Coinstrike vs 1266 in depth

[Bob Szabo]

Ok here is a question for those of you who have used both of these.

My take on it is they are about equal but I was looking for other opinions.

In GOOD ground which goes deeper or are they equal? Im talking relic hunting in good ground. I know the Coinstike has many other features and can find stuff easier near iron but Im talking no trash and good ground. I kind of feel my doing better with the C$ in areas I have previously hunted with the 1266 is because of the C$s ability to find stuff in trash and not because it goes deeper. Ive found coat size buttons to 15 inches with 1266. One of my all time favorites was a MD button with 90% guilt at a measured 15 inches. It was right next to a large hut hole that had been beaten to death by a lot of relic hunters.

I have both detectors and I could do an airtest but past experience tells me an airtest doesnt say a whole lot about how a detector will work on a buried target.

I havent used my 1266 at all lately, I kind of put it in the closet when I got the C$. Having just picked up a 10.5 inch coil for the 1266 I was thinking of giving it another go for relics.

 

[Anonymous]

probably another one for John our relic expert. I would guess the C$ could be deeper or as deep on all metal, but since you don't like all metals' sound I would tie that big coil on the 1266x & go for it....
I know a very well known relic hunter who still swears the 1266x is the deepest ever.....

 

[Richard@BackwoodsDetectors]

Bob, I have used both and the 1266 may have a slight edge on depth but the Coinstrike in AM will ID correctly very deep... For that reason, I would give the C$ thumbs up....I will go out on a limb and say that, IMHO, the C$ is the best relic machine that Fisher has made.
Tnx RichardnTn

 

[-=john=-LexKy]

Hi Bob,

you would be a good person to test this very thing. I do not know definitively from a controlled test. My stock test is a freshly buried 58 cal on it's side where the base of the hole is exactly 9 ". The CS will yield a non iron tone unless around RF.

One of my diggin buddies uses a 1266X2 with 8" coil. It seems to me just from our comparisons that these two machines are equal in depth. The CS usually comes out ahead on finds because it is digging less trash.

I have not been able to test the 1266 with a 12" coil which is what I would like to do sometime. I think there was more than one variation on this coil too.

I do know that when I followed behind someone that used a 1266 and they had pounded a site, that there was next to nothing left for the CS with 8" coil. At that site I got about 6 scraps of lead and a Derringer minie. Nice rare minie.

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-=john=-


PS the 1266 is heavy but nicely balanced