This is not a full, in depth review, but more of a quick longish talk about the Ace 250 and some of it's features and capabilities. Over the last two years a lot of people have caught the metal detecting bug. Have you seen how many people have been finding hoards of treasure over the past year or two. Seeing this has made many people think of buying a metal detector and giving it a go. Metal detecting businesses have been doing really well lately, and some have even reported the highest recorded sales ever. One of the most sought and bought metal detectors through out this metal detecting boom is the Garrett Ace 250.
Sure, there are other alternatives within the same price range like Tesoro Compadre, Tesoro UMAX, and the C-Scope CS1MX, but none of these models come with a built in pin pointer. Have you ever tried finding a small item without a pin pointer. It can be quite annoying. A pin pointer makes it much easier. If you can live without a pin pointer then maybe the Garrett Ace 150 would be a good choice. It’s basically a Garrett Ace 250 without the pin pointer.
The Garrett Ace 250 is without doubt one of the most popular metal detectors to hit the market in many years. From complete beginners to seasoned professionals, the Ace 250 is highly regarded by many as an excellent performer for the modest price tag. Robust and simple to use, the Ace 250 is perfect for new comers to the hobby wanting to give it a try to see if metal detecting is for them. The Garrett Ace 250 is a multi-tone machine.
This means that it gives a different tone for each different metal type, which is a great and very helpful feature for people new to metal detecting. The user can easily tell the difference between ferrous and non ferrous metals (Junk and potential valuables).
The Ace 250 also has a fairly effective discrimination. This means you can notch out certain metal types that you want to ignore from being detected. They will still register on the Ace 250′s digital screen but they will make no noise through the speaker or headphones. A common metal that you might want to ignore is Iron, which the Ace 250 does a good job of eliminating.
If you consider that “toy like” metal detectors cost around £50 – £80 and don’t have many useful features or real treasure hunting capability’s you will see that for the extra £100 or so Pounds extra you pay for the Ace 250 your actually getting a “real metal detector”, that can not only find interesting items like coins, artifacts, relics, silver, and even gold at acceptable depths, but can also give the more pricier professional machines a run for their money.
How deep does it detect? Well, that’s a heated discussion in many circles but I think we can safely say it will detect a large coin at 6 – 8 inches. It really depends on the size of the item your detecting though. Let’s say you have buried a car, a huge hunk of metal by any standards!. The Garrett Ace 250 would be able to detect it about 1 meter deep (maybe even deeper) because of it’s size.
The Ace 250 is capable of finding good items at decent depths. Other common items people find are Bullets from World War II, coins, old buttons etc. Depending on your luck and location you might just find something valuable.
After all, the Garrett Ace 250 has been one of the metal detectors that have actually found huge hoards of treasure on more than a few occasions. So it’s definitely up to the job. All in all, The Garrett Ace 250 is a superb, easy to use, low priced metal detector that is easy to use and finds the goodies. Definitely the best and most feature packed metal detector within it’s price range.
Looking for the cheapest price? You will be hard pressed to find a brand new Ace 250 for sale at a cheap price. You could try your luck on eBay but most brand new Ace 250′s are either Buy It Now sold by a company at full price or one that’s slightly used and had one or two outings. In which case it will have hundreds of watchers and your chances of winning it for a low price are not very good. Bite the bullet and spend the money for a brand new Garrett Ace 250.
