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I've never owned a Minelab. Never used one. Presently using a CZ5 and really like the slow sweep speed. I like really like this machine except for the problems with iron. I've learned though, that I can get around this most of the time, of course I still dig a nail now and then. The slow sweep speed incorporated with raising the coil works really well for me and I dig alot of targets. The Cz coil is a coplanar or in other words radiates it's signal in a cone pattern. I've been interested for some time now in the Minelabs because you guys are posting alot of good finds. The only thing that discourages me from trying one of these machines is the wide scan or commonly called double-d coil. I understand this signal is different from the coplanar signal. There are times of course when this knife like edged signal will help you when trying to isolate targets, but what about when you turn the coil at 90 degrees. It looks like you would have a real problem at that point because you could have two targets under your coil at the same time. You could of course have two targets under your coil at any given time. Say you're sweeping your coil, you hear a rejected target, it's a trashy area and you know there could be two target under the coil, so you sweep at 90 degrees, now you get an accept response. Seems like a long drawn-out process to me. My question I guess, Is can the double-d coil really do a better job in these trashy sites? I don't really believe there's that much difference in depth between my detector and your Minelab. There are lots of coins still in the ground in these old trash laden parks and I know we won't get all of them. You guys seem to being good with your Minelabs though. Does the Double-d coil really help in these situations or would you be better off with a coplanar or mono type coil? Does Minelab even make Small mono coils for their detectors? Long post I realize. Can anyone help with these questions?