Coil Covers... are they necessary??

[EasySwing]

Hello,
After reading all the posts, I mean going back 1 year I settled on two additional coils to complement my mxt300. Purchased the 6x10 eclipse and the 5.3 eclipse with two lower fiber rods with bolt kits and 2 coil covers. Package should arrive Monday via Fex X. I run the beaches here in Jacksonville and all the tot parks I can find. 4 days a week... sometimes twice in one day. Anyway ... The question. covers are coming; I was talked into getting them from white's but I do not feel I will trash the undersides of the coil or using them as a weapon. I enjoy looking at the coil when MD'ing so should I keep the covers on or use them as a coin pouch?? I belive in using my equipment and don't care to resale the coils any time soon. What do you pros think ??

Marty

 

[Larry (IL)]

If there is a place to use them, it would be on the beach, especially if you scrub the sand with your coil. Think of the beach as one big piece of sandpaper and you are sanding the bottom of your coil, it will not take long to go through the plastic bottom. Now that said, I don't use the darned thing myself, but I seldom hunt beaches. They add a little weight and they will have to be cleaned out often your call Marty, if you keep the coil off of the sand, there is really no need for it.

 

[Monte]

The exception is that I might use a coil cover on a very small coil, such as 4", simply because i hutn old foundation and renovation where I might try to fit the coil in and around a lot of debris. That said, I usually do NOT use a coil cover because they put extra weight out on the extended end of the rod, they can be a pain to remove to clean between the coil and coil cover, and the basic fact that in these modern times we shouldn't 'scrub" our search coils.

Read most Owner's Manuals and they clearly state that the coil ought to be worked about 1" to 2" above the ground. I usually work my search coils about

 

[RounderRick]

I agree with Monte and Larry, I sold my first detector when I got my mxt a few months ago and used it for a couple years and the coil still looked good maybe some grass stains because I let it glide on the grass but never on rocks or rough ground.

 

[srf2112]

If you ever try to pry the cover off of a D2 you'll realize you're risking damaging the coil every time you do. The weight isn't what bothers me, getting sand and dirt inside them is. Realizing your detector is not working right when you're in the field ( because of trapped, mineralized dirt & sand from your LAST hunt) is NOT a good time to be attempting this. Black sand from Ca beaches is the worst culprit so I don't use them at the beach either. I DO have a cover w/silicone on my 4x6 coil since it is so light to begin with. (bought it that way) That's not an option for me on the bigger coils as it DOES become prohibitively heavy when you add a cover & silicone, and you better get it right if you do. Last time I struggled to pull the cover off the D2 I cracked the cover. Didn't bother me cuz I'm never putting it back on again. JMHO
HH
Scott

 

[Topo]

I had always used the coil cover, it gives me peace of mind when I hunt my ploughed fields

 

[Cajuncoinhunter]

I had brought up this same topic for discussion about 2 months ago. I now like to hunt when the ground is wet or moist from recent rainfall. Even though you try and swing the coil 1-2" (maybe even a little lower) above the ground, you make contact with it at times. Down South, the clay mud becomes very STICKY and tends to CLING onto everything; including a coil cover. It even wants to come home with ya !! I quickly realized it was not necessary and only caused me problems. JMHO. CCH