Metal Detecting

[firestorm]

I have always been interested by history and even more by local history, which is one of the few interests me and my father have in common.As my dad is now in his 70s but very fit and active for his age. i thought a metal detector would be a good way of spending some time with my dad while keeping him active.
If there are any enthusiasts that could help me deiced. I was looking at buying a Garrett Treasure Ace 250 or a 150 for my dad as a fathers day present(and one for my self) the 150 is cheaper but has less functions is it worth paying the extra for the 250?.
I have found a couple of good spots to start.A moated medieval building that has been destroyed over a 150 years and is not scheduled and is not well known locally.There is a roman road with in 1/2 a mile and there was a iron age burrow a close by that was sadly destroyed for an industrial estate.This makes me think that there has been over 2000 years of occupation around the site.The area is on farmland so with permission from the farmer me and my dad could go looking for artifacts and have them listed to preserve the site for future.
If any one could offer any advise it would be appreciated.

[ecufix]

I have always been interested by history and even more by local history, which is one of the few interests me and my father have in common.As my dad is now in his 70s but very fit and active for his age. i thought a metal detector would be a good way of spending some time with my dad while keeping him active.
If there are any enthusiasts that could help me deiced. I was looking at buying a Garrett Treasure Ace 250 or a 150 for my dad as a fathers day present(and one for my self) the 150 is cheaper but has less functions is it worth paying the extra for the 250?.
I have found a couple of good spots to start.A moated medieval building that has been destroyed over a 150 years and is not scheduled and is not well known locally.There is a roman road with in 1/2 a mile and there was a iron age burrow a close by that was sadly destroyed for an industrial estate.This makes me think that there has been over 2000 years of occupation around the site.The area is on farmland so with permission from the farmer me and my dad could go looking for artifacts and have them listed to preserve the site for future.
If any one could offer any advise it would be appreciated.

The ACE 250 would get my vote , I personaly use the Garret Deepseeker , very old ,very good, enjoy every minute, limited to beach searches at the moment , find lotsa trash , coins , a set of car keys , no gold or buried treasure yet ,enjoy ,regards

[Kalipo]

Not really up on this but ive heard in the past that digging on victorian landfill sites can bring up lots off good things.. i know there is a few around here.. but not sure if there is any in your area??

[cactikid]

while browsing through the history channel there was a program about a group of people with metal detectors on a field that was ploughed and they went searching one of them had a more advanced model that would penetrate deeper and could find different metals i think,he dug up a roman gold coin

[tornado]

I have a ace 250 and it works fine and not hard to use,the only thing i found was they dont work well on wet sand but on land was very good,i would also get your self a pin pointer as well.

[ajax2061]

bet I could find some stuff round here, good old king Charles did a runner and visited a stately home very near to where I live and one of the pubs in town but tbh don't have the time

[adedave]

Both machines weigh 1.2kg (2.7lb ) & operate on 6.5 kHz
A field test says "ther are both cracking good entry-level detectors, it's whether you opt for the standard ford escort or the ghia version; both will do the same job, but the ghia has more refinements for ease of use."

[cactikid]

there ya go m8.

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[super jumbe]

If he is fit enough to go miles dragging metal detector not a good idea, buy him a fishing rod, those big salmons out there will be a good stamina test if he can get them out of sea.