Garrett Ace 400 Metal Detector
Now this is going to very depending on your soil, how fast you swing, the depth of the target so we'redoing an air test here so the VDI I numbers might not be exactly the same it just depends on those different factors so I just know that when I first got this machine I couldn't find very much information I mean just the basic targets so now that I've been using it over a year once you get used to your machine.
You will begin to do your decision making on whether you're gonna dig a target or not it will depend on the VDI number and the sound of the tone but hopefully this will help some of you that just got ace 400s metal detector it'll give you an approximation of VDI numbers so okay we're going to start out with the infinite infamous bent nail square nail spike medium square nail seems to be like a double signal that comes out for the medium square nail I have no idea like small square nail that's - okay the dreaded Zincoln sounds good doesn't it any copper penny a wheat penny an IHP Indian Head Penny okay I'm going to throw a curve at you.
I detect in a German community it's one of my favorite places to go detecting and this is a German one Pfennig and you will be shocked how it sounds it does not sound like a coin doesn't have the chime sound to it you'll be as shocked as I was when I dug it okay then we have the Canadian large cent which has other metals mixed in with the copper more of a bronze alloy I believe okay this is an American matron head large cent okay modern nickel doesn't have the chime sound Vnicke l sounds the same modern clad dime Mercury dime barber dime clad Washington quarter silver Washington quarter barber half 1978 Eisenhower dollar Pry off style bottle cap sounds like a coin doesn't it screw off bottle cap sounds like a coin that's why you gotta take it.
all okay now we're going to do some relics an older shotgun head stamp with the paper cartridge sounds like a lot of other things that you dig the in famous Chucky Cheese bazinga then that's all good hey this one will shock you a dog tag dog license sounds like a coin but it's not okay a fired bullet lead a fishing sinker isn't that funny? The reason why it has that chime sound let me show you where you attach it is a different metal so you're getting that chime sound that sounds like a coin when in fact it's a fishing sinker miscellaneous buckle okay ladies makeup compact lid very old that sounds like it coin - okay American Civil War Eagle button four hole sewing button sounds like a coin doesn't it silver earring okay sterling tie tack 14 karat gold wedding band vintage French 18 karat gold ladies pocket wash okay and at most home sites you will find the dreaded mason jar lid with the milk glass insert sounds like a coin doesn't it lantern part this is on its side it's gonna sound like that okay the wicked one a pull tab, the washer a very old key a modern key a vintage pencil and the wicked screw so these this is just an air test you know it's going to depend on all those factors.
You will begin to do your decision making on whether you're gonna dig a target or not it will depend on the VDI number and the sound of the tone but hopefully this will help some of you that just got ace 400s metal detector it'll give you an approximation of VDI numbers so okay we're going to start out with the infinite infamous bent nail square nail spike medium square nail seems to be like a double signal that comes out for the medium square nail I have no idea like small square nail that's - okay the dreaded Zincoln sounds good doesn't it any copper penny a wheat penny an IHP Indian Head Penny okay I'm going to throw a curve at you.
I detect in a German community it's one of my favorite places to go detecting and this is a German one Pfennig and you will be shocked how it sounds it does not sound like a coin doesn't have the chime sound to it you'll be as shocked as I was when I dug it okay then we have the Canadian large cent which has other metals mixed in with the copper more of a bronze alloy I believe okay this is an American matron head large cent okay modern nickel doesn't have the chime sound Vnicke l sounds the same modern clad dime Mercury dime barber dime clad Washington quarter silver Washington quarter barber half 1978 Eisenhower dollar Pry off style bottle cap sounds like a coin doesn't it screw off bottle cap sounds like a coin that's why you gotta take it.
all okay now we're going to do some relics an older shotgun head stamp with the paper cartridge sounds like a lot of other things that you dig the in famous Chucky Cheese bazinga then that's all good hey this one will shock you a dog tag dog license sounds like a coin but it's not okay a fired bullet lead a fishing sinker isn't that funny? The reason why it has that chime sound let me show you where you attach it is a different metal so you're getting that chime sound that sounds like a coin when in fact it's a fishing sinker miscellaneous buckle okay ladies makeup compact lid very old that sounds like it coin - okay American Civil War Eagle button four hole sewing button sounds like a coin doesn't it silver earring okay sterling tie tack 14 karat gold wedding band vintage French 18 karat gold ladies pocket wash okay and at most home sites you will find the dreaded mason jar lid with the milk glass insert sounds like a coin doesn't it lantern part this is on its side it's gonna sound like that okay the wicked one a pull tab, the washer a very old key a modern key a vintage pencil and the wicked screw so these this is just an air test you know it's going to depend on all those factors.