Pay/fee hunt... What Garrett coil will "challenge" the Bigfoot or Cleansweep?

[parrott]

The coins and tokens are planted in sandy gravel from just under the surface down to a couple of inches (in the loose sand). The field is large. Not much trash. About half of the coins and tokens are recovered within the first 10- minutes; then for the rest of the time
it is slower "pickens."

The various White's with a Bigfoot seems to be "top gun." Very popular. Between those that use it, or the Tesoro Cleansweep, seem to have an advantage in more covering more ground per sweep... (they seem to work well with the detectorist keeping his arm straight out while making a big sweep) and also by tilting the coil can pin-point quicly.

Also, the White's seem to to walk over... i.e. the frequency... over my Garrett 250...

Will the add-on frequency shift help? Also, any suggetions on what coil-size would be a good choice using a 250 in one of these competition events?

 

[ohio fred]

Some say if you run you hit more raindrops,some say if you walk you are out there longer.If the coins are not that deep the sniper coil will hit them all and swing fast or slow,great separation only need maybe inch or two between junk and target.Though you will not cover a big area you will pick up every coin that you swing over.Big coil works close to stock more depth good separation 3 inches between junk and coin fast or slow sweep and you will no you passed over a coin and junk also has good depth and not to heavy.It is equal to Bigfoot,but if coins are close say in a 2 foot by 2 foot area there are five coins you will hear them all now you have to pinpoint them each and dig.So now there is time to pinpoint and dig.Now take the sniper coil and same area and as it passes over a coin you know it is right under it no wasted time pinpointing just bend and dig and you can sweep fast or slow with sniper coil depth around 4 to 6 inches.Big coil can get up to 11 inches on a hot wheel car,coins it varies on how bad the ground is.To me i would like to know how far the coin are apart or how many they plant at what distance they are apart and depth.Just and opion hope this helps,there are only three coils the stock the sniper and the big coil which i use more than the stock coil.But the sniper is great in trash and for finding what others miss.

 

[ohio fred]

If the area was like my front yard 30 by 80 and 30 or 40 coins, ace 250 big coil discrimination set to 5 1 10 25 50 and what ever the tokens read power set to 4 or 5 notches big coil i would still get 4 to 6 inches on coins.You would cover a lot of ground fast you would just have to practice your pinpointing and speed on digging.Just my opinion.Good luck,good hunting.

 

[parrott]

ohio fred... thanks for the return shout..no problem with pinpointing digging... it just is in covering as much ground as does the Bigfoot and Cleansweep. A long narrow tip to toe 18-inch sweep has the advantage over the stock 250 coil.

I now--- however not verified... believe the frequency shift will help against the ubiquitous White's with their Bigfoot.

Now... since I know very little about Garrett coinhunters... could you
please give me more information/your experiences with the "big coil" you mention? The approximate tip to toe effective coverage against a
planted coin in the loose gravel less than two-inches deep. I will be
swinging the searchcoil just over the gravel surface.

 

[parrott]

Whoa! Gosh did I break the rules by mentioning the long 18-inch narrow rectangular coils by manufacturer's name? If I did.. no offense
intended...

 

[Uncle Willy]

No problem.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Since the coins are shallow and time is of the essence I would use the 12 incher to cover more ground faster. Since the 250 has lightning fast response and recovery you can swing pretty fast withgout missing anything. Also since the coins are shallow you will be able to pinpoint right under the front center tip of the inside oval on the coil.

If it wasn't for time and more coverage the Sniper would be the way to go as it's deadly.

Bill

 

[ohio fred]

I put the big coil on my ace 250 and stock coil on mxt with full power on both i could get as close as about 6 feet before the ace was bothered.The 9x12 on the ace 250 about 5 notches on power all metal pick up coin almost full lenght and with of coil, in coin mode just inside of coil edge, but result will very for each soil and coin, also thought something was wrong,because as soon as i turned it on it started ringing belltone checked the machine over but not the ground go over area 2 inches down dime.But i don't know how close you can get to a Bigfoot coil before it will effect the ace 250,The big coil is nice on 250 in big areas it does pretty good in medium trash areas,to much trash and it is all under the coil but even so the bell tone will come out if there is a coin in there.hope this help some,others on the forum no more.good luck good hunting

 

[ohio fred]

The big coils hits hard on coins you will know they are there but when there only 2 inches down it sound like and alarm bell and when there is a group of coins down a few inches and you sweep over them yours eyes lite up like a pinball machine because its starts a ringing and you start to get that feeling that it might be the big payout.You should see if someone near you could let you try it out.Good luck