M-6 in the deep woods today ,

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

Today was a beutifull day. 64 and sunny no bugs, i went out to the woods which has been a hunting spot for years big oak trees hickory , maple , at an old barb wire fence i found 4 22 shells never been fired and a quarter, i figure someone was going over the fence and all that stuff fell out i was using the eclips 5.3 and it seemed the leaves whear giving me mineralization because when i brushed them aside i got a noticably stronger signal ( monty help ) but all together i hunted a small earea and got 18 full 22 shells twelve emptys 6 shotgun shells a big square chunk of iron an razor tipped arrow a nut and bolt 7 U nails for barb wire fence and 5 - 22 slugs one 12 gage slug and the 1966 quarter by the fence line was great have to go back and hunt the fence line again thear is lots of it i really would like to try a 6" excelerator coil to compare whith the 5.3 which i will proply trade or sell for 75.00 shipped going back God willing whith the 4x6 shooter BABY

 

[Elton]

Well..Gunnar sounds like you could have been in an area where coins where a plenty............ Sometimes no matter what you do coins are elusive.
Main thing is you were out doing what you like so the value of that is beyond anything you could have found. Sounds like you learned or confirmed you like the 4x6 shooter coil better. So the day was not wasted. Contact me and tell me about the 5.3 coil for the M6.........
I have 6x10 and 8x14 DD coils and I may be interested in a smaller coil....

 

[bill(de)]

Hi Gunnar,

Can't imagine the leaves triggering a response but you mentioned hunting near a fence line and also noted the many other finds near the fence and perhaps swiping the coil to clear away debris you passed over some targets or came close to the fence line.

I haven't used the the 6" EXcelerator coil but have the 5" EXcelerator and love it for ultimate target separation. I use the 5.3 Eclipse as a general purpose coil at low to moderately trashy sites and really don't consider it an ultimate trash hunter but feel it's a very good compromise coil for separation and depth vs the stock 950 coil. I also use the 4.5"x7" EXcelerator coil on my M6 and it is a hot coil and prefer it over the 5.3 Eclipse at mineralised and hotrock infested sites but even the 4.5"x7" coil doesn't separate like the 5" EXcelerator. If the 6"EXcelerator is an improved version of the 5" as far as target separation i welcome the addition. HH Bill

 

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

bill how deep can you find a coin whith the 5" coil and the 4.5 x 7 can you get good strong signals at 7" ?

 

[Mr. Beard]

[quote Gunnar of bradford MN]bill how deep can you find a coin whith the 5" coil and the 4.5 x 7 can you get good strong signals at 7" ?[/quote]

I found a clad dime at 7 inch depth reading ( good solid repeatable signal) in a woodchip area ...and my 8 inch brass probe had 1 inch left showing from the top level of the woodchips to the bottom of the hole where the dime was at. Using my M6 and the Excelerator 4.5X7 coil, and rechecked the signal and depth with my younger brothers X-terra 50. His detector showed the depth at 8 inches( reads every 2 inches on the X-Terra)

 

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

sounds like that 4.5" x 7" excelerator is a very good coil to get a good signal at 7" now i know thear hyp is real

 

[Monte]

and not really giving up that much depth, the 5" Excelerator on an MXT or M6 is a dandy! I always did better (depth and responsiveness) with the 5" Excelerator than with the little 3+x6+ 'Shooter' coil.

I am quite fond of White's 6

 

[Mr. Beard]

Gunner,
I had bought my Excelerator 4.5X7 after emailing Monte and asking his opinion. Between Monte and Bill (de) you will get a wealth of accurate information about White's detector products.

 

[bill(de)]

Thanks for the compliment Mr Beard but i'm not even close to Monte's league. He is an absolute PRO and a walking dictionary of detector knowlege and i'm just an average hobbyist who loves to tinker with different detectors and coil combinations and relate some information that works for me. HH Bill