Funeral for my metal detector

I recommend the ACE 250 for coin hunting and general metal detecting. I used one for over a year and found tons of stuff with it. It has an excellent discrimination ability and is easy to use. It's not waterproof though! Sorry. I left mine outside leaning up against our camper in Montana and that night we had a heavy rain. The water ran off the top the camper directly on my ACE. The next day when I took it apart there was water and dirt in every part of the machine. Fortunately the ACE doesn't have a continuously-on feature so there was no electrical damage. I washed the parts off good with DI water and dried them at 125 degrees F for 24 hours and it still works like new. I guess you know now not to turn the machine on if its been wet. That is what kills them. If its on when it falls in the water turn it off as quickly as possible and take the batteries out. Salt water is a little tricky. You have to wash the boards with a detergent and then rinse in DI Water to get the salt off the components and then you may have problems later on. I worked for a flood and fire restoration company and we routinely washed the components of computers in water. In most cases it saved them unless the owner turned them on after they were wet. After Hurricane Andrew hit Miami we did a job in Miami Heights, A 2 story office building full of computers. The windows blew out during the hurricane and all the computers were wet. Fortunately the power went out during the hurricane, unfortunately when it came back on the owner went from room to room and turned on every computer to see if they would work. It was a 100% loss.

I'm not familiar with any other detectors in the price range of the ACE 250  but I would suggest you try to find one that has ground balance and another feature that I like is the static mode of detection such as on the Fisher F75. The static mode is like holding the pinpoint button down on the ace and walking around. It lets you see what's in the ground without the discrimination circuit getting involved. It is a good feature in trashy areas, mineralized soil and if you are looking for weak targets.



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PUt it up for sale on ebay, just list it as broken someone will buy it, for $20, but if your going to buy another I would say get a water proof one this time !

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OK! If your sure it's dead, dead dead, I will pay shipping to me for parts .

If I can Resurrect it, you pay a stypence and Shipping back to you.

Bring OUT YOUR DEAD!

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Dissaseble it bury the parts and have a hunt off for it.. Winner gets to keep it lmao

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I have a nice used 7 hp Brigs and Straton that will fit that!

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