What am i doing WRONG ??

[USTiger]

Hi all i need serius help.
i went out today to an old park to use my New ACE250 ,, unfortnely there was a big family gartering at the park so i could not detect there.. i went to an old school that have been closed for 15 years i went over to the playground and set the mode to jewelry and sensitivity 3-4 .. and after about 3 minutes i got my first signal about 6 inch down i was happy finaly i could dig up something, i grap the digger and start digging.. 6 inches down still nothing,, ok i think i will expand my hold and maybe i was off a bit ,, after the hole is 15 x 15 inch and 8 inch deep i give up .. nothing there,, i go on and after 4 minutes i get a nickel signal 4 inches down ,, again i dig and again NOTHING. after about 7 empty holes i startet to get frustratet.

NOW I ASK YOU FRIENDS WHAT DID I DO WRONG ????

3 hours nothing .. on my way home i do what i allways do eyeball the road and i find 2 pennies.

HELP HELP HELP

USTiger

[rip]

Well for one sounds like you need to learn how to pinpoint.A 15x15 hole is a bit to much ! If your looking for coins and jewelry a 3-4 inch hole should be suficiant.Also mabey try seting your sencitivity higher.In an old school yard you should be getting more signals.When you get a signal cheak to see if its a solid sig.when you pass your coil over it in all directions.Set up a test site and try and get an idea how your machine reacts to different targets including say a coin and a pulltab buried close together.Hope this helps and good luck !

[INDY]

Tiger- I feel your pain, I have had many of those days. When you pull up your plug rescan your hole ANd your plug (just to make sure it is not in the plug) When I don't find the object after I've dug deep enough I also widen the hole, sometimes they are on the side( I still need lots of practice on my pinpointing too) make sure you also rescan the dirt that you have pulled out. Pay attention to what your detector is telling you, I usually hunt in the coin mode, and sometimes when I'm scanning an object, the Ace will beep and then sometimes no beep, the same thing after I dig a hole, beeps and then no beeps; Its like the Ace is telling me that it is junk don't bother. If you watch your detector readout- when it is junk it will jump around (example) between pulltab or nickle and sometimes it will beep. You just have to keep at it and pay attention to the digital readout and the beeps, I know I'm getting better because last night I only had a couple of holes dug that that I couldn't find anything ( compared to every other one) and I found 9 dimes and 2 nickles and 7 pennies !!
Hang in there and Good luck
Bobbi

[NB Digger]

Make sure to sweep over the dirt that comes out of the hole! There may be hot rocks or highly mineralized soil where you are digging and that can also give false signals.
Travis

[TonyinCT]

The Ace250 can be a bit hard to pinpoint with. Go to http://www.garrett.com/hobby/techsup...inpointing.htm
For some great pinpointing tips. Also , you may want to look into an electronic pinpointer such as the Vibrprobe 560. This is invaluable as a tool to find targets.If you need any more help please let ne know.

[Turtlerunner]

I have dug some embarassing holes and found nothing before. Must happen to us all!! I suspect as you get closer to the object the detector gets a better "fix" on it and then differentiates it out. Also I now use a pinpointer and I seldom dig holes without finding something. My favorite pinpointer is an inexpensive woodworking detector called Little Wizard.