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AT Pro coil covers, do you use them?

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RolandDeschain

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What are the positives and negatives of coil covers? The price is not an issue as they are cheap. I know they protect the coil. Is there any downside to them?
 
Get one I've haven't had one on my At Pro since I bought it and so far have made a few mild dings on the edges of the coil. These At pros have pretty soft coils. I'm gonna order one soon for shure. No downside just gotta clean under neath the coil cover once and a while.
 
Abolutely no downside to using one ... it will extend the life of the coil and has no adverse effect on performance. :thumbup:
 
It's rocky around here, so I need something to protect the coil. The coil covers chip easily, so I had tried truck bed liner spray, but eventually found that roof sealer spray (Flex-Seal or Rustoleum LeakSeal) goes on thick, maintains some 'rubberiness' and lasts a long, long time, so that's what I use these days.
 
I would never go without one. But I find that my main machine last year was going kind of bonkers and I couldn't figure it out. Then I pulled the coil cover off for a cleaning. It was packed with mud from two years of farm field use.
 
Hi William , do you mean that you spray the product on the cracked coil cover or directly on the bare coil? Thanks for all the answers.
 
I cant think of a negative regarding coil covers...just positives, though I've never had one myself on any of my machines with no ill effects...yet. Just saying you could probably live without one..sort of like a seat belt, the one time you crash your coil into a rock, or your detector falls off the back of your tailgate..whatever, probably consider it cheap insurance.
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stinkfoot said:
I would never go without one. But I find that my main machine last year was going kind of bonkers and I couldn't figure it out. Then I pulled the coil cover off for a cleaning. It was packed with mud from two years of farm field use.
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I reckon a person needs to look at their personal hunting "conditions" to decide if it is beneficial or not to go with a cover or not. Water and dirt not a good mixture between coil cover and coil. Same thing happened to me. I used silicone to seal it all up and then had to replace coil later on. Part of the game, I guess.
 
:super:good idea in rocky areas, on the beach its a hassle you need to pull the coil of to get the sand out from under it, every time you use it.for myself i hunt the beach and i painted my coil whit super glue to stop the sand abrasion it works well
 
The positives of a coil cover is you can scrub the ground with your coil which equals greater depth. The negatives are if you don't have one on your coil, eventually you will be buying a new coil.

Buy a coil cover and use it. Coils are expensive
 
Hi Roland,
I spray the coil itself- just the bottom and sides, especially L & R sides that take the most wear.
 
firstring said:
stinkfoot said:
I would never go without one. But I find that my main machine last year was going kind of bonkers and I couldn't figure it out. Then I pulled the coil cover off for a cleaning. It was packed with mud from two years of farm field use.
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I reckon a person needs to look at their personal hunting "conditions" to decide if it is beneficial or not to go with a cover or not. Water and dirt not a good mixture between coil cover and coil. Same thing happened to me. I used silicone to seal it all up and then had to replace coil later on. Part of the game, I guess.
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Good tip thanks. I peeled the cover off by a small creek and swooshed everything out. Worked likity split after that. Good point about the conditions, if I only swept park grass I probably wouldn't need a cover.
 
I've heard stuff can accumulate i the cover and affect the machines performance. Also saw a post about another machine that had pitting in the coil from the cover fusing to the coil some how because the guy never cleaned it. I take my cover off and clean it and the coil every now and then.
 
Be very careful taking the covers off though! I had one crack when I tried to pull it off (first time ever). They do keep lots of scratches off the coil.
 
I leave mine on all the time, but occasionally remove it to clean out the crud that gets trapped between cover and coil. The first cover cracked when I removed it one cold day. Now I warm it with a blow drier first; the heat expands it a bit and makes it more pliable so it comes off easier.
 
I've used them on all of my detectors. They're worth it, in my opinion. I'd chose spending $12 to replace a worn coil cover over $130 or so to replace a coil with a crack or leak in it.
 
I'm wondering what per centage of coils are replaced due to wear. I'm wondering what per centage of coils are replaced due to neglect or "pilot error". No one has witnessed some of the things people use their detector to do, right? Covers do serve a purpose, but coil covers don't fix stupidity.
 
Best reason of all. It will keep your resale value higher. So when the new At pro platnium comes out you can get top dollar for your old at pro or gold version. :clapping:
 
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