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? from newbie...Ace 250 vs GTI 2500 or Infinium?

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Fraulein

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Hello! I am having fun with my ACE 250. So far I must have logged about 20 hours of search. I must have recover about $4 or $6 worth of coins. I am still looking for my first jewelry piece.

I am also starting to look for my next machine. The GTI 2500 is the flagship of Garrett metal detector. It sells for about 5 times the price of my ACE. It does look like a real good machine. I read a lot of positive reviews but I also read some bad ones. Does the GTI 2500 is that much better than my ACE 250 as far as depth detection and discrimination goes? Or would I be better off buying a bigger coil for my ACE 250 to get this extra depth? Would it be like going from bicycle to a Cadillac? Or more like going from a Ford F-100 to a Ford F-150 pick-up truck?

I am also ambivalent toward the Infinium. The Infinium and the GTI 2500 sell for about the same price. I realize they are not working with the same technology and that the learning curve for the Infinium is steeper. But should I go with the GTI 2500 or the Infinium?
 
Fraulein,
The Infinium isn't the best coin machine for parks and such. It's great on beaches/relic/prospecting.
The GTI 2500 and the Infinium are alot heavier than the Ace. The Ace is a breeze to swing all day long.
If I were you I would buy another coil for the Ace, like the Sniper Coil first, then the larger one later. The Sniper is a must have coil for the Ace and it really transforms the machine into a killer coin/ring unit. Many targets are masked by bigger coils, so you miss alot. The Sniper coil just picks good targets out from between the trash like an anteater on ants!
If you still want to upgrade then the target sizing on the 2500 is nice. Don't sell the Ace short, it'll do what you want it to do in spades!

GL&HH


PennyFinder

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The 2500 is an awesome tector, but, 20 hours on the ACE is not hardly enough to upgrade on. If you have the money and just want a new tector with more bells and whistles then go for it. I wouldn't consider upgrading from a tector I just bought until I had at least 100 - 150 hours on it. You don't really know all your ACE is capable of till about 100 hours. Make your ACE pay for your next tector, that's what I do. I bought my 1350 a year and a half ago and I want a scorpion so that's where all my clad is going this year towards my new scorpion.:garrett:
 
You had better spend some more time with the 250 and learn it and the basics of detecting before jumping the gun and getting detectors that are more complicated with a much bigger learning curve. You can put the big coil on the Ace or one of the Accelerator coils and get depth close to that of the 2500. Depth is a fleeting term with a lot of hype attached to it. Don't fall for the hype. All old and valuable items are not buried halfway to China.The Infinium is a whole different kind of detector than the 250, 2500, and most other detectors and has a bigger learning curve for a newbie. This is a hobby you have take a step at a time - not all at once.

My advice is to get to be quite profecient with the 250 before making that big jump to the top dogs of the line. The 250 will do nearly as much as most expensive machines. That's why a lot of us oldtimers use it more than our big, expensive machines. Besides that it's just fun to use.

Bill
 
To be honest, while the GTI is a great detector, the Ace does very well at holding it's own with it. I'm just as happy using my Ace as I am with my 1500. The secret is to spend time with it and be willing to play around with it. Even after hundreds of hours on mine, I'm still learning little idiosyncrasies with it that help me to figure out targets.
I'm not saying, don't buy one. If you want one, then why not. What I am saying, is that you have a great detector and you have barely scratched the surface of what you can do with it. It will surprise you with how good you can become with it. It has plenty of room for growth.
Mick Evans.
 
I don't log my usage like some folks do. Fact is, there are some here who can tell you the exact time and date that rare 1913 penny was found 3 years ago! Rather, I keep track of the battery use. I've had an Ace 250 for about a year, and it's on the 8th set of batteries. I replace them when the display is on it's last bar, or about 36 hours of use, for a total approaching 300 hours. I'm still learning!

I purchased a GTI-2500 three months ago, which had a baby failure, and was replaced. I'm on my third set of batteries for its replacement. As a coin shooter, it really isn't all that much better than the Ace 250. It does weigh more, which for some is a deciding factor.

What I wanted was the deep stuff, and I don't believe any other detector does any better than the 2500 in this respect. You might need one of those bungie cord helpers, but it'll be worth the effort.

Alan Applegate
 
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