Rings with the 250

[Gary]

It was a week ago and I was complaining and this week 3 rings,go figure I aint doin nuthin different!

[drver]

Congrats Gary!
You did do one thing different, you put the coil over the rings this week.

[Bearharold]

Congrats on the rings gary I have yet to find my first ring so know how you felt . But now you can sleep good knowing your doing it right and it was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time . HH Harold

[johnhinnc]

I have only found one silver dime. I have found 3 rings. (not valuable) a ton of clad and several large pieces of iron. One place I have been hunting is a city park right in downtown Raleigh. The park has been there since the late 1800's and yet I can not find anything old there yet. One of the problems might be that there is so much trash there in some areas that I discriminate many items out. Perhaps I should be digging all those nickel sounds?
Comments, suggestions?
Thanks..

[sandyfeet]

When you get a solid nickel hit get excited.....most heavier gold rings hit there... smaller gold....bracelets and small bands will often hit in the foil range.

Happy huntin.
Sandyfeet

[EBCIII]

Hey John welcome to the site! Glad you dropped by. Good luck with that park. I hate hunting in trashy areas. The good nickle hits should be dug. I found a very nice 10k ring a couple of weeks ago on a nickle hit, Beale.

[Digging Fool]

It's funny how the metal that we all want(gold) gives us such a weak signal. I missed a 5.00 gold coin back YEARS ago, and went over it numerous times. I remember digging that spot one day, and had the signal disappear on me, so I left it. Then, a friend(whom I didn't know at the time) bought a Garrett GTA 1000, and one Sunday morning before church, he went to the old college that we had "hunted out" and dug 2 items.....a Lincoln cent and then the 5.00 gold coin, which graded ex fine. He was even featured in an ad for Garrett with his coin. This was in 1991, I think. Anyway, it taught me to dig lower-quality signals.......

[Ric-san]

Gary;

Glad to see that this post is still alive, it shows us all how popular the Ace-250 really is. I have switched not to 'Relic' mode almost 100% now as it to me seems to be working quite well. Now what is displayed aint alwys what you gets... I was at an older park in Pensacola that I'd say dates back to the 1800's looking for some treasure two weeks ago. the tot lot looked good but was a bust. So I stuck to swinging from the sidewalks to about 3 feet outoard. I got a great sound ad the display would ring between $1 and $.50 cent piece. I'm getting all excited thinking I fond me a sweet Morgan or Walking half... 8-10 inches latter the Indian Head penny(which must have been vertical on the side of the hole dug, just fell in). Boy has that been a sweet find. Now my neighbor Mark wants us to go back and start to grid the place out...I'm definitely for that and even thought I have been faithfully using a sniper coil here lately, I actually used the stock coil on that find....

Rick

[johnhinnc]

The problem at the park I mentioned is the number of pull tabs. They all hit as a nickel. I'm going to keep at it though. I don't give up easy.

[drver]

John it's not a good thing but it's how it is.
Personal experience. Ace set to sense 4 bars, all metal. Hit a solid foil tone, turned out to be a newer pull tab, another solid foil sound....EXACTLY like the last only this one turned out to be a 14K with 5 diamonds.