I unpacked the Ace 250 and after watching the DVD and reading the manual, headed out to
a park to give the machine a try. The Ace is really easy to use. I practiced my swinging speed
and found that like people here said, you can swing the coil fast or slow depending on your
circumstances. I chose to keep a nice moderate slow speed. I started in jelwery mode.
The park seemd very clean;very few signals except for junk. Many of the so called "good"
signals were from pieces of chain link fence or other metal that gave off an electrical signal
similar to gold or silver. I did come out with $1.53 in clad, but I spent only two hours MDing;
it was getting too hot and muggy.
Pinpointing was easy. I had already read many comments on the forums from people having difficulty
pinpointing and didn't know what to expect; I found that the target was always directly under
( and sometimes a little to the left or right ) of where the Rod meets and connects with the coil.
It never failed to be there. By keeping my eye on the target spot and begining at least two inches behind
the imaginary X and starting there, I cut my plug and pulled the dirt back. I found that you have to
be generous in your estimation or you'll miss the target. I had purchased a cheap $14.95
handheld pinpointer that worked just fine in locating some of the clad.
Katz
a park to give the machine a try. The Ace is really easy to use. I practiced my swinging speed
and found that like people here said, you can swing the coil fast or slow depending on your
circumstances. I chose to keep a nice moderate slow speed. I started in jelwery mode.
The park seemd very clean;very few signals except for junk. Many of the so called "good"
signals were from pieces of chain link fence or other metal that gave off an electrical signal
similar to gold or silver. I did come out with $1.53 in clad, but I spent only two hours MDing;
it was getting too hot and muggy.
Pinpointing was easy. I had already read many comments on the forums from people having difficulty
pinpointing and didn't know what to expect; I found that the target was always directly under
( and sometimes a little to the left or right ) of where the Rod meets and connects with the coil.
It never failed to be there. By keeping my eye on the target spot and begining at least two inches behind
the imaginary X and starting there, I cut my plug and pulled the dirt back. I found that you have to
be generous in your estimation or you'll miss the target. I had purchased a cheap $14.95
handheld pinpointer that worked just fine in locating some of the clad.
Katz
