New Detectorist finds - 2018

Hi All, I have in the last few weeks purchased an Ace 300i and I am really enjoying the hunt so far. I posted in the "Introduce yourself" section and thought I would follow it up with a pic of my finds so far.

I have been detecting a local park near my house and have spent about 3-4hrs learning the machine with some ok results so far. I have watched a ton of youtube videos for some tips as well.

I mainly use "Relic" mode on the 300i at the moment to get a few more targets and to get rid of the lower portion of metal, does that seem right?

The silver bracelet has 925 on the clasp and possibly another number on the piece next to it. Its silver im assuming, not sure how much of the bracelet is silver or just the clasp as yet. It cleaned up very easily and has a little weight to it so i am hoping its all silver of some sort.

A few spendables too which is nice. Ill be trying to find some older parts of town (Lismore Northern NSW) to find some Pre Dec coins in the near future hopefully too.

After my initial few hunts I decided to buy an AT Pro pin pointer and boy has that made a big difference in find time, I am very happy with that purchase.



I am looking forward to some more hunting as we have has some rain recently and the ground is a bit softer now.

Excellent work Tiezto !
I also have the ace 300, will be interested to see what difference (if any) in the ID numbers between our machines.
I have done up a ID chard on my thread if you would like to refer to it against your machine. https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24774
Good luck with the hunts mate

Doin well already mate !
right from the get go.
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Well done mate onto a good start and looking forward to seeing what else you find. 8)

Hi LORD,

I did some air tests in my shed and came up with the following in all metal mode with full sensitivity. I didn't always get a single number but they were always 1 either side.

$1 and $2 - 84/85
50c - 80/81
20c - 78/79
10c - 72
5c - 64

The only pre dec coins I had

2c - 91
1c - 86/87
Penny - 91/92
Silver 3p and 6p - 86 and 88
50% 3p and 6p - 80 and 84

I tried some of the Mrs gold rings and they were in the range of 73-81

Pull tabs around 78

Ill do some better tests at some stage

Nice work mate, well done. The whole bracelet have to be silver, surely?

I had a spur of the moment detect for an hr or so and my first beach swing today to test out my 300i. I went to an area that didnt have anyone there and here are my results. A $2 and a 1969 1c, an old watch and a heap of nails/tent pegs. I couldnt believe the loud and clear high tones on the nails at 3-8" deep. For such small targets i was very impressed with the 300i. Not sure what they are made of but they rang up high and clear. The 300i had no issues on dry sand and even semi wet sand, the $2 was about 4" deep in semi wet sand and clear as day. I look forward to some more beach swinging in the future in some more heavily used areas.

I had a quick hr at a park near my house today and found the following. Some coins and a bead and a pendant of some sort. The bead has S 925 on it so i assume its silver (Pandora?) Still getting used to the 300i. Happy so far.

I just checked and it is Pandora. S925 ALE is geniune Pandora. Sterling Silver. Woohoo!

The truck is a 1979 Hotwheels too. It might clean up ok.

My wifes star sign is Aquarius too. Score! Browny points incoming lol

Took a mate to the beach yesterday for a hunt to show him my machine as he is interested in getting into detecting. He is set on getting an Equinox 800 he thinks.

The results.

Nice hunt
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Have you watched videos on it all mate.
https://www.google.com.au/search?ei.....mobile-gws-wiz-serp.......0i71.TQouUAfY83w=

silver said:

Nice hunt
:Y: O :Y:
Have you watched videos on it all mate.
https://www.google.com.au/search?ei.....mobile-gws-wiz-serp.......0i71.TQouUAfY83w=

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Yeah have seen a heap of them, not many show target ID's etc in australia or show what settings people use though. Ive been working it out myself. I mostly use Relic Mode. Too many bottle tops and ring pulls have different IDs to discriminate them out, would lose too many coins and jewelry if I did.

I hunt in all metal, or jewellery if it gets to noisy for me. Custom has right five on for high tone hunting.

silver said:

I hunt in all metal, or jewellery if it gets to noisy for me. Custom has right five on for high tone hunting.

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What is the lowest ID you have had for gold jewelry?

Tiezto said:

silver said:

I hunt in all metal, or jewellery if it gets to noisy for me. Custom has right five on for high tone hunting.

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What is the lowest ID you have had for gold jewelry?

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Mid tone, I don't dig the lowtones unless they have a bit of high tone both ways as well (and if the tone is one way only I walk on) :Y:

Had another quick beach hunt today for an hr or so. Another $5 and my first ring. A "Playboy" ring lol

Whoever wore that ring must have thought he was a big man :lol:
Don't spose it's silver?

ktmman said:

Whoever wore that ring must have thought he was a big man :lol:
Don't spose it's silver?

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I dont think so. Not stamped anywhere i can see. And yeah, not the sort if ring you would catch me wearing lol

That ring is a funny one for the collection.