Edge/Excel/C$......rule in trash :please:

[Bill Ladd]

...yea most of us experienced users knew this already But, with the snow melting here finally, I found a clear patch of ground @ one of my iron loaded colonial house sites to try the 3.5" "super sniper" coil on the 1235x.....
This spot has been spanked by many different units, & I have used all 3 FRL new digitals there. Last time there with the Edge, I worked real hard to manage just a couple flat buttons. So, I figured with this tiny coil I'd be able to muster up another button or 2. So what did I find.........??
Nothing......nothing but an iron spike & a couple other square chunks of iron that the EDge/Excel/C$ must have gone negative on.......not 1 keeper in an hour.
Nothing against the 1235 at all. I just thought the 3.5" coil alongside my other units would be a cool 1-2 punch in iron & compliment each other.......But, so far, this short test just helps to show even more how awesome the "big 3" are in iron trash once you know what your doing. When we get a 5" coil, I'm sure it will make things that much easier even. It will be interesting to bring the Edge with the new 5" back to the same plot of soil to see if IT can come up with a keeper or not.......

 

[BuckeyeBrad]

is the wild card of the ground balance. You were "spot on" with the 3 Amigos while you can't be sure with the 1235.

 

[Bill Ladd]

I guess the basic point I was getting at is.....lots a folks think an 8" coil is "too big" to GIT R DUN in heavy trash & that you can't succeed without something smaller. But it looks like I DID clean out a site with one. My trash testing is not nearly done yet, & I'm not gonna throw the 1235 on classifieds after an hour like some guys. The 8" really is a great all around coil especially on the big 3.....

 

[BuckeyeBrad]

to take Bill's 1270 in there with the small coil and see what happens.

 

[Jackpine Savage]

n/t

 

[Mr.Bill]

The ground balance should be real close for you in that area.

It could be that there just isn't any more there ??

The 1235 with the small coil will excel is in a "trashy" area. Trashy meaning where targets are real close together, not so much where there random pieces of iron in the ground. With the tiny coil you have on it the place to be would be a school playground around the jungle gym sets.

 

[Bill Ladd]

the tiny coil slipping in between like a bunch of square nails & maybe getting a small masked coin or button that The C$/EDge/Excel's bigger coil missed......But the bottom line is I think I pretty much have cleaned out the site with the 3 digitals....as those guys said, I'll try the 1270 next to maybe get more depth....

 

[BuckeyeBrad]

since it has ground balance in disc mode, you could confirm whether or not the pre-set gb on the 1235 was off enough to cost you any significant performance. Looks like Bill already provided an answer.

 

[Bill Ladd]

have been a huge factor in that short 1235 test. Perhaps the excel/C$/Edge cleaned up all the shallow stuff to a T.....
I'll try the exact same plot with the 1270 & see....

 

[Bavaria Mike]

man, we still have 12" of snow where I live! Snow melted off where I work though, hope to get out next week a little. HH, Mike