Best Relic Hunting Coil for XT-70?

[Canewrap]

Out of the coils available for Xterra 70, which one would be the optimal relic hunting coil? Seems to me that it would have to balance seperation with depth. I just can't seem to come up with one coil that is universal enough in a relic site. I either have a coil that has great seperation (the 6" DD comes to mind) and decent depth, but no real coverage, or a larger coil (10"+) that covers a good amount of ground and gets great depth, but has lousy seperation.

 

[khouse]

I would guess any of the 10.5 dd coils would do good. Although I rarely relic hunt my 10.5 HFDD coil goes pretty deep. I can run the sens at 15 and still scoop targets to 8 inches in the sand VB courts. I would imagine on large targets you could hear it way down there.

 

[Canewrap]

Yeah, I'm wondering if I didn't get the wrong coil. I got the 10.5" 7.5 kHz and while it goes deep it can't seperate as well as the stock coil. Anybody have a 10.5" 18.75 kHz they want to trade?

 

[khouse]

I don't know why your MFDD coil doesn't separate targets good. I would think it would be the same as the 10.5 HFDD coil in separation?

 

[Steve(MS)]

You are correct in that large coils will go deeper but may at times suffer in separation.
The best approach is to use small the coil in the more trashy areas and use the large for depth and coverage. Then there are areas you may want to use both coils to see if one can find something the other missed.
HH