I have been looking for a detector with a little coil( like 5") that will get a dime at 8 yo 9" that has a good ID. I have used the cz's and that will do it, but the ID is no the best. So I tryed a friends M6 and MXT and they had little coil on them. Both 6" on a quarter, maybe 5" on a dime. I don't know why they want make a detector with a good ID like Whites has that will get some depth with a little coil. I thank they just want your money.
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M6 and MXT depth
- Thread starter Johnny
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Jeff in MI
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The cz's run on 5 and 15 KhZ. The MXT and M6 is 14
Most good finds are 6 inches or less.(realy 2 to 4 inches). So why not have a small coil that separateds better down to 6 inches?
If you are only looking for things over 6 inches then the stock coil is the one to have.
The truth be known you can run the sensitivity higher on the smaller coil since it see's less of the ground and it can punch deeper than 6 inches anyway. You only really loose ground coverage. But running a small coil really keeps you overlapping you swing a lot better. Plus it's lighter in weight.
If I had to choose only one coil to hunt with forever and the choice was a 5.3, 950 or the 12 inch coil. The 5.3 would win.
Just my thoughts.
Most good finds are 6 inches or less.(realy 2 to 4 inches). So why not have a small coil that separateds better down to 6 inches?
If you are only looking for things over 6 inches then the stock coil is the one to have.
The truth be known you can run the sensitivity higher on the smaller coil since it see's less of the ground and it can punch deeper than 6 inches anyway. You only really loose ground coverage. But running a small coil really keeps you overlapping you swing a lot better. Plus it's lighter in weight.
If I had to choose only one coil to hunt with forever and the choice was a 5.3, 950 or the 12 inch coil. The 5.3 would win.
Just my thoughts.
I have an MXT with the 5.3 Eclipse, 9.5 eclipse, and a 5" excellerator (round). In my test garden, at 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12", all three coils will allert the quarter, dime, nickel, copper cent, and zinc cent (not to mention the liftabs and bottle caps) in ALL metal mode or in discriminate with zero or very low discriminate setting. The CZ20 will do the same thing. In fact the CZ20 will not eliminate a silver or clad coin up to 12" at full discriminate. NOW, you need to plant your own test garden and see for yourself. The MXT will not accurately VDI meter your targets deeper than 6", unless it's maybe a silver coin or object. It will send a false, varying VDI at 7", but no VDI at all at 8" and below. So you'll have to dig anything at greater than 6", for sure. the deeper the coin, the less accurate the VDI, if, indeed, you even Have a VDI at depths of 7" or below. Soil conditions could lessen even those depths.
Finally, if you want a good 5" coil for the MXT, contact Dixie and get one of their Excellerators. You won't be disappointed. They accurately pinpoint, and like I said, they will give a signal at 12" (better in discriminate, with lowest settings, but on super max gain of 3, they'll reach the coins in relic mode, too. HH....
Finally, if you want a good 5" coil for the MXT, contact Dixie and get one of their Excellerators. You won't be disappointed. They accurately pinpoint, and like I said, they will give a signal at 12" (better in discriminate, with lowest settings, but on super max gain of 3, they'll reach the coins in relic mode, too. HH....
Gunnar of bradford MN
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Jonny i understand the coil makes a tri angle into the ground like an ice creem cone the point at the deepest so its safe to say it will go 5" now if the coin has sat in the ground it will develop a corosin hallo oround it and appear bigger and be esear to detect but at 5" you are searching whith a dime size circle and at 4" say a qurter size circle so a wider coil will get that cone down deeper ok
Timely discussion for me, gents and ladies if present.
I have recently become the proud owner of an M6. I really like it so far. I have the 10" Eclipse coil and stock also. I would like to get the right coil for that holy grail of park hunting, refined gold prospecting, small jewellry. I have my eye on either the Whites 5.3 or Excellerator 5" II.
Please help me out here. The Whites is a concentric, correct? I have very mild soil here on the whole so mineralisation plays almost no role in my deciding which coil to buy. What does impact upon which coil to buy is which hits better, if one does, on smallish gold. I know that depth is not going to be anything beyond 4", so depth isn't really an issue either.
The ideal would be someone who has both coils available to them and try it out and see. Barring that, experience will have to preside, as usual.
So thanks a lot to anyone capable of doing this test.
Take care.
I have recently become the proud owner of an M6. I really like it so far. I have the 10" Eclipse coil and stock also. I would like to get the right coil for that holy grail of park hunting, refined gold prospecting, small jewellry. I have my eye on either the Whites 5.3 or Excellerator 5" II.
Please help me out here. The Whites is a concentric, correct? I have very mild soil here on the whole so mineralisation plays almost no role in my deciding which coil to buy. What does impact upon which coil to buy is which hits better, if one does, on smallish gold. I know that depth is not going to be anything beyond 4", so depth isn't really an issue either.
The ideal would be someone who has both coils available to them and try it out and see. Barring that, experience will have to preside, as usual.
So thanks a lot to anyone capable of doing this test.
Take care.
Hi saika,
I have the 6"x10"Eclipse, 5.3 Eclipse, 4.5"x7" Excelerator and the 5" Excelerator for the M6 and like all of them but the 5" Excelerator has awesome target separation and sensitivity on the smallest objects at 4" or so that i've ever found. My Fisher 1236x2 found small objects with the 5" hockey puck and thought it was the best of my units until i used the M6 and 5" Excelerator. I hunt in very mineralized soil. HH Bill
I have the 6"x10"Eclipse, 5.3 Eclipse, 4.5"x7" Excelerator and the 5" Excelerator for the M6 and like all of them but the 5" Excelerator has awesome target separation and sensitivity on the smallest objects at 4" or so that i've ever found. My Fisher 1236x2 found small objects with the 5" hockey puck and thought it was the best of my units until i used the M6 and 5" Excelerator. I hunt in very mineralized soil. HH Bill
the 5.3 can find U.S. coins at 6 to 7" (only quarters, dimes and cents at 7" in my test garden in Louisiana) in the discriminate mode. But in Relic mode, it will hit all of them at 12" in the test garden. But no VDI is accurate over 4-5" in any mode I have tried, and at six inches it's almost always wrong or inconsistent.
Thanks Reggie, Bill(de) has both coils and asnwered to my original. You are spot on about TID it is a 4-5" game only. I would be quite happy without the VDI and TID and hunt with tones and a depth measurement only. I hunt in tone mode and for the first time I actually have a machine that really shows a depth to volume correlation better than anything else I have used. In tone mode at 10" a silver 50 cent piece gives me a piece of hightone almost every time. The target is solid repeatable but not nearly as loud as say a 4" dime. The VDI reads nothing. As expected, but the tone ID indicates something could be there. 7 tones seem to be just about right.
I have been pretty much cherry picking so far this year, coin shooting and the like. I know that the deep ones are out there and now I have a chance to hear them for what they are.
Sorry if I stole your thread Johnny. Thanks to everyone and their help.
I have been pretty much cherry picking so far this year, coin shooting and the like. I know that the deep ones are out there and now I have a chance to hear them for what they are.
Sorry if I stole your thread Johnny. Thanks to everyone and their help.