Yesterday I hunted a very trashy spot in front of a row of old cabins. First I took my C$ with the stock coil and made two passes(about 150 foot long) and with a slow sweep and very deliberate overlaps, I found 13 coins(2 wheats and 1 mercury dime) . I went back to the truck and put on my new Sunray cs5 coil and I followed my exact same steps. I do realize that coins can and will be missed in a line 150 feet long, but what I found stunned me. I have always used small coils, but I have never done this so it proved that small is better. My second passes with the small coil got me 23 coins(2 more wheats and one more silver roosie) I believe the C$ is one of the better trashy site detectors made, but I surely didn't think I could have missed that many coins! What absolutely amazed me was the fact that probably half of these coins were less than 3 inches deep. For all you C$ users, I had the iron disc a 99 and foil and tabs notched. There is a tremendous amount of trash in this spot. I did dig some trash my first pass so I guess that could have opened up the coins for my second pass, but 23 more coins made me more of a believer than I already am. R.L.
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A Very Unscientific Small Coil Test
- Thread starter RLOH
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Jackpine Savage
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Good post RL,
One of these days I am going to mark targets the 5.75" on my Edge finds at a couple older sites and then switch to the 8" and see what it thinks of them. I just never get around to doing those kinds of tests.
I do know that the smaller coils are necessary around the "iron pits" found at most older sites and can go surprisingly deep too.
Tom
One of these days I am going to mark targets the 5.75" on my Edge finds at a couple older sites and then switch to the 8" and see what it thinks of them. I just never get around to doing those kinds of tests.
I do know that the smaller coils are necessary around the "iron pits" found at most older sites and can go surprisingly deep too.Tom
Small coils, stock coils and larger coils all have their place in ones arsenal...almost makes 1 detector into 3 detectors....
Fisher units over the years have always been excellent units but easily masked especially by iron. I think in this instance the small coil alleviated the masking and in reality is perhaps quite scientific to a degree. Experimenting certainly makes us better detectorists..Do remember if you change areas perhaps the stock 8 or larger coil might be the winner in further tests..What I like about a small coil it really teaches one the value of ground coverage and swing essentials not to mention super pinpointing and less weight on the arm..In addendum whatever works....
Fisher units over the years have always been excellent units but easily masked especially by iron. I think in this instance the small coil alleviated the masking and in reality is perhaps quite scientific to a degree. Experimenting certainly makes us better detectorists..Do remember if you change areas perhaps the stock 8 or larger coil might be the winner in further tests..What I like about a small coil it really teaches one the value of ground coverage and swing essentials not to mention super pinpointing and less weight on the arm..In addendum whatever works....