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Metal Detectors
General Metal Detector Discussion
Best Metal Detector to start with?
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<blockquote data-quote="Goldpick" data-source="post: 50397" data-attributes="member: 1695"><p>Compared to Ace 250:</p><p>No VDI numbers for targets(nor on the Ace)</p><p>Less notches to play with when discriminating out junk (possibility of discriminating out good targets)</p><p>No provision for ground balancing in mineralised or salty areas (preset ground balance, also none on the Ace)</p><p>No eliminate button for unwanted targets, you have to notch out unwanted targets before starting</p><p>May be more sensitive to junk targets, hence need to wind back the sensitivity which will also decrease detecting depth (read that on another forum), same could be the case on mieralised areas or wet sand, with falsing if sensitivity too high.</p><p></p><p>Other things to consider:</p><p></p><p>No modulation of the target tone to get a feel of how deep the target is, the signal is either off or on</p><p>Needs to be run at full volume to pick up on all targets or some of the high range targets may be missed, so volume control headphones would be a must.</p><p></p><p>For the money though, its pretty hard to criticise such a cheap detector considering the features included on this machine, and price difference between other starter detectors. You probably don't hear too much about them considering they are primarily built for the European market, whereas Fisher are predominantly for the US market. I'm guessing that Fisher's F2 is the closest in their range to this detector (both made by same parent company).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldpick, post: 50397, member: 1695"] Compared to Ace 250: No VDI numbers for targets(nor on the Ace) Less notches to play with when discriminating out junk (possibility of discriminating out good targets) No provision for ground balancing in mineralised or salty areas (preset ground balance, also none on the Ace) No eliminate button for unwanted targets, you have to notch out unwanted targets before starting May be more sensitive to junk targets, hence need to wind back the sensitivity which will also decrease detecting depth (read that on another forum), same could be the case on mieralised areas or wet sand, with falsing if sensitivity too high. Other things to consider: No modulation of the target tone to get a feel of how deep the target is, the signal is either off or on Needs to be run at full volume to pick up on all targets or some of the high range targets may be missed, so volume control headphones would be a must. For the money though, its pretty hard to criticise such a cheap detector considering the features included on this machine, and price difference between other starter detectors. You probably don't hear too much about them considering they are primarily built for the European market, whereas Fisher are predominantly for the US market. I'm guessing that Fisher's F2 is the closest in their range to this detector (both made by same parent company). [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detectors
General Metal Detector Discussion
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