gonna get the 250 thurs or friday anything i need to buy

[traviswells]

I'm getting my 250 this week and need to know what i might need to get to better my hunts i was thinking i'll get the sniper coil and maybe even another coil for it. i just can't wait to get the thing i've been reading and reading about hunting for about 2 weeks and just can't wait to go out. i'm gonna get the headphones, pinpointer, good digger, anything else i can accessories with. also i have hunted before so i feel like i kind of know what i'm doing but from what i have read i think i'm gonna just hunt in all metal mode and dig everything, exspec. after reading that artical on masking. any last min. advice before i go shoping, or where to hunt. i'll keep you posted on my 1st finds,, i'm so glad i found this forum it has been so helpfull.


Thanks Travis Wells

 

[Paul(NWO)]

I would hunt in coin mode first for at least a few hours. You can always go back over the area again in all metal. I like to hunt in all metal if I have time. If I can't then I hunt in coin mode. One of the keys to the article on masking was shallow to deep targets directly over the valuable find. Set up a test garden with junk targets a varying distances from the center of a good target if you want until you find where your unit will differentiate between the two or as you suggested run in all metal and dig more junk targets as I do and recheck your holes.
HH

 

[Uncle Willy]

Don't overload your arse to start out with. Get the detector as is and learn it well and thoroughly familarize yourself with it and the art of detecting, then you can add other stuff should you want or need to.. There's a lot more to detecting than just swinging a coil over the ground and it ain't as easy as it sounds. There are a lot of things to learn. Do not start out hunting in all metal unless you want to get so frustrated you'll want to wrap your detector around a tree. Make all metal the last mode you hunt in after you have learned to use the detector properly. The 250 is fairly easy to use but still an electronic instrument that has a mind of its own.

There is no mystery to target masking. I have discussed it many times and written articles about it. Don't worry about that until you have mastered your machine then you can delve into and play with the alleged mystery of target masking. I have a post on the forum right now about it. Just take it slow and easy and you'll do fine..Rome wasn't built in a day. You're on the best forum there is for any assistance you may need. There are a lot of very knowledeable people on here ready to help out so take it one step at a time and don't expect to find a pot of gold your first time out. Good luck.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

One thing that article left out was the degree of sensitivity used in each case which has a helluva lot to do with target masking. You can mask targets by simply using to much sensitivity.

Bill

 

[XE1UFO]

You might consider the coil protector and the control housing protector. They aren't too expensive, and can help your Ace last longer.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

As Uncle Willy explained I would follow those instructions . Don't get discouraged if you find lots of junk , Once youv'ed gain the experienced what the ace is telling you your good finds will really go up.
It's a hobby have fun with it.

 

[oldrivers]

one other thing you need! take your wife or girlfriend along to do the digging so your hands don't get dirty

 

[slingshot]

Others may not agree,but a carpenter's apron to put coins and trash in SEPARATE pouches is really nice. You don't want to come back to find trash that you just throw back on the ground. And, BTW, make sure you don't put coins in w/trash before you empty it! I was fortunate to find a 3/8", foot long Snap-on screwdriver on the side of the road while riding my bicycle to one of my sites(another good tool). It is long and round enough and doubles as a screwdriver and a shovel! It had the tip broken or I would have kept as a tool-it is so nice. After a week or two of digging the point rounds out like a shovel point(spade shaped) and the wider point makes pinpointing easier. Thinner screwdivers are fine, but when the 6" level is there, this thing moves dirt! The other things you will find on the forum are nice-but these two make life easier.

 

[XE1UFO]

Slingshot:

The SnapOns have lifetime no-matter-what warranty, the same as Sears Craftsman. Take the screwdriver to a SnapOn truck or dealer, and you will have a new one.

 

[sandcrab]

I agree with the Doc, get a new screwdriver for free from the SnapOn truck, they hate me and my Nephew he is a Honda car tech, we can break just about any of their tools. I tell the driver he should just give us tools for free so we can test their reliability!

 

[slingshot]

Heck, I may never find another recovery tool that I like better and the cost was right down my alley! I mean it is just the perfect tool. It works like a probe, strong enough to plow through small roots, and with a quick round circle can cut an 8" round plug, if necessary(which is seldom). I had never tried a screwdriver of this diameter until I found this one. And it is kind of foreboding to look at if any bypassers have wrong intentions.

 

[sandcrab]

I am using a big old screwdriver I broke the tip off of, imagine that. Like they said in shop class, never use a screwdriver as a pry-bar or chisel, I ground the tip down to a nice radius. Only about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch was broke off but it didn't have a lifetime warranty so it works for me, it goes about 8 inches deep and is as tough as Hillary's ankles/face. The part that would surprise you is that broken SnapOn driver was probably over $20.00 on the tool truck, they are very proud of their products even though a lot of them are made in China nowadays, go figure.

 

[draaiorgel]

Uncle Willy said;
"Don't overload your arse to start out with. Get the detector as is and learn it well and thoroughly familarize yourself with it and the art of detecting, then you can add other stuff should you want or need to.. There's a lot more to detecting than just swinging a coil over the ground and it ain't as easy as it sounds. There are a lot of things to learn. Do not start out hunting in all metal unless you want to get so frustrated you'll want to wrap your detector around a tree. Make all metal the last mode you hunt in after you have learned to use the detector properly. The 250 is fairly easy to use but still an electronic instrument that has a mind of its own."

I just couldn't put it better myself, these are words from the wise. Do this and you won't be disappointed.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Good point.

Bill

 

[billintx]

A Bank vault to hold the loot you find....especiallt them coins.The darn 250 won't quit in the field...just bling bling all the time!!!!!!!