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would like to get better one for gold and relics take my daughter and she loves it but garrett 250 dosnt descriminate as good as i would like am on disability would love a better one was looking at lobo and gold bug and scorpian gold not sure is best ace 250 good beginner ditector hope to win a better one thoughwould like to get better one for gold and relics take my daughter and she loves it but garrett 250 dosnt descriminate as good as i would like am on disability would love a better one was looking at lobo and gold bug and scorpian gold not sure is best ace 250 good beginner ditector hope to win a better one though

I bought myself a Christmas Gift, in 2005, of a Treasure Ace 250 from Kellyco after doing some research about the current models available. I wanted a general use detector for hunting schoolyards, fields, etc.

I have detected for many years and have owned several detectors. In the past I had a White's XLT and did great hunting Civil War Relics in my local area. It has since died, I went a few years without detecting at all. I wanted to get back into it.

I waited until Christmas before opening it. I was very impressed with the feel of it, right away. As luck would have it, we had a very rough winter, so I couldn't try it until spring.

On April 30, 2006, I was watching a NASCAR race on TV. They had a rain delay, so outside I went with the Ace. In the backyard, I didn't find much of anything. I went to the side of the house (built in 1930) and found some loose clad by the porch. My old emotion returned, I was in Heaven!

The Ace was easy to use, that Target ID locked onto coins like nothing I have ever seen. Continuing to sweep toward the front yard, I found my first silver, a 1916 Mercury Dime. A few minutes later, a couple wheat pennies were in my pouch. I hit another signal, the ID said it was a cent. I dug and about five inches down was a Civil War Breastplate. It was on it's edge. I ran into the house to clean it up. The eagle with the arrow in it's talons came out in the moisture. I was thrilled. Later, I found my first Indian Head penny in years.

This little detector has really come thru for me. I have found much silver and even dug a 1879 five ($5.00) Gold Piece. I have also found 2 gold rings. One site gave up 70 silver coins before they built a bank there. It has more than paid for itself.

This is a great detector for a newbie. I'm a little disappointed in the depth, but the Target ID makes up for it. Anyone can handle the lightness of it, and the batteries last a long while in use. It is a coin eater and is OK for relics.

The Garrett Ace 250 is an excellent easy to learn and use detector for any person from novice to experienced. I have been using Garrett metal detectors since 1981 when I bought a Garrett ADS from Kellyco and the Ace 250 ranks among the best all around detector values I have experienced.

The Ace 250 offers above average depth on coins, jewelry items and relics while providing accurate target identification and depth reading information that Garrett has long been noted for in the detector industry. I usually hunt yards of old houses (with permission, of course) and public parks and playgrounds. Most coins and jewelry items are generally in the depth range of 6 inches or less so the depth capabilities of the Ace 250 are more than adequate for my type of hunting.

I also hunt the saltwater beaches of South Carolina and the Ace 250 works fairly well on both the dry and wet sand although it does not have a salt mode or ground balancing control. THe Ace 250 works well even in the wet salt sand if you hunt in the jewelry mode and reduce the sensitivity setting to 5 or 6 segments in order to reduce the number of false signals that are often encountered in wet salt sand. You will still get an occasional false signal but you can easily tell the difference between a false signal caused by the wet salt sand and a solid repeatable signal caused by a good target such as a coin or a ring. Also, the Garrett Bell Tone alert makes it even easier to identify godd targets as opposed to false signals.

Battery life is excellent and the Ace 250 is a good value. The pinpointing takes a little practice time to learn and this is the reason I did not give it 5 stars.

Just like I always do with any sizable purchase, I did a lot of research before buying my first metal detector. Everything that I had read about the Garrett Ace 250 indicated that it was a highly sensitive metal detector, that was easy to use, and an excellent value for the price. Now that I own an Ace 250 myself, I can tell you that these statements are all 100% true.

The Ace 250 is a very sensitive machine. I have been surprised many times with the depth that this machine can detect, and with the small size of some of the items it can detect. There have been a few times when the Ace 250 has detected a small item that my pinpointer has had difficulty detecting! It’s quite impressive.

The Ace 250 is feature-rich, but very easy to use. It has several discrimination modes that you can choose from, and it allows you to program a custom one of your own. There is a sensitivity control that allows you to adjust the detectors’ sensitivity for the ground conditions in your area. The Target ID on the display will give you a good idea of what type of target you are detecting, and the depth display will tell you the approximate depth of the target.

Pinpointing with the Ace 250 is quite simple and accurate. I hold down the pinpoint button, and do an X over the target area, as described in the manual. The open coil allows you to see the edge of where the tone starts to drop out on sides, front and back of the target. Imagine the center point of these edges and that is where the target will be.

One must-have option for the Ace 250 is the 4.5” Sniper coil. With the Sniper coil, you can detect targets between trash items. You can also get very close to large metal objects, such as playground equipment and fences. This allows you to find targets that others cannot with their larger, less capable coils. An Ace 250 with a Sniper coil is an awesome combination.

Overall, I’ve been extremely happy with my Garrett Ace 250. It definitely is a high performance machine that is easy to use and priced much lower than comparable models. I highly recommend it.

For the price a nice little light weight machine and very keen to search. The two downfalls are the annoying bells that continually keep ringing when searching and the other bad feature is the supplied headphones. As there is no noise suppressor in this machine and the headphones have no dial up volume switch and one would feel they would be sending you deaf with the headphones supplied by the company. The only way you can detect with headphones on this machine is to buy another set at your own expense with a noisy suppressing knob. I contacted Garrett by email when I got my machine sent to me to complain about these deafening headphones. The company unfortunately did not have the manners to reply to me, or let me know other people were having a similar complaint. Garret could fix this problem by supplying headphones with a volume knob attached for very little more money.

I've been detecting for over twenty three years, and the Garrett ACE 250 is by far the easiest detector I've ever used. In 2006 I found over four thousand clad coins with this detector, and hundreds of Silver Coins. I also dug a six pound cannonball in the State Of Ohio. The ACE is easy to use, for the beginner or the hunter who has been hunting for years. It is not an expensive detector, but it carries all the might of the more expensive brands. I know because I own Whites, Tesoros’, Garrets’, Fisher and Depth Pro detectors. I still use these detectors, but my main detector is the ACE 250.

I do recommend the use of the larger coil and buying a probe is a must with any detector. I also like to hunt in the Coin mode, with not very much sensitivity. If you are hunting in an area where there is little trash, use the all metal mode. I try to dig all signals that sound kind of iffy and show up on the right side of the screen. If you get a signal that only sounds off in one direction, it is probably iron.

I highly recommend this detector. It's easy to use, easy to set up and a lot of fun to use. Good Luck! I hope this information helps.

I have purchased another Metal Detector! It is the Garrett ACE 250.

After researching everything I could find about it on the Internet and hearing from folks at my local Metal Detector club, this was the one to purchase. It comes with a very well made DVD video of its many features and practical uses. Right out of the box it was exactly what I was looking for in a new detector. It has the LESS is MORE type feel and look.

The biggest thing that attracted me to the ACE 250 is its 5 pre-loaded search modes. I really like Coin Shooting, and this detector is on the mark for taking me to them. I prefer the Coins mode and Relics mode the most as they are configured to discriminate out trash and let me see and hear only the items I want to keep in the first place. Click a button, I am hunting for Coins. Click again, I am searching for Relics. It is like having a Fortune Teller with me when out in the fields. Now there is a lot less digging of pull tabs and ripped up aluminum cans! One of the coolest features on the ACE 250 is the LCD graphic readout.

Hear a BEEP and "SEE" what it is immediately. I have not been disappointed. In the Custom mode, I can make a change so easily that if I only want to search for quarters, then that is all I will find once I discriminate out what I do not want to locate with a few presses of a button. With this mode, I will still see what is buried on the display, but tones are heard only for what I am searching. Another important feature of the ACE 250 is its adjustability.

I can shorten it up so my 9 and 11 year old boys can handle it without any problems. It weighs so little that they can work it for quite a while without wearing out too fast. In order to keep the peace, I think I might have to buy another ACE 250 to keep this a "Civil War" between them! One can never really read the future, but one can certainly "See" into the past with this amazing Garrett ACE 250 metal detector. Get out there and get digging!

I have been away from detecting for ten plus years back in the day. I’ve owned a Garrett Master Hunter, a Whites Coin Master, and a Fisher 1280. I decided to take up the hobby once again, but I wasn't sure which detector to purchase.

After exhausting research I bought the Garrett Ace 250 and am completely happy with this unit. Setup is hassle free! It's lightweight, deep, and just a pleasure to use. Sniper coils are great; believe me it's paid for itself five times over. Happy hunting!

The ACE 250 is the perfect metal detector for someone that wants a powerful machine in a light weight package. I hike in to most places that I hunt and every ounce counts. The ACE 250 is light enough to pack in and when you get to your hunting grounds you will cover more ground due to the light weight. This detector will allow you to find more treasure as you can swing the detector all day long without getting tired. I also hunt in and around boulders. The ACE 250 is perfect for this type of hunting as it is light enough to get it into small places and you can climb around without having to drag a heavy metal detector around.

One of the best features of this detector is there is no sacrifice in power for weight. The Ace 250 will find deep targets. This machine pushes deep and will find valuable targets that other machines will pass over. It is amazing the power in such a light machine.

Even though you can relic hunt and gold hunt with the ACE 250, it shines for coin shooting. If you set it up for coin shooting it will sniff out coins in between trash. It recovers quickly between targets allowing you to find those coins that are masked by trash.

If you are the type of person that likes to travel light and cover a lot of ground on your metal detecting outings this is the detector for you.

I am going on my third year of metal detecting and I have used the Garrett ACE 250. My first year I found a lot of treasures (2007 and found $114.00 in coins (nickels, dimes and quarters). I also found a lot of gold and silver that the metal detector paid for itself. My second year, 2008, I decided to buy a new detector a White's MXT for better finding. I found $120.00 dollars in coins with the two. But I also found out that I used my ACE 250 more then I used the White's MXT, because the ACE 250 was more reliable in finding more coins and jewelry! Because it was way easier to use, it told me where the coins and jewelry was way better than the MXT. Example: I picked a play ground and first went over it with the MXT and found $1.25 in coins. Then I went over the same spots with the ACE 250 and found $1.45 in more coins, because the ACE 250 I.D was easier to read and the discrimination tune sound was more clear then the MXT! The MXT is better if you want to find more nickels then the ACE 250, other more then that I like the ACE 250 better when it come to finding more coins and jewelry. I have found more silver necklaces, a gold ring, and silver and gold ear rings with the ACE 250. But my best find was when I took my ACE 250 to Greece and found a 1055 B.C year old coins and other Greece coins and relics. Yes, I would and I'm recommending the ACE 250 to all my friends, because it is worth the time and money for a beginner! And it is a ("AWESOME GOOD METAL DETECTOR!") Now that it's 2009, I can not wait for the warm days to come to go out and use my metal detectors!
Ps. Maybe, the MXT will fair better this time? (smile)