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I think the Garrett ACE 250 is a good metal detector. It's lightweight, portable and easy to use. It has many features that I use and are comfortable with. It's easy to start. You really don't need the manual to use it. It's not real complicated. It has many of the features than most other metal detectors have. I believe in my opinion it is the best one on the market today. Ask anybody who has one. It would be a very good one for anybody to start with. It would find things as small as a tip of a pencil metal tip or just about anything else you would think about locating. It does everything for you. just turn it on and go.

The ACE 250 is a pretty nice model. Discriminator seems to be right about 40% of the time. Pinpointing seems to be a hit or miss on some objects. Overall, I am pleased with detector. I have used the model about 12 hours so far. Had a cheap metal detector about 30 years ago....Seems to me I got a better pinpointing on that cheap model...Or maybe my memory is not what it used to be. Price was good. Would like to win a new detector for my son to use!!

The ACE 250 is OK, the price for it it pretty good, and I like how you can choose the different modes to detect and the discrimination for custom certain types.

I like to hunt for large cents and other coins from the 19th century by using the metal detector at old cottage sites. Another thing I like about it is that the end of the metal detector is able to submerge underwater, so in spring I can Search some pretty muddy and desolate areas. One thing that I think you should work on is a metal detector thats monitor is rain proof. not completely submersible but weather proof.

You should also try to make the metal detector even easier to pinpoint objects in the ground, it's OK the way it is now but it could be better because I think I spend a little to much time digging out my treasures. Another thing that I think should improve is the Identifying section on the top of the screen; when you are searching for something and you hear the metal detector most often the sounds and the dial of identifying section are going on spastic, so I would not be sure to dig it up. last of all, I would like to say it is amazing how it can be used with just four AA batteries, for as long as 48 hours as I recall, (I might be off by a little) because most other metal detectors from other companies just waste battery power and you have to frequently go out and buy new batteries.

And finally I would recommend this metal detector to the average metal detectorist, but a different one of higher quality might help you out on a more "rugged" adventure say for example some of the catholic sites in Europe.

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

It all started one hot muggy night in late July. After spending only 10 minutes figuring out all of the symbols on the huge, clear LCD screen I grabbed a handful of change and and went outside.

Once outside I closed my eyes and scattered the change blindly around me. I turned on my brand new Garrett Ace 250 detector and set discrimination low, turned up the sensitivity and choose the "coin" mode from the 5 other mode types. This was done extremely easily thanks to the bold LCD screen and easy to use touch buttons.

Swinging my Ace 250 was like holding a cloud thanks to the detector weighing under 5 pounds! After 5 minutes I heard a loud DING from my detector. I looked at the easy to use LCD screen. The little pointer on the screen pointed to 1C at a depth of 4 inches. The ACE 250 has two awesome features that help even the least experienced person find treasures. These are the depth chart and the pinpoint feature.

The depth chart is also LCD and will light up according to how deep the object is. The pinpoint feature allows for a direct location of the object and its so easy to use! All you have to do is swing the ACE 250 in a cross like pattern while holding the pinpoint button.

When you are over the object, the detector will emit a loud buzz, indicating that your are over the object. These two features are combined inside the lightweight, easy to use ACE 250 making it one of the best beginner detectors on the market! After I had pinpointed the object in the ground I began digging. After digging roughly 4 inches into the moist summer dirt I hit metal.

With my trowel I popped out a 1967 Lincoln cent! I couldn't believe that the first time I used my brand new Ace 250 I found my first coin in roughly 5 minutes. This detector completely blew away my expectations. I never thought I would find something the first time I ever picked up a metal detector, but with the ACE 250's huge LCD screen and helpful pinpointing features it made my first time at detecting a dream. The ACE 250 runs about $200 so its easy on the wallet and is a great price for a detector with so many functions.

Since I bought my ACE 250 through a great website called KellycO detectors I got a nice array of equipment that helped with my detecting. Whether your a teenager like myself or in your late 60's this detector is for you! For the price there is not another detector that packs so many easy to use features, with a huge LCD screen and is so easy to use for the great price that the ACE 250 is sold at!

I just got into the hobby of metal detecting about six months ago. I started out with a bounty hunter 202 and it was ok at first. But I decided pretty quick that I wanted something a little better. I knew I was not going to go straight for a high end machine. I wanted to spend less then $300.

After reading lots of reviews I decided on the Garrett Ace 250.
The ACE 250 right off the bat was a simple, turn on and go machine. There wasn't any learning curve to speak of. I had watched a video on youtube that demonstrated pinpointing with the 250 and that was all I really needed. It pinpoints with the stock coil dead on. Its not the deepest machine out there I'm sure.

But for someone just getting into the hobby, this is the machine for them. I will eventually upgrade to a higher end machine now that I know I will be sticking with this hobby, but until then, the 250 works just fine. I have even taken it to the beach and it ran great in the wet and dry sand. The only thing is that in the wet sand you have to back off on the sensitivity, down to maybe 3 bars.

My only real complaint about the 250 is the discrimination.

It has a bit of a hard time zeroing in on targets in trashy areas, and if you discriminate anything out it tends to mask good targets. So I usually run it all metal mode, which can be noisy, but if you get used to it its not so bad. I wouldn't expect someone to get the 250 and own it as their only detector for life, but for some one looking to find out if this is the hobby for them, I would definitely recommend the Ace 250.

I decided that I might want to pick up a new hobby. I started doing some research on all different metal detectors. Making phone calls reading reviews more phone call and watching my budget I opted for the Garrett Ace 250. At the same time my oldest (17 years old) decided he wanted one. He started researching and also came up with the best for us would be the Garrett Ace 250. Well we ordered 2 of them. We read the manual watched the video read the book again and decided it was time to go and have some fun.

We went into the back yard and practiced and decided it was time to go the local beach.(pretty cold last weekend of January) We set our detectors to the all metal mode and went hunting. The detector starting going off within the first 5 minuets found some pop tops, soda cans, more pop tops then started to understand the the different sounds for different metals. When I had a totally different sound I stopped went to pin point mode and started to dig.

Took a while to find but I dug up my FIRST REAL FIND.(a quarter) Started to play with the mode button and left it on coin mode and started to find some pennies some dimes more quarters. We would go out to different beaches and find coins found an earing on one stop. Since its still winter in the (northeast) not to may places to go and not dig into frozen ground. Waiting for the warmer weather to come so we can go out and spend more time.

The Garrett Ace 250 is a very easy unit to use. The instruction manual and the video are a great help for a new person getting into this hobby I would highly recommend this. It takes time to learn all the features but like all other new things you have to read and read again. Can't wait for the warmer weather to go out and really have fun. Definitely a great detector for the new comer to this hobby

This metal detector is a good buy for the money. It doesn't cost very much and it works great it has a lcd screen that tells you what kind of target you hit when your metal detector picks up something. It is a great reliable metal detector.I have had this Metal detector for about 3 years and have had to trouble with it. I have found numerous coins with it and other objects it is pretty easy to pinpoint your target with this detector. I would recommend this detector to anyone who want a good reliable metal detector.

I have a Garrett ACE 250. My very first detector, just bought it last summer. I like the push button controls, very easy to switch from mode to mode. It's light weight, easy for me to carry around. What I don't like about it is that in dry grass it goes off or if I accidentally touch the ground it will signal. My only finds have been other peoples garbage but I have not taken it out very much yet. Only in the desert, was searching for gold and mining relics.

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.