I took My ACE 250 to a schoolyard here in town, I got alot of hits, but couldnt bring myself to dig up the fields. How do you guys handle a situation? just dig the plug and replace? any tricks that i need to know do that it doesnt look like a gopher was on the field? I saw in EBAY a "plug popper" which basically cuts a 2-1/2 hole down to 9" after you pinpoint the target, so instead of having a 8" round hole in the ground its just looks like a small golf hole...anyone use it?
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Newbie to the Ace250....got the detector down..but!
- Thread starter Morpheus
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Use a 10" thin screwdriver. When you get the signal, probe until the tip hits the coin and note depth. Move the tip over so it just goes past coin, then slant the tip at an angle and the coin should pop right out. If the coin is deeper, when you move the tip over , go past an inch or two and make a sideways slit by moving the screwdriver back and forth a few times. Lift this slit slightly and probe down into the slit until you can pop it up with the screwdriver. 90% of the coins I find at the schools can be just popped out by the first method and you can't tell anyone's been there if you don't get in a hurry. And BTW, thanks for being concerned for our hobby.
don't cut plugs in the summer with dry grass. In other words If they don't water it don't cut the plug. The grass will turn brown and look awful umtil it gets enough water to be growing again! Go easy at first. Hunt as much as you can and learn as much as you can.Slow and steady does win this race.
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never completely cut a plug, cut three sides and flip it back, leaving one side attached it is like a hinged door, when your done you just flip it back and tap it down a bit with your hand and it looks like you never even dug there, making neat cuts takes a bit of practice, but I have had several home owners compliment me on how neat I retrieve my targets w/o leaving any signs I was there.
For schools, I usually just bring along a screwdriver, which serves as both probe and coin popper. I wouldn't suggest you dig any holes until you have the pinpointing down to the point where you can dig a 1 1/2" diameter long plug to retrieve coins. Digging large holes is the number one reason sites turn off limits to metal detectorists. 
Uncle Willy
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You can pop coins out of the ground with a big screwdriver down to six inches or so and leave no holes. I very rarely use a digger of any kind and you can't tell where I've been.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
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Or you can carry a canteen of water and pour some in the hole before replaving the plug.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
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Another method formanicured lawns. Probe and locate the coin, then take a knife and cut a slit down along side the coin Push the knife side to side to open the slit a little. Use your probe to flip the coin into the slit, then use some long tweezers to retrieve the coin, then step hard on the slit and it closes up.
Bill
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