Larger or smaller coil ?

[Southwind]

I use the E-Trac mainly in our local city park. This park is over 120 years old and the coins are extremely deep and the trash is plenty. I've hunted it for many years with many detectors and pulled lots of good coins but it has all but dried up. I know there are coins out of the reach of my standard 11" coil because this park has seen many floods which left a 3-6" layer of mud each flood. Some areas are as deep as 24". I'm trying to decide which coil would be more likely to produce more coins a larger, to get deeper, or a smaller to get the coins masked by trash? What do you think?

 

[Goes4ever]

well a smaller coil is not gonna get you any deeper that is for sure. BUT the smaller coil might get you coins you have missed before that are close to trash

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

I am a HUGE fan of smaller coils! The Coiltek Joey 5x10 DD coil is a AWESOME compromise!

 

[ut_dirtdigger]

I've always enjoy using smaller coils myself.

 

[Sailorman]

I've been hitting some very pouded parks with both larger and smaller coils. Both pay off but on different types of situations paying off. The Ultimate 13 is getting deeper then the stock coil. I was using an X-5 and recently switched to a 4.5 x 7 Excellerater and getting the stuff near junk that the big coil can't get. Both have their benefits.

 

[DukeOBass]

I put a 15 x12 SEF on and left it on this past summer. My best year yet!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Because of depth and amount of trash in the same area - it sounds like you need to hunt this area at least two times - with a bigger coil and again with a smaller coil.

I agree with Bart 100% - I love small coils - if it was me - I'd try hitting this park from all directions with a small coil.

Junk metal is our friend - many people have probably passed right over great finds because they were not using a small coil.
I returned to approx. 25 sites that I had hunted in the past two years with my 10 x 12 SEF - I made great finds at over 75% of these sites using a 6" coil that I missed with the big coil.
At one site I recovered ( 7 ) 1800's coins ( including a 1837 Capped Bust Half Dime ) that I missed with the 10 x 12 SEF.
From what I've seen many times - if you have a junkie site that has the potential of giving up very old coins - go in with a small coil - and hunt the area with a very slow swing - taking one step forward at a time - you'll probably be amazed at what other people missed !

Good luck !

 

[hitchhiker]

Because of depth and amount of trash in the same area - it sounds like you need to hunt this area at least two times - with a bigger coil and again with a smaller coil.

I agree with Bart 100% - I love small coils - if it was me - I'd try hitting this park from all directions with a small coil.

Junk metal is our friend - many people have probably passed right over great finds because they were not using a small coil.
I returned to approx. 25 sites that I had hunted in the past two years with my 10 x 12 SEF - I made great finds at over 75% of these sites using a 6" coil that I missed with the big coil.
At one site I recovered ( 7 ) 1800's coins ( including a 1837 Capped Bust Half Dime ) that I missed with the 10 x 12 SEF.
From what I've seen many times - if you have a junkie site that has the potential of giving up very old coins - go in with a small coil - and hunt the area with a very slow swing - taking one step forward at a time - you'll probably be amazed at what other people missed !

Good luck !

using both coils sounds like a good idea obviously if time is not important .Would it be best to use the smaller coil first to clear the masking targets, then the use Bigger coil last?.

 

[Southwind]

Thanks for all the responses. Looks like my first pick should be a small coil. Joey, SEF 6x8 or Stealth X-5 ?

 

[stasys]

if its trashy smaller coil is better 6 or 5 size, but for deeper targets original coil is near perfect. if you cant get good targets with original coil, I doubt you will get with bigger coil allot more if place is trashy.