First Find With The Garrett Ace 250

First Find With The Garrett Ace 250

Here is my first ever find with my Garrett Ace 250. It an old milk or cream bottle top I believe.

It says " Farmers Wife". Double Devon Cream. The only reason I kept it was because it was my first find metal detecting. Hopefully there will be some much better finds to come.

Stay tuned for some more finds.

Found More Junk

Found More Junk

Im really going to have to change the places im going as all that seems to be there is junk. Was out yesturday in a small wooded area, right next to lots of farmers fields. I found nothing but junk. Things like, FOIL! Big pieces of rotten metal, and what looked like a hub cap from an old Mini car. Looked like a UFO.

 I am going to have to start going to other places, like parks, playing fields, places that the public frequent a lot. Might have more chance of actually finding something worth taking a picture of....Something worth money!

Quick Metal Detect

Quick Metal Detect

Had a quick half hour metal detect the other day. Had a few good signals that vanished after being dug!!?? What was it? Who knows... I think maybe underground power cables or something.

I found more junk. Many bits of foil. Some pieces of old rusty metal, and also a big, long, heavy metal bar!

Still havent found anything of value. Im thinking about where else i can go..Got a few places in mind.

Fingers crossed!

Metal Detecting - Shotgun Cartridges

Metal Detecting - Shotgun Cartridges

Metal detecting last week in some woods. Searched high and low but didn't find anything except SHOTGUN CARTRIDGES! Loads of them..All that was left of them was the metal end, the rest had rotted away. Quite annoying really, because once you got used to the sound the metal detector was making when it found a cartridge, you would get another, different sound. So you had to dig it.. ~Only to be met with another shotgun cartridge but made by a different company that must of used a different type of metal then the previous ones i had found.

 The only thing I truly found on this day was, the Garrett Ace 250 is one hell of a good metal detector, capable of finding tiny pieces of metal quite far down. I know that sooner or later i will find something good!

 

Hot Rocks!

Hot Rocks!


Went and had a little metal detect the other day....It was the maddest i have been since getting the detector..Digging up looads of junk, it was a cold day, i kept on tripping over the headphone wire as its so long. Not a good day.

I was detecting in a wooded area, but then decided to move onto the farmers field and try my luck there. Straight away i was getting good signals.........Yes! i thought. After digging and digging there was no metal item to be seen. I left that hole and started scanning the ground again. Within a few swings of the detector i had another good signal, this time i wasn't going to stop until i found was it was. After digging for ages, the signal went away, so whatever the object was, it was now in the dirt already dug up.

After looking and looking though all the dirt i started throwing stones toward the coil and one of them made a beep! It's what ive found out to be called a HOT ROCK. It's like a hollow stone that has some sort of metal in it, and they are a pain in the ass. Totally worthless. I wasted so much time on them.

Steer clear of the hot rocks.

I Found A Coin Metal Detecting

Yeah, i went out yesterday on a metal detecting mission, and as well as finding the bottom of a few cans and lots of foil, i found a coin!. Don't get excited, it was only an old ½ Pence piece, which was badly corroded. I could just about make out what it was.

Im planning to go back to where i found it. There were some nice open fields that i want to have a go on. You never know i might get lucky.

I will keep at it, i do not give up easily. I really want to find some gold, because i know once i do, i'll be hooked forever..

I bought a fold up mini spade from ebay, took it with me on my hunt, used it for a few minutes and ended up breaking it! It looked tough enough but it just couldn't handle the tough ground and my brute force. I emailed the seller and told him it bust straight away and he said it much have been defective and gave me a full refund. The spade is still useable, even though its bent you can still dig with it. I will wait till it gives way completely then get a new one...Trying to find a mini spade is hard work, the only ones i managed to find were the fold away ones and there not too good..

Until the next time...

I Found 12 Pence Last Night With My Metal Detector!

I Found 12 Pence Last Night!


I went out with my metal detector last night, late at night and found 12 Pence lol. The detector (Ace 250) was going crazy.!! I couldn't walk one step without it giving me a good signal. A few stella bottle tops, and a few ring pulls later i found 12 p. I also found a 2 pence that was chewed to bits...Maybe from one of those lawn mowers that the council drive when cutting the grass. But i know there is much more stuff there as i only searched about 2% of the whole green area. It was just too dark and too cold to carry on any longer. Im gonna go back on there one of the days or nights and give it a good search.


The Garrett Ace 250 Is a very good Metal Detector. Sensitive as hell. I know if anythings under the ground where i search the Garrett finds it. Even tiny objects. Until next time.

I don't think it's worth me taking pictures of a dirty 12 Pence, but when i find something good i will post a picture of it on here. Peace.

New To Metal Detecting

New To Metal Detecting


OK, so after reading the story in the paper about the guy that found all that old Anglo Saxon gold in Staffordshire, UK, thought to be worth a few million it got me thinking. All the old places i go to walking my dog that have probably never been metal detected, why don't i buy a metal detector and give it a go..I have always been interested in discovering things. And the thought of finding old things that might be worth money was enough to make me go out and buy a metal detector.

I had been reading about the Garrett Ace 250 for a while before i bought one. Mostly all the reviews were good. So i took the plunge and bought one off eBay. It came with Free coil cover, free Garrett Headphones, 2 year warranty, and i also got a free coins book because the eBay seller took the P*SS with the delivery and ended up dropping the Ace 250 to my house in person! I was angry at this and felt like leaving negative feedback, but i thought to myself, well, i got it in the end. Im still not sure whether to leave bad feedback or not..I'm thinking maybe i shouldn't beings that i would have to send the detector back under warranty if anything goes wrong with it, and if i left them bad feedback they might be funny about me returning it, or they might take the P*SS sorting it out because of the bad feedback.

Anyway, i have been out a few times with the Garrett 250 and i must say, it's a superb little machine!. It's very sensitive. I have not found anything of value yet but from what i have found, i can tell that if there was anything valuable to find - the Garrett Ace 250 would of found it. I have found lots of junk and a few weird looking items. Locks, battered coins, something that looks like a nut cracker, a fair few keys, a car ignition barrel and lots more junk like foil, can etc. But i do think it's only a matter of time before i find something of value. I think the more i get used to the Garrett the more i will find. I have only been out with it a few times so a lot of learning ahead yet.

I can't wait till the next time i go out metal detecting. I am addicted to it already!.

Will keep you posted on my adventures and any finds i get.