Different coils for the Golden?

[dahut]

Im getting another Golden uMAX soon and was wondering a few things about coils.

I have no problem with the 9 x 8 that comes with it, but I recently saw one with a Troy 7" on there. I think JB has it.
- What is the advantage to that? Better depth, separation or what?...

- Is the Tesoro 7" concentric the same coil?
- Will the good old brownie 8" work on the Golden, too?

I'd like to 'max' out the Golden's potential, as it is the last one I will buy ( I won't sell this one until Tesoro adds tone to the Vaquero!)
How do these various coils help to do that?

P.S. I know about the ground blance mods, but will save that for another discussion.

 

[BarberBill]

All the coils you mention should work just fine on the Golden. The 7" coil is better in trashy areas with good depth, separation and ground coverage. I've heard, but don't know for a fact that the Troy coil is possibly a bit "hotter" than the Tesoro one. I use the 7" Tesoro coil on my SSumax and Eldorado a good share of the time in tot lots and parks around here with good results. If you are happy with the stock 9X8, I'd consider adding the 7" rather than the 8" which has been a good coil in my experience, but is close enough to the 9X8 that you really don't need it. You might also consider the 5.75" or even the little 4" if you hunt in places with a lot of trash. Downside - less depth and ground coverage forcing you to hunt slowly and methodically (a good thing) and they do suck the goodies out of the trash. My two bits.
BB

 

[Mike Hillis]

I don't like the smaller coils on the Golden. I tend to want to use the widescan coils and go larger. 8.5" and the 11". It has a good enough response speed and the widescans make it work well in the trash. If its real heavy trash then I go down to the 7" widescan. In my experience they hunt well and they don't overload as bad on the surface trash as the smaller concentrics do. In the heavy trash the 4" will overload all the time and you'll wind up hunting with the thing three inches off the ground. I can hunt the trash with the Cleansweep as good as most can with the 4" anyway.

I did like the 7" concentric on the Cortes but not as well on the Golden. I think the only reason I keep any concentric coils is because I think I might get another Cortes some day.

Good luck,

Mike

 

[JB(MS)]

When I got my Golden it came with 9X8 and 10X12 coils, but a lot of the places I was hunting then were overgrown with a lot of brush, briars and undergrowth. Spoked coils are prone to hanging up on limbs and briars in those type places, so I immediately began looking for a used 8 inch brown or white donut coil. I really wanted one of the older 8 inch white donut coils as I prefer them over the other standard coils Tesoro has made, but Ron Dugger at Dixie Detectors in Jackson, MS, now out of business, contacted me and said he had the 7 inch Shadow coil. I had used 7 inch X2 coils before, found they had a wider scan pattern than the Tesoro 7 inch concentric coils (was told in an email from someone closely connected with mfg'ing the X2 that the windings are positioned closer to the outside edges of the coil housing and the scan pattern is closer to the 8 inch donut coil than the Tesoro 7 inch coil ) and in the quick tests I did the depth was pretty much equal to the 9X8 coil. It's also lighter in weight than the 7 inch Tesoro coil and I like the thinner profile, so I bought it and sold the OOR spoked coils.

 

[dahut]

Thanks for that, JB. I value Mr Hillis's opinion greatly, but suspect that for my needs, the concentric coil is the first I should get. I'll look for one fo those Troy units.
But Mike, never fear. I'll eventually give the DD a look'see.