Fish N Chips
New member
I headed out to the local park to try my new 5.75 coil. I ground balanced my Eldorado and started swinging. First thing I noticed is the coil is small and makes me go slow to overlap my swings. You can really dissect a small area with it. It did great right up against the play structures and a big metal train the kids play on. I found several dimes and pennies in the bark chips, there is no mistaking a coin with my Tesoro. I find if I ever question a signal it is almost always trash. Deepest coin was about 4 inches in a wet portion of the tot lot. It did very well with discrimination and separating trash, although this park is not very trashy unless you count cigarette butts.
I headed onto the turf. I chose to limit my digging as the ground is very dry right now and I am just getting over a broken rib. I walked to some lusher grass spots to avoid killing the sod. I noticed my depth was very limited, not getting coins over 3 inches deep. It could be a lack of deep targets where I was hunting, but I reset my ground balance and turned my sensitivity into the red. My depth was still only 3 inches. I think it is likely due to the dry conditions and our heavy red clay soil (Tehama County concrete). I have also noticed a big reduction in depth in my larger coils as the summer has gone on. We have not seen rain for 5 months now. It is the longest hottest summer in quite a while for us. Heck, I was digging targets at 6-7 inches on my desert trip a few weeks ago with my 9x8 coil.
I really liked the small coils stability and ability to turn up the sensitivity that high without falsing. The separation with targets was great. I found a coin spill with 4 quarter and some pennies and it gave a beep on each coin. I did notice I got a slight double beep on surface coins, but that may be from having the sensitivity so high. I can really see this working out well at my old spots and around the picnic tables and benches where bottle caps and pull tabs abound. With its discrimination ability and target separation it should really work well picking out good targets.
The hunt was fair. I found 2.78 dollars in change, most surface clad. I was only able to hunt a few hours before the heat drove me home. I can not wait for fall and more field trials with my new coil.
I headed onto the turf. I chose to limit my digging as the ground is very dry right now and I am just getting over a broken rib. I walked to some lusher grass spots to avoid killing the sod. I noticed my depth was very limited, not getting coins over 3 inches deep. It could be a lack of deep targets where I was hunting, but I reset my ground balance and turned my sensitivity into the red. My depth was still only 3 inches. I think it is likely due to the dry conditions and our heavy red clay soil (Tehama County concrete). I have also noticed a big reduction in depth in my larger coils as the summer has gone on. We have not seen rain for 5 months now. It is the longest hottest summer in quite a while for us. Heck, I was digging targets at 6-7 inches on my desert trip a few weeks ago with my 9x8 coil.
I really liked the small coils stability and ability to turn up the sensitivity that high without falsing. The separation with targets was great. I found a coin spill with 4 quarter and some pennies and it gave a beep on each coin. I did notice I got a slight double beep on surface coins, but that may be from having the sensitivity so high. I can really see this working out well at my old spots and around the picnic tables and benches where bottle caps and pull tabs abound. With its discrimination ability and target separation it should really work well picking out good targets.
The hunt was fair. I found 2.78 dollars in change, most surface clad. I was only able to hunt a few hours before the heat drove me home. I can not wait for fall and more field trials with my new coil.