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May 20, 2026 - 04:23 PM
The Garrett ACE Apex offers 175 points of ground balance resolution, ranging from ferrous ground to saltwater, the same span as the Garrett AT Max. This lets you tune the detector to local soil mineralization without losing target ID stability, if you're hunting in iron-rich clay, leached sand, wet salt sand, or freshwater park turf. You can use automatic ground balance to let the detector set the ground balance reading, or you can manually adjust the ground balance in single-point increments. Locking the ground balance prevents the detector from tracking into large buried iron targets, which keeps target ID numbers stable even when coil height varies slightly over uneven ground. For more options in the same price bracket, see our metal detectors $200 to $400 collection.
