ToddB64
Elite Member
Had a great outing with the yella-fella today ! 
Finished work early on thursday Feb. 23 and had a couple of hours of sunshine left. Took the ACE250 out to the field where I had lost a steel
pin off the riding mower last year. I didn't find the pin, but did dig up
a piece of heavy-gage wire, a bent nail and two hex-head screws,
all from different holes ! Got these finds in the first half-hour, at depths
of 2-4 inches. One of the screws was badly rusted away at the tip end
and was only about 3/8 inch long. I was very careful to slowly pick
through the dirt to recover these items, but was really amazed that the
yella-fella could sense something that small.
Next, I decided to scan my gravel driveway near the house where visitors have for years gotten in and out of their cars, service vans, etc..
In short order I dug up a tiny screw and a flat washer about one-inch dia.
; both were heavily crusted with rust and down in the gravel about two inches. Then it happened !!!!! My next target was a clear bell tone at six inches down. (Oh, I forgot to say, I ran the ACE in All-Metal mode and
five bars sensitivity throughout this entire outing.) The target ID said it was a dime. When we moved out here about five years ago we had the
drive re-coated with chips & lime dust overtop the existing gravel. So
after digging through about two inches of the new stuff I reached the original drive which was packed hard-as-a-rock. At this point I gave up
using my "root-ripper" trowel and got a screw driver.....this worked much better. During this and the other digs, I periodically scanned my pile of diggings , then the hole, to be certain the target was still in the hole. When I spotted a dime-size coin in the hole I was thrilled !!
It was badly discolored dark brown all over, so I was'nt sure if it was a dime or a penny. But after a vinegar/salt soak it turned out to be a clad dime. It will still need more cleaning before I can see the date. The ACE
was right all along ! (Why did I ever doubt ?)
This was a great day for me, finding my first coin and gaining more
confidence in the ACE250 and in my own ability to use it. More than ever before, I believe that when the yella-fella speaks, there is definitely
metal in the ground !!
ToddB64
ACE250
Finished work early on thursday Feb. 23 and had a couple of hours of sunshine left. Took the ACE250 out to the field where I had lost a steel
pin off the riding mower last year. I didn't find the pin, but did dig up
a piece of heavy-gage wire, a bent nail and two hex-head screws,
all from different holes ! Got these finds in the first half-hour, at depths
of 2-4 inches. One of the screws was badly rusted away at the tip end
and was only about 3/8 inch long. I was very careful to slowly pick
through the dirt to recover these items, but was really amazed that the
yella-fella could sense something that small.
Next, I decided to scan my gravel driveway near the house where visitors have for years gotten in and out of their cars, service vans, etc..
In short order I dug up a tiny screw and a flat washer about one-inch dia.
; both were heavily crusted with rust and down in the gravel about two inches. Then it happened !!!!! My next target was a clear bell tone at six inches down. (Oh, I forgot to say, I ran the ACE in All-Metal mode and
five bars sensitivity throughout this entire outing.) The target ID said it was a dime. When we moved out here about five years ago we had the
drive re-coated with chips & lime dust overtop the existing gravel. So
after digging through about two inches of the new stuff I reached the original drive which was packed hard-as-a-rock. At this point I gave up
using my "root-ripper" trowel and got a screw driver.....this worked much better. During this and the other digs, I periodically scanned my pile of diggings , then the hole, to be certain the target was still in the hole. When I spotted a dime-size coin in the hole I was thrilled !!
It was badly discolored dark brown all over, so I was'nt sure if it was a dime or a penny. But after a vinegar/salt soak it turned out to be a clad dime. It will still need more cleaning before I can see the date. The ACE
was right all along ! (Why did I ever doubt ?)
This was a great day for me, finding my first coin and gaining more
confidence in the ACE250 and in my own ability to use it. More than ever before, I believe that when the yella-fella speaks, there is definitely
metal in the ground !!
ToddB64
ACE250
Some penny that I tossed out on the lawn a week or so before I got the Ace. Found it at least 
