Understanding the ACE 250

Thanks for your reply.  I bet if I knew where you lived, I could find some information for you. I look at all the old plat maps, ones from your local area in it's early years. Here in Ohio, I am talking 1860's in my area.  I am sure in your area, it is much older.  I look for old one room school houses, church sites that are no longer standing and so forth.  Metal Detecting all takes a little will power, the finds are there,  you just have to work for them.

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Very interesting story.  I'm not sure how Canada set up there school houses, but here in the US, it was set up that in every state, in each county a school house would be built in section 16 of each township. From that spot in each township and school house would be built every two miles in each direction.  That means a child would have no more that one mile to walk to school, of course sometimes this didn't hold water, just because of how many houses were built in each township. But it is something to go by.  If you can find an old map that shows that old one room school house on it, look and see how far the next school house was.  It might surprise you. 

Don't be afraid to ask for permission to hunt that old school house/ church.  The only thing that can happen is you will be turned down.  If you  are granted permission to hunt the site, make sure you are very careful on how you dig your targets.  It is a good idea to practice digging targets.  Try using a piece of plastic, maybe a small plastic bag will do.  Pinpoint your target, lay the plastic near where you are going to dig, when you dig the dirt out of the hole, place it on the plastic bag.  After retrieving the target, pour the dirt back into the horseshoe hole that you dug. Fold the dirt clod back over into the hole and stamp it down.  By doing this you leave no trace of where you dug. 

When others see how well you take care of your digging, I can bet you will be permitted to hunt other sites.  If you find something pertaining to the church, it would be really great if you put it in a frame and gave it back to the church.  A little PR goes a long way in our hobby. 


Just some thoughts for you to go by.

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I bought a ACE 250 last year, I've had at least 50 hours of practice with it and have found a few items. Not much, but I'm taking your input to practice. The only real treasures I've found with it is a 1963 quarter, a 1943 mercury dime and a 1903 dog tag. The rest has been foil, nails and the sort.  I'll just keep on .
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[teach]why would running the wire straight up the first shaft make a differance?

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	why would running the wire straight up the first shaft make a differance?

The detector can actually sense its own coil wire. When you run against the shaft and secure it there, it is at a 90 degree angle to the coil and makes minimum interference with the coil. Also, since the machine is a motion type detector, when you bump the coil, the wire wiggles giving a false reading.

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