I was fortunate to be able to give a test run on two Excelerator coils for the Sovereign GT, the 16.5 inch and the 12.5 inch, on our beaches here in SW Florida.
I covered a 1/4 mile of a well know beach, took my time over lapping my swings and drug my shovel in the wet sand to mark my path.
The 16.5 that I used did not do the job for me. It was not sensitive to small target, got a little heavy at the end of the 1/4 mile, was a little hard to pinpoint with, but did pull large targets at an impressive depth. This would be a good relic coil, but did not do well on the beaches I hunt.
Went back to the truck and changed to the 12.5 coil, man, what a difference! I followed the shovel marks on the same path and pulled numerous SMALL aluminum can slaw targets, some as small as my pinky fingernail, at very impressive depths of 8-10 inches and some even deeper. I dug coins that I know the 16.5 missed as my foot prints were there where I swung the larger coil and they were at a very impressive depth. The coil was lighter than the stock 10 inch Tornado and was a pleasure to swing. Pinpointing was dead on and easy to hit the target the first time. This coil is a keeper, very sensitive and should do well on small gold, I am impressed and will be adding one to my detector.
Chuck in Cape Coral
I covered a 1/4 mile of a well know beach, took my time over lapping my swings and drug my shovel in the wet sand to mark my path.
The 16.5 that I used did not do the job for me. It was not sensitive to small target, got a little heavy at the end of the 1/4 mile, was a little hard to pinpoint with, but did pull large targets at an impressive depth. This would be a good relic coil, but did not do well on the beaches I hunt.
Went back to the truck and changed to the 12.5 coil, man, what a difference! I followed the shovel marks on the same path and pulled numerous SMALL aluminum can slaw targets, some as small as my pinky fingernail, at very impressive depths of 8-10 inches and some even deeper. I dug coins that I know the 16.5 missed as my foot prints were there where I swung the larger coil and they were at a very impressive depth. The coil was lighter than the stock 10 inch Tornado and was a pleasure to swing. Pinpointing was dead on and easy to hit the target the first time. This coil is a keeper, very sensitive and should do well on small gold, I am impressed and will be adding one to my detector.
Chuck in Cape Coral
