Can't Get my 4x6 Shooter Coil Cover Off - Tips?

[flysar]

I've tried a wooden dowel & hammer and butter knives on the side to keep the cover lip off the coil and I just can't get the cover off. Mary at Whites said we make them to stay on and she's right! I've hunted some loose dirt lately and I need to clean out the debris.

If you have this coil and cover you know the lip on the cover sides tightly fits into the coil groove. Any tips on removal?

 

[Jim in Idaho]

I've never been able to get one off without damaging it. Best thing is to put them on, seal them with silicon caulk, and never remove them until they're shot.
Jim

 

[DW-BGW]

Have you tried warm to hot water? Worked for me. HH Don

 

[flysar]

Have you tried warm to hot water? Worked for me. HH Don

I tried cool, not cold water, because I was a little concerned about putting it in hot water.

Once soaked in warm water what did you do to keep the cover sides loose from the coil. On mine I cant hold the cover sides away from the coil with my fingers, I have to use a butter knife.

I live in WA but if I drive by Whites some time when they're open I'll stop in.

I've never been able to get one off without damaging it. Best thing is to put them on, seal them with silicon caulk, and never remove them until they're shot.
Jim

Probably the best option.

 

[5900_XL-1]

I didn't know the 4x6 came with covers. I'm glad mine didn't. I'm not a "cover type guy" for several reasons. If they weren't made to be pulled off for cleaning without damage, then they shouldn't be pourous to sand and grit as well, right from the factory.

Hope you find an answer.

jm2c

 

[DW-BGW]

It doesn't , unless you order it extra, as far as I know. HH Don

 

[OregonGregg]

butter knife

 

[dirt doctor]

I bought a used one and must have really lucked out . It stays on well but will come off easily enough when I hold the two tightening bolts firmly with my thumb and forefinger and lift one side of the cover with my fingertips of the my other hand .

 

[Hardrock65]

Did you try hot water? Worked for me once.
HH

 

[Monte]

Teknetics, Tesoro or White's, I never use a coil cover. Coils are not supposed to be scrubbed on the ground as the Owner's Manuals generally suggest working them anywhere from 1" to 2" off the ground. Due to the high gain used with most detectors these days, the coil should have a proper coil-to-ground gap to help eliminate swamping or warping the EMF with close-proximity high ground mineral. Also, if worked on the ground, that causes drag which leads to fatigue, and also leads to an interrupted or uneven search coil sweep presentation.

If I ever get a detector coil that comes standard with a coil cover, such as my Makro and Nokta models, then I leave those thin, light-weight covers on until I have a need to remove them .... then they stay off. Over fifty years of very avid detecting and I have never worn out a search coil, or had an issue with any coil caused by not using a coil cover. Coil covers, although they seem light, add extra weight out on the end of that rod and it can cause fatigue, even with a smaller size search coil. Work a search coil over an area for maybe 30 minutes with a coil cover on. Then pause, remove the coil cover, and hunt another 30 minutes. It won't take more than a minute or two for you to notice the much better 'feel' and balance of the detector using he very same search coil, but w/o the cover.

Monte

 

[5900_XL-1]

Teknetics, Tesoro or White's, I never use a coil cover. Coils are not supposed to be scrubbed on the ground as the Owner's Manuals generally suggest working them anywhere from 1" to 2" off the ground. Due to the high gain used with most detectors these days, the coil should have a proper coil-to-ground gap to help eliminate swamping or warping the EMF with close-proximity high ground mineral. Also, if worked on the ground, that causes drag which leads to fatigue, and also leads to an interrupted or uneven search coil sweep presentation.

If I ever get a detector coil that comes standard with a coil cover, such as my Makro and Nokta models, then I leave those thin, light-weight covers on until I have a need to remove them .... then they stay off. Over fifty years of very avid detecting and I have never worn out a search coil, or had an issue with any coil caused by not using a coil cover. Coil covers, although they seem light, add extra weight out on the end of that rod and it can cause fatigue, even with a smaller size search coil. Work a search coil over an area for maybe 30 minutes with a coil cover on. Then pause, remove the coil cover, and hunt another 30 minutes. It won't take more than a minute or two for you to notice the much better 'feel' and balance of the detector using he very same search coil, but w/o the cover.

Monte

"Coils are not supposed to be scrubbed on the ground as the Owner's Manuals generally suggest working them anywhere from 1" to 2" off the ground."

I respectfully disagree. If I'm in grass, I scrub the grass, as suggested by a guru I bought my big machine suggested. Trying to swing 1-2 inches above ground will result in tea cupping and you'll soon be 2-3 inches at the apex of the swing. I've seen it with other hunters, who BTW complain their big machine doesn't get depth.

It it ain't gravel or rocks...I let my coils scrub on purpose. All my coils except for 2 SEFs that came with covers, are still fine after years of scrubbing grass and sand. Purposely raising an inch to 2 inches is problematic. We all want max depth. How many tectors have complained that are missing 2 inches depth. This could be a good reason.