Garrett 1138070 ACE 150 Metal Detector

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One final half gripe – there’s no internal pinpointer so you may find you’re digging bigger holes than necessary. However, for the price, you can’t expect everything! The modes are factory pre-set but you can adjust them if you want. Starting out I didn’t bother and the detector worked without any issues. I even found a few things!

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Garrett Ace 150 metal detector with batteries and instructions. The Garrett Ace 150 metal detector is easy to use and offers high-performance handling without any complex settings or adjustments. The Ace 150 detector also features great depth and accurate target ID discrimination. You can search in all metal, jewellery or coins mode for ease of use. The Ace 150 machine comes with a PROformance Rhino coil 6.5" x 9". Great value for money machine for beginners. With the Garrett Ace 150 metal detector, you can use any one of the interchangeable coils, including the 2D 8.5" x 11" coil, 9" x 12" PROformance coil and the 4.5" Sniper coil, to get the most from your Ace detector. Changing the ‘sensitivity’ can alter whether the metal detector finds smaller or larger pieces of metal. Higher sensitivity will mean the detector can detect smaller pieces of metal that are more abstractly shaped. Metal detecting is a great hobby for kids. Not only does it improve concentration levels, but it also encourages them outside to exercise in the fresh air and that’s certainly something all parents are angling for. x AA batteries are required, and they don’t come included. Although the batteries last a while with occasional use, it still needs more batteries than the majority of metal-detectors featured on this list. Mode we’ll talk about below and sensitivity, well, that helps you hone in on targets with more accuracy on good hunting ground. If you’re on mineralized ground, turn that sensitivity down or it’ll be falsing and sending out squeals.There’s also a coin depth feature that tells you how far down to dig. It has 2 inch, 4 inch, 6 inch, and 8 inch plus markers. This is handy because it kept mess to a minimum and ensured we weren’t digging more than needed (it’s hard work!). The LCD display has a battery indicator but unfortunately, it does not work for the 150 it was only ever added to the software ready for it’s successor the Garrett Ace 250 which is a shame. A display which shows the modes you have selected, a depth of target indicator which shows you roughly how deep your item is, and a sensitivity bar to show you how sensitive you have set the machine. If you’ve previously bought a cheap machine and gotten discouraged by the constant bleeping and nothing to be found Garrett will change your mind. These are best for younger children, between the ages of 4 – 9 years old. They weigh less than 1 kg and are therefore more suitable for children to use and carry without getting tired. Older children (10 +) should be able to support heavier detectors, which can weigh between 1 – 2 kg. Waterproof Search Coil

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Suitable for children of different heights, the stem can be extended from 47 cm to 78 cm. Another benefit of this is that it’s easy to store a carry the detector, particularly useful if taking it on holiday or transporting it to the beach. The coil also folds up flush against the stem to make it more compact. Coin and jewelry modes filter out any iron signals and focus on metal that coins and jewelry are most often made from such as gold, brass, copper, bronze and silver. On the flip side, there are pricey metal detectors that require delicate handling and no parent wants to hand their child an expensive piece of kit only to see it broken or abandoned. My son was testing a Garrett ACE 150 and when we got closer than 5-6 metres our detectors started screaming at one another like two grumpy cats. Overall the machine I feel would be the perfect starter, and I can see why it is recommended as one of the best beginner detectors. If you are working with a budget and want to know if metal detecting is for you then this machine is a very low price, simple, effective machine. If you have a little bit more money to play with then perhaps it would be worthwhile reading the review for the successor of the 150 the Garrett Ace 250 model.What you’ll be looking at for the most time is the identification scale. This is Garrett’s numeric target ID and it’ll tell you what you’ve found before digging. Unlike the previous models of the Garrett ACE, this new addition lets the user control and fine tune the Iron Discrimination levels. It also has a simple LCD display, which will create more interest for children, even though it’s mostly useful for displaying how much battery power is left rather than revealing anything useful about the location of any potential finds.