December 2008 Archives

Minelab Excalibur Strikes Gold!

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I love to spend a day at the beach, there are just so many good things about it! The view is always good, the water refreshing and if you like to metal detect like I do, then the beach is one of the best places to find gold and that is exactly what my Minelab Excalibur found today! The weather was perfect today! The sky was a rich blue with streaks of white clouds that looked as if they were painted with a cotton tipped brush, the air temperature was around 80 degrees, the water temperature was around 70 degrees and the tide was working it’s way out. This left behind a ton of exposed beach with plenty of opportunities to find buried treasures of all kinds. 

I cranked on my Minelab Excalibur and started working the low tide line. The sand felt good underneath my bare feet as I walked north keeping my coil close to the ground and listening for that wonderful beep that signals treasure has just passed underneath my coil.

 It is easy to lose track of time as the beach passes and the birds fly overhead and I often do just that.  I had been finding quite a few coins that seem to be scattered all over the beach.  Then I hit what I like to call a ” Sticky spot”. This is an area of beach where every foot or so you find a coin and they have been lost at sea for quite a while. The color of the coins is always a good indicator, they are often green with corrosion.  I was digging coins like mad, my pocket was full of them, then my Minelab excalibur gave me a faint signal just barely audible. It must be a deep target. I pinpointing the spot easily and starting digging with my beach scoop. One scoop revealed that I was getting close to the target. The next scoop and the hole was empty so whatever was giving my the signal had to be in my sand scoop. I dumped the sand out and laying right on top was this gold ring with seven small diamonds. 

It is an amazing thing to find some gold on the beach while metal detecting. If you want to try you need to look at the Minelab Excalibur. It will find gold and silver jewelry and coins. You really can’t go wrong with one. 

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Garrett Ace 250 Review

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The Garrett Ace 250 offers great depth and is one of the best coin detectors on the market. With all of the features that the Garrett Ace 250 has to offer you would expect to pay much more! Metal detecting is a hobby that just about anyone can enjoy. You can get some exercise and in the process you might find some old coins, jewelry or relics. The Garrett Ace 250 is an excellent entry level metal detector and it will get you hooked on the hobby that pays for itself.

The Garrett Ace 250 has five search modes to cover just about any metal detectorists needs. This is an easy system to get the hang of. It just depends on where you are and what you are looking for. You can order your detector today, conveniently with our online ordering system. If you have some form of online payment like http://www.lovemoney.com/creditcards/ or Paypal it’ll take no time at all. Before you know it you will be tracking down loot like a professional.

 

  1. All Metal Mode – The name says it all. This mode of operation will detect everything metal.
  2. Jewelry Mode – This mode of operation will help eliminate all of the trash and ID only jewelry.
  3. Relics Mode – This mode of operation will help you ID old Relics.
  4. Coin Mode – This mode of operation will help you Id coins before you dig them and ignore other garbage. Using the LCD screen you can see what coin is buried and about how deep it is!
  5. Custom Mode – This mode of operation is for more advanced operation and will allow you to notch or ignore certain objects based on their metallic values.
With all of these fancy modes of operation you would think something would get sacrificed but it doesn’t. The Garrett Ace 250 is easy to operate and I have used all modes of operation sucessfully. I especially like the coin mode and have found quite a few old coins with my Garrett Ace 250.

 


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GARRETT ACE 250 Metal Detector
GARRETT ACE 250 Metal Detector
Price :$152.5
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Weighing in at a little over 2 and half pounds the Garrett Ace 250 is a  lightweight yet durable metal detector that works great and won’t tire you out. 


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Pinpointing a target is made easy with a one button pinpoint mode. Suppose you are detecting and you get a target, just press the pinpoint button and move the search coil over the target area. Listen for the tone to pinpoint your target  every time!

 
Pinpointing with a Garrett ACE 250

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