Got PMed About Larger Coil Options For The Beach Like The WOT, So Here's Some Quotes From Others Comparing A Few On The Sov/Excal...

[Critterhunter]

I did some searching to see if I could dig up posts from people remarking about the WOT in comparison to the 15x12 or other coils to get the guy some info, and figured rather than just sending it back in a PM it would be helpful posted in the forum for others exploring their options.

It's hard searching for WOT/15x12 comparison stuff trying to figure out what key words to use to sort through all the posts, but I remember that Kered owned both the WOT and the 15x12 and had remarked on comparisons of the two for beach hunting in the past, so I dug up a few quotes from him and another I stumbled upon.

But, I'm sure there are guys who have used both and prefer the WOT instead, so if anybody has any remarks in that respect please share them with this guy. I would suspect that due to it's shape the WOT is easier to move through the water, because I found the squarish shape and blunt side of the 15x12 made for more drag in the water than I cared for, but hunting the dry sand it was great for it's coverage.

The WOT is 14.25", so it's got 2.25" more coverage width wise at the end of your sweeps (the end of your sweep is where that extra coverage will be), but the 15x12 is 3/4ths of an inch longer, so it's going to cover slightly more ground in that respect for your entire sweep.

While the 15x12 didn't go as deep as my stock 10" in my mineralized land sites on coin/ring sized targets, it did go deeper than stock on my mineralized beaches and was very smooth. I find the 12x10 is still a nice step up in coverage when gridding than my stock 10" coil, and that it is deeper than stock on both land and in the sand for me.

When i used the sovereign as my main machine i had a Wot 15" for the beach, i then bought the Sef 15x12 and never put the wot on again and eventually sold it, great depth, coverage, separation and sensitivity to smaller targets, i bought one for the explorer from new and now use it on the etrac. The only thing against it is its a tad hevier than the others but well worth it, i also have the next size down 10x12. Waterproof no problems but check the nut where the wire goes into the coul before use, on both this was slack as if tightened by hand

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[Critterhunter]

Here's a few pics from the coil sticky for size comparison of the WOT and 15x12 laid over each other that somebody took...

 

[Critterhunter]

Dug up another WOT quote for the beach...

ive used the wot in wet and dry sand...the depth is great but as was stated earlier it is a little heavy and pin pointing can be a challenge....i prefer the wot over the 10 inch coil ...... i cant speak to the other coils as ive never used them... i spent a week at the shore last year with the wot and the one advantage i found was after most targets were found by the large number of people detecting the beach i was still able to find more deeper targets whileothers were having a hard time finding any signals to dig....just my two cents...

 

[Critterhunter]

Here's a short but very impressive video of the WOT nailing a coin sized target at 18" deep on the Sovereign! And to make it even more impressive at that depth it was into a different layer of soil type, which often can cost a metal detector some depth, but we all know Minelabs are designed to do damage in such situations...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Mlt8hJl67Zc&feature=endscreen