David, I keep my 14X15 DD mounted on a spare lower rod and had no difficulty with that coil, or any of my Nokta or Makro coils, properly mounting to their respective lower rods. The only times I have seen any troubles folks have had was with one of the rubber washers being nudged out-of-alignment due to a very snug fit with the 'ears' of a coil. Make sure you double check the rod insertion to visually inspect for a nice open bolt hole before installing the coil-mount bolt. By now you might have already accomplished this as I am a bit tardy in my reply. Sorry.
We had a series of five different passing thunder storms on Friday, some with a heavy down powering of rain and one that covered the street and my yard with about 1" of pea-sized hail. Kind of messed up my day of getting out and I think the Impact w/7" Concentric and I managed barely 15 minutes before the soaker arrived.
Most of my sites that are mostly bare dirt or weedy/brushy exposed-dirt fields are a gooey mess after Thursday and Friday's rains, and it would be favorable weather until Monday & Tuesday. But that's favorable
above ground. The ground is a slick muddy mess so I need to fine some grassy urban sites until springtime weather arrives in early April..
As I stated, I have my over-sized DD mounted and ready-to-use, but that is mainly for some contracted Cache Hunting I do as I very seldom can use the bigger coil where I generally hunt. I have four of my detectors in my Tahoe and the other nine hanging here on my den wall. That's 13 detectors, and only 2 of them have their 'standard' search coil mounted. All the rest of them sport one of the smaller-than-stock coils because I hunt moderate to densely littered sites and the standard and larger coils just don't work for me.
I think when the weather breaks on Sunday afternoon and evening, or on Monday or Tuesday, it is going to be an Impact Day afield.
Monte
