Stoof-tabsallday said:
Dang... Just missed it.
Hopefully one is a 5.5x10 concentric....
Need one for the relic as well... Just an idea..
Congrats to all who got to try the new ones!!
Too often we see a new coil introduced by a manufacturer and it seems like it was never evaluated, just a 'best guess' from the folks in-house that, sometimes, just doesn't work out. Credits to the good folks at Nokta/Makro for being so geared as they are to get outside feed-back before some new introductions.
As for coil type [size=small]
(either Concentric or Double-D)[/size], that is another topic that can get interesting to study and discuss. For example, looking at the eight detectors you list in your signature other than the Relic & Racer 2, they all came standard with a Concentric coil, and I have owned or used them all. Doing so even up to recent months, I have used all of the makers Concentric and DD coils as well as some aftermarket DD coils that seem trendy in the past decade or two, only to find that most of them from that maker do not work nearly as well as with Concentric coils. Get in some dense iron nail infested sites and it really shows. That's why the only coil I use on detectors from them is the 6" Concentric.
Then we get to the much more modern digital electronic technology with many new adjustment functions that can enhance their performance in many applications, such as our Relic and Racer 2 models you mention, and they are made and designed for the Double-D search coils. Being a fan of Concentric coils
most of the time, I have been holding out hope that we will see a Concentric design for the Racer and Racer 2. They do make the 5½X10 Concentric for the Gold Racer, but I don't have that coil in my arsenal yet, only the round 5½ and 5½X10 DD.
I also want to get the new GR19 DD [size=small]
(4"X7½")[/size] search coil for my Gold Racer for some rockier and brushier locations as it ought to help find those elusive smaller-size gold nuggets we have around here. Ever since I saw Dilek's announcement of that coil for the Gold Racer I have wanted to get one.
I'll tell you what I would also enjoy having in my Racer 2 coil group, and that is the GR13 DD [size=small]
(5½’’)[/size] or a GR19 DD [size=small]
(4"X7½")[/size] search coil, except make it in a Concentric winding. Now, keep in mind that those are just
'personal wishes' because I wouldn't care to have a coil in my arsenal that didn't perform well, so it would have to be designed, tweaked
and field tested to determine if it worked well enough to complement the existing DD coils for the way the detector circuitry can handle things.
As for coil options for the Nokta FORS Relic, it can share the same search coils with the other 19 kHz model, the Gold +, and while I liked both the Concentric and DD designs on the Gold +, I keep the DD version mounted on it for Gold Nugget Hunting sites. I prefer the 5½1X10 Concentric on my Relic for Relic Hunting tasks and the occasional urban Coin & Jewelry Hunting I do. Just pester any stocking Nokta Dealer for the 5½X10 Concentric coil for the Relic as I think you will really like it. I know I do.
It is going to be interesting to hear about new coil development when it is officially announced.
Monte
