I just picked up a Ultra 350 in pristine condition at a super price and I was hoping for any advice current and past owners can give me on it. I bought it on a whim and I have more expensive units but I'm really liking this neat little machine and want to know more than the manual says. Also any extra coil advice for this machine too. Thanks and happy hunting to all ! Woodstock
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Tell me more about the Ultra 350..
- Thread starter Woodstock
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Uncle Willy
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The 350 has been around since dirt was invented and hasn't been produced for many years. I owned one about 137 years ago and it ain't a bad little machine. Not much I can remember about it to tell you. It's a simple machine to figure out and use and you should find your share of goodies with it.
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Uncle Willy
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Well it seems that long. 
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Hey , I knew it was an older detector and I've been detecting for years and had many models. I just never owned a Ultra 350 and hoped maybe someone out there did and was able to say something nice about it.
Now I know that it should be in the Smithsonian seeing that it's 137 years old in the condition it's in. Maybe I should ask you about Stonehedge's foundation seeing that you may have been there or known someone who built it....if I asked you about an Ace you probably would have told me you flew one in WWI !
All kidding aside, thanks for telling me it's an old model....been there, knew that. Now maybe there's someone who can tell me if they were successful with one. Happy Hunting and Best Regards to All ! Woodstock
Now I know that it should be in the Smithsonian seeing that it's 137 years old in the condition it's in. Maybe I should ask you about Stonehedge's foundation seeing that you may have been there or known someone who built it....if I asked you about an Ace you probably would have told me you flew one in WWI !
All kidding aside, thanks for telling me it's an old model....been there, knew that. Now maybe there's someone who can tell me if they were successful with one. Happy Hunting and Best Regards to All ! Woodstock
Yeah- I had one and loved it. Found out it got it's best depth at low disc levels and you just check the screen for the target probability. It was the one I was using when I found my personal best of 8 quarters in one hole. The Fisher CZ-5 had given an overload signal the week before when I was searching the school. When I hit the signal w/the 350 it registered above the dollar mark instead of quarter-where it usually registers if the signal is an aluminum can or large target-and THAT made me look! Unfortunately,that's where the 350 fails-it was $2 instead of $1.25
Thank you Slingshot for your advise and story. Years back...not 137 but about 25, I hit a signal in a park in Rockford Illinous that nulled out but had a little double signal that sounded junk-like with a Whites Coinmaster V. A week or so later I went over the same spot with my Silver Sabre and hit a null with a clear beep at the side of the null. I dug it an found a nice 14K ring that was attached to a silver plated... but rusted neckchain. Needless to say I was pleased and my father-in-law as in shock. Back then, the Silver Sabre was considered a toy by the Big Boys lunchbox units. If anyone else that was born in this centry and isn't bucking for the open slot that was left when George Carlin left has anything else to say about there experences and tips with there Ultra 350 feel free to ad there story to the chain. Thanks to everyone and happy hunting! Woodstock
I never knew Bill helped with building Stonehedge...I always thought he sold them the property it was built on. But that was after he coinshot it first. Does anyone else have any comments on the Ultra 350? This turning out to be "The History of Uncle Willy" and might end up on cable.
Joel-Winnipeg
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Relax guys..Bill just has a different sence of explaining things..Im sure he did not meant to insult .Unfortunately I cant help you with the Ultra 350 and Im sure someone on this forum will fill you in on its operation.
I hope everyone knows that we're just having fun o at least I was and I think Bill was too. That being said, I think I met Bill along time back in Italy. I beleave we were sitting around in a cave putting hand prints on the wall...man we were bored way back before they made jewlery and minted coins..e'nuff said.
Uncle Willy
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I had one of the first Silver Sabres made and it was far from a toy. Found a ton of goodies with that one and all Tesoros owned after that one. For many years I was a Compass fan and owned several of those.
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Uncle Willy
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I was quite successful with it but that's been many years and two dozen detectors ago that I have field tested and owned. I just can't remember all the stats and features and operation of same that far back..
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Uncle Willy
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I designed it. 
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Uncle Willy
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And a grand show it will be.
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Your right on the money Bill I've owned my old Silver Sabre since there beginning in 1983. I had to wait cause it was back ordered from Kellyco. My very first time using it right out of the box I found my oldest penny to date. I had it shipped to my father-in law's cause my wife and I lived in a shady neighborhood. I was in the habit back then to turn a detector on for about 15 or 20 minutes let it warm up, shut it off and turn it on and detect. In fact I still do that.
Anyways, he lived in an old farm and still does. We must have hit that farm 40 times in the past. He used a BH Outlaw and I a Coinmaster V..or at least I used the Coinmaster til I got the Tesoro. That being said, he got home from work I showed him the Sabre and off I went. I got this faint but solid and repeatable beep and went for it. About 8" down and on edge popped out a 1858 Flying Eagle ! Later on that day I hit a 1917 Canadian dime and boot tacks at the base of an oak tree at 6". Funny thing about the old Silver Sabres is they air tested poorly but there hit really deep targets and there hard to beat even today. Thanks for the run down memory lane Bill and I hope you enjoyed the story...What did you mean you "redesigned" them? HH. Jeff
Anyways, he lived in an old farm and still does. We must have hit that farm 40 times in the past. He used a BH Outlaw and I a Coinmaster V..or at least I used the Coinmaster til I got the Tesoro. That being said, he got home from work I showed him the Sabre and off I went. I got this faint but solid and repeatable beep and went for it. About 8" down and on edge popped out a 1858 Flying Eagle ! Later on that day I hit a 1917 Canadian dime and boot tacks at the base of an oak tree at 6". Funny thing about the old Silver Sabres is they air tested poorly but there hit really deep targets and there hard to beat even today. Thanks for the run down memory lane Bill and I hope you enjoyed the story...What did you mean you "redesigned" them? HH. Jeff
Uncle Willy
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Yeah many detectors will airtest poorly but do great in ground and vice versa. I got my first Silver Sabre from Kellyco but it wasn't called a Silver Sabre and was blue in color. So when I got it I called Jack Gifford and asjked him what the deal was as I knew that thing was a Tesoro.. He said he had a "Private Label" agreement with Kellyco and my detector was a Silver Sabre in disguise. Back then Jack had several private label deals going as did most detector manufacturers. White sold their machines through a dozen different outfits under a dozen different names, Sears, Montgomery Ward, Western Auto, etc., etc. Remember a detector called the REALE? That was a Tesoro in sheep's clothing. There were a couple of other names that I can't pull out of my brain at the moment.
I wish I still had some of my old Tesoros, especially the Silver and most especially the Bandido II. One trick you could use with the old Tesoros ( since they were motion detectors ) was when you found a target so deep it just gave a dull whine over a wide area instead of a clear signal you could whip the coil real fast over the target in short strokes and generate a clear signal that would allow you to pinpoint it accurately. I do the same thing with the Ace 250 and I call it "twitching." Minelab boys use the same technique but call it "wiggling."
Bill
I wish I still had some of my old Tesoros, especially the Silver and most especially the Bandido II. One trick you could use with the old Tesoros ( since they were motion detectors ) was when you found a target so deep it just gave a dull whine over a wide area instead of a clear signal you could whip the coil real fast over the target in short strokes and generate a clear signal that would allow you to pinpoint it accurately. I do the same thing with the Ace 250 and I call it "twitching." Minelab boys use the same technique but call it "wiggling."
Bill