Goldpick
Chris Johnson
There's not really much difference between the the 350 and EuroAce, it is mainly down to the expanded iron range and control panel labelling - whether it is a good or bad thing, opinions are usually divided on this, depending on personal preferences and what/where you are detecting. Aside from that, Garrett won't sell you an Ace 350 here, it's the EuroAce or nothing. Most guys that own 350's have purchased them from abroad due to preferring the layout over the EuroAce, or purchased locally before garrett changed over to the international version.
Though I don't like the idea of getting bell tones for everything above foil on the EuroAce, since the bell tones on the Ace250 & 350 usually only hit on $1, $2, larger silver and copper coins, and mid tones for lower denominations. And for this reason The Ace 250/350 excels at cherry picking goldies on the beach and in parks (or aluminium bottle caps). Though you could get around it on the EuroAce by notching out the bottom section of the non-ferrous scale to eliminate unwanted bell tones for various junk items, but you will also miss lower denomination coins below $1/$2 which is a bit counter productive.
The 350 would be not much better than the rest of the Ace range on the beach, nor most other VLF detectors for that matter. The DD coil may help a bit, but you will find that you a drop in sensitivity will still be required to curb falsing on the wet sand - at the expense of some depth of course. If you want a good vlf for working anywhere near wet sand, best to own a detector that can ground balance to salt, the garretts have fixed or preset ground balance.
http://www.garrettaustralia.com.au/euroace/
Quite frankly there are better featured detectors on the market now that offer so much more for the money, look at what you get on the new Fisher F44 for exactly the same price.
Weatherproof, computerised or manual ground balance, backlighting, iron audio are just some of the features that are lacking on the Garrett Ace series.
Though I don't like the idea of getting bell tones for everything above foil on the EuroAce, since the bell tones on the Ace250 & 350 usually only hit on $1, $2, larger silver and copper coins, and mid tones for lower denominations. And for this reason The Ace 250/350 excels at cherry picking goldies on the beach and in parks (or aluminium bottle caps). Though you could get around it on the EuroAce by notching out the bottom section of the non-ferrous scale to eliminate unwanted bell tones for various junk items, but you will also miss lower denomination coins below $1/$2 which is a bit counter productive.
The 350 would be not much better than the rest of the Ace range on the beach, nor most other VLF detectors for that matter. The DD coil may help a bit, but you will find that you a drop in sensitivity will still be required to curb falsing on the wet sand - at the expense of some depth of course. If you want a good vlf for working anywhere near wet sand, best to own a detector that can ground balance to salt, the garretts have fixed or preset ground balance.
http://www.garrettaustralia.com.au/euroace/
Quite frankly there are better featured detectors on the market now that offer so much more for the money, look at what you get on the new Fisher F44 for exactly the same price.
Weatherproof, computerised or manual ground balance, backlighting, iron audio are just some of the features that are lacking on the Garrett Ace series.
....just haveing a hard time trying find a place on the gold coast who stock them!....iam no good at waiting and id prefer to tyr buy direct from a shop.
