over it. NOTHING. I went back and forth several times and still nothing. What a disappointment, if it wasn't laying on top of the ground, I would have never found this remarkable coin.

I have mixed emotions but, still discouraged. I hope other people have had better luck using it. I always wounder what I have missed with this detector.

Jan 26, 2010

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Best "beginer" detector for the price, awesome depth also

A-Ortiz in Carrollton Texas -
Well I have had many detectors over the years and as usual I always sell them to get an "upgrade" detector, so far I have tested most Bounty Hunter and quite a few Garrett detectors, for the price this is by far the best in its price range and will outperform any Bounty Hunter any day. Discrimination is awesome and depth is about 7 to 8 inches, I would like to see that form a BH .. it will be the best $150 you will ever spend .. please read the owners manual and do the "air test" with different coins and alloys so you can find the setting best suitable for what you want to find..

Jul 08, 2009

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I very good detector!

Sam in Olympia, Wa -
I do not understand these bad reviews for this detector. You do not even need headphones(very loud) as the power of this is far none. Only dig the clear sounds. Simple and easy to use and has power to punch down. I think the people who give these reviews on here have not been a treasure hunter too long. This detector reminds me of the bell tone of others but in one mode!

Apr 25, 2009

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ace? More like INFERIOR 150

mike in Pismo Beach, CA USA -
Well I took mine out to the beach and yuck it started to bounce everywhere you know the signals. I then took it out to the park and found nothing but pull tabs and pennies. It doesn't even discriminate that well. I say try it on your own risk. I sold it and bought a tesoro compadre and it satisfied me better than the so called "ACE" or should I say the Garrett Inferior 150 and that goes as well for the 250.

Apr 12, 2009

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Treasure Ace 100

Nathan in USA -
I've had the Garrett Treasure Ace 100 for about 2 months now and have gotten pretty good with it. The trick with it seems to be turn the discriminatior up to the start of the coins section. Then when you swinging the detector only dig the stuff which beeps on when the coil is passed over it both directions. I'm sure I'm missing stuff this way but anything else is to frustrating for me. Beer tops allways show up no matter what you set the discrimination at. Pinpointing is hard and I've quit bothering. Now I just try and guess close to where the find is and dig a 8 - 10 inch circle.

Max depth for coin sized objects seems to be about 7 inches. Once I dug a hubcap at 2 feet however.

On the plus, Batteries last quite a while. Maybe 20 - 30 hours.

This is my first detector so I have nothing to compare it to.

I would not recommend buying this detector because you very quickly be out shopping for an upgrade. That said I have had a lot of fun with it. Found a 1934 Tag der arbet badge, a few silver coins, and 2 rings. My oldest find so far is 1907.

hope this is helpful.

Nov 30, 1999

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