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    vaquero and tot lots:ausflag:

    when i used my old ace 250 in tot lots ,if i didn't have my sniper coil on, i could still get up close to the steel work and find targets.i would turn my coil at an angle away from the post,max the sencitivity,press and hold the pin point to find any targets. i tried that with my new vaquero...
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    aussie jackaroo yahroo:ausflag:

    this morning i took out my ace 250 and scored $10.80 in loose change plus a couple of cheap ear rings , feeling a little browned of with the world i went home . walking into the house ,my wife said theres something sitting on the lounge for you.oh what the heck,i'll have alook. you bloody...
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    ace 250 pin pointing:detecting:

    several times over the last month i have hit the pin point button over a target and the 250 has taken the day offand won't play ball ,unless i turn it off and start again. then it doesn't remember where we were.frustrating wasn't one of the words i used ,i'm ashamed,but i am getting sick of...
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    ..mcroc's in the pond :detecting:

    did you see the crocidile in the pond peter,we were both standing only a few meters away on sunday morning when some woman raised the alarm.i think i need a new set of glasses . how could you miss a 13 foot saltie must have been a good conversation. robert.
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    coil freqency:detecting:

    does the coil freqency control the detector.on minelab detectors x 70's you can go from 3kh to18kh in three coils approx. why i am asking is that a short time ago i bought a snip[er coil for my ace 250 to try and improve it's perforemence. now that i have a v on it's way it will be wasted . so...
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    silver or compadre:detecting:the wife says xmas comes :detecting:

    thankyou to all you lovely people who responded to my query, the wife says no to buying either of these machines! But she said xmas will be earlier this year she is going to buy a vaquero for a pressie!!!!!!!!!!!!! If i share my diggings with her.So sometime in the future i'll be chasing you all...
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    silver or compadre:detecting:

    after much soul searching i've decided to retire my ace 250 and get a silver umax or a compradre. i hunt beach's ,parks, tot lots and sports grounds.which of these two would be my best option. i've read on this forum that the silver doesn't really like salt water beachs but is awesome in the...
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    what is the best detector for beach's:detecting:

    i own a ace 250. it's great on beachs . however i feel that it's missing a lot of targets. i have found that if it beeps i dig ,noty worrying about what it could be.the machine is american,their coins are not our coins.why can't we have a machine that registers our stuff and not theirs.i live in...
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    :detecting::detecting::detecting:beach question

    what is the study of the relationship between tides, oceans and beach called. it's something logy.i have read most of it. it's good info on where to look on beach's for likely target areas. i lost the web site,does anybody know what it is? thank you about the wheats,to coin a phrase,the penny...
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    the groundhog's sick

    today i fired up the old groundhog that hadn't been used in over twenty years. you were right joe ,i should have looked after it better and not left it hanging out in the shed.it kind of worked . however when panning over laid out targets it continually rejected all the coins in the tr mode but...
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    garrett groundhog question

    twenty years ago i bought a second hand garrett groundhog metal detector from a mate,who bought it new and couldn't get the damn thing to work properly.it's been hanging in the shed all this time and every year i'd pull it out clean it up and start to make plans to use it.until the kids finish...
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    quick draw or tracker 4

    at the present i'm using a ace 250 and i'm not really satisfied with it.i have been using it for about three months and i feel like i'm missing al lot of targets .i mainly work the beach's and the odd park or two . it does't like going from dry to wet sand . it doesn't seem to have gb or any way...
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    treasure quest

    try this goes4ever www.treasurequestxlt.com [under detecting , then digging] this works for me.
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    ace 250

    thank you all for responding to my cries for help.have learnt lots from you all. mick.e. i have something on the net that may help others withn my particular problems [should i dig those metal detector finds]the site is http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/detecting/digging_ finds.shtml i...
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    ace 250

    having just found this site ,i'm reading everything i can about my ace 250.i'm 66 yrs old my wife bought it for me on my last birthday .the 250 locates in a general area what ever is in the ground , my pinpoint is a shovel and seive ,the pinpoint on the 250 only works when it feels like it .the...
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