It took some preparation today, though. First-off came the stock coil and on went the sniper coil. I was gonna get by fences,posts, sidewalks and tight places I couldn't reach with other coils or detectors. How effective is the sniper? Well, at one of the tot lots I searched last week, I found 32 coins of which 25 would not have been found without the aid of the sniper. Across town, one I thought I had cleaned out -10 more coins. FINALLY, my wife was ready to go to another town where I had not used the sniper in a month. Had to use coins mode because the site was trashy.