I am a jewelry hunter. I am armed with an MXT and 5.3 coil. I have many other coils, but the 5.3 out performs the others by 200%. It very seldom comes off the detector. It gets outstanding depth, with dime size gold pendents at 7" and a silver ring at 11" to it's many credits. It is the jewelry hunters best friend.
Not liking the DD's much and none of the elliptical coils, but having an occasional need for a super sniper coil, I bought a 5" exceleretor 2 .
This little coil is great. It pin points like a rifle shot, VDI's very close, has tremendous separation of close targets, and my deepest find so far, was at 6". That is pretty impressive depth for a 5" coil. My ground varies between 57 and 67. Very mild.
Anybody looking for a great alternative to the elliptical coils and has a need to cherry pick really high trash areas, would not go wrong with this coil.
But beware, it cannot pass up a bottle cap.