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Anything gained by hunting without coil cover?
- Thread starter blaughn
- Start date
OldBeechnut
Well-known member
You May have to Fuel up the Lear on this one and have a private meeting with The Professor & VB Max on this subject, they are the Pro's on this subject.....Joe
if you get sand between the coil and cover you might loose some.but in 40 years of hunting iv not had this problem.i never take my coil covers off.back in the old days there were no coil covers and you could nick a coil pretty easy on a rock/coral/shell bed.some say black sand between the coil and cover can make your detector erratic but iv never had this problem eather.some people dont run a coil cover and just coat the coil with Marine Epoxy or Rino truck bed liner.myself,from the day i buy a new detector i never take them off and never had a problem.
Brokensignal
New member
Sand and dirt will build up under the cover.If it is sand from the beach or slightly minerialized dirt it will make the detector false.
If I intend on keeping a coil and not selling it I prefer to leave a coil cover off and enjoy the extra lightness. = less fatigue, more hunting. That extra few ounces make a big differences at the end of a stem!!.
I've enjoyed doing this for a number of year's on a tesoro cleansweep and concentric 8" and their still going strong, in fact I might paint some epoxy on the cleansweep's corners where the scrubbing occurs.
I've enjoyed doing this for a number of year's on a tesoro cleansweep and concentric 8" and their still going strong, in fact I might paint some epoxy on the cleansweep's corners where the scrubbing occurs.
I blaughn
I do think there is more to gain by living the cover on. I do use the coil to level out the sand sometimes. When the sand is uneven in the bottom, with the coil, you can get an extra 2 to 3 inches by scraping the bottom witch is just enough to make the difference between uncertain signal and a sure one. I do not want to use an unprotected coil as a scraper.
1/16 " epoxy is probably heavier than the plastic cover.
By the way, about the weight of the detector: I find to much inconvenient by using the strait shaft and the cross chest mount, so i went back with the original S shaft witch is more performance.
But , yes the excal, is very heavy with the S shaft out of water. I use the help of a bungee to remove 60% of the weight.
I do think there is more to gain by living the cover on. I do use the coil to level out the sand sometimes. When the sand is uneven in the bottom, with the coil, you can get an extra 2 to 3 inches by scraping the bottom witch is just enough to make the difference between uncertain signal and a sure one. I do not want to use an unprotected coil as a scraper.
1/16 " epoxy is probably heavier than the plastic cover.
By the way, about the weight of the detector: I find to much inconvenient by using the strait shaft and the cross chest mount, so i went back with the original S shaft witch is more performance.
But , yes the excal, is very heavy with the S shaft out of water. I use the help of a bungee to remove 60% of the weight.
GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va
New member
there is one spot where i hunt i still use the cover over the epoxy coating.................many big rocks, blocks and stones
i use the cover no where else.
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