QUESTION ON THE EXCALIBUR

[coinscratcher]

I JUST BOUGHT ONE AND HAVEN'T USED IT YET IT HAS THE 10" COIL AND I HAVE A BOOK I'M READING ON THE EXCALIBUR AND HE SAYS THE 8" COIL IS THE ONE TO HAVE HE SAID MORE OF THE PEOPLE HE KNOWS HAVE NOW GOT THE 8" COIL WHICH HE SAYS IS MUCH BETTER AT FINDING THE SMALL GOLD LIKE THE THIN NECKLACES THAT THE 10" WOULD PICK UP. SHOULD I GET THE 8" EXCALIBUR. ANY INPUT WOULD HELP. THANK YOU.

 

[PowerDetecting]

thats a personal prefrence the 8" will prbably be a little more susceptible to finding small gold but not by much. Also it would probably be better in trashy areas. If you are in the water with it there will be less drag. I do not personally own the Excal My Uncle does and I know he has found a few small 10k wrist chains but he said the where only an inch or two deep he uses the 10" coil

 

[dewcon4414]

Thats going to depend on how you want to hunt. most that i know have the 10" ..... why? They want to cover as much beach as they can and arent that concerned with small targets..... so they move along fairly quickly looking for the pay day targets. Some say if it drops thru their scoop more than once they keep moving thats how time consuming it can be chasing earring studs. Let me say thou ..... most earring studs can be picked up with the 10 inch.... however, the higher the K the less depth you are going to get on them and an 8 inch coil might be the right choice. I only know of one guy around me using the 8 inch...... but its the older model and kicks butt. Id say most of us use the 10 inch just because we'd rather miss some small stuff as opposed to that deeper larger ring missed by the 8 inch. Hey, but sometimes if you know everyone is using a 10 inch.... you changing to an 8 inch just might be the right move..... think of the cost if you are wrong?

Dew

 

[Critterhunter]

Smaller coils will tend to hit a bit harder on fine gold, but in terms of even the thinnest of gold rings the 10" Tornado will bang on them super deep just like an old silver coin will. Way I look at it most of gold is lost in the form of gold rings, so I'm not too pressed about fine gold chains or tiny gold earings. Besides, other machines are much better than the FBS or BBS machines ever could be on fine gold like that, but I want the depth of the Minelabs for even thin gold rings when water or land hunting for them so that's all I care about. A complete loop of a ring, even a very thin small one, presents a large field to the Minelab like a coin does, so it will get them at jaw dropping depth, while fine gold chains and tiny earings don't present a large image because they aren't loops like a ring that are connected as one piece.

So a smaller coil isn't going to put you at fine gold ability nearly as good as some machines known for that, but by the same token the Minelabs are deeper on even thin rings many say. I'm willing to make that trade off myself. So all that said I'd rather go with a 10" coil or bigger water or beach hunting for more coverage and more depth myself. I'd only consider a smaller coil if I was hunting around obstacles or had a lot of iron laying around in large numbers in the water or sand that might mask the rings/coins.

There are some people though that get better depth with a smaller coil if there soils/sands are super high in some very bad mineralization. By using a smaller coil the machine is soaking in less ground stew and so less prone to wash out a target at depth. Not as big of an issue on Minelabs as it is on other machines thanks to the unique way Minelabs ignore the ground signal, but just the same I have read a few guys say that in the past in their soil/sand. Probably a rarity to happen though on Minelabs.

 

[Tin Fin]

Mine has a 10" coil on it, and I have found small stud ear rings with it; from surface finds to several inches deep. I also have one with an 8" coil - can't say that I personally can see much of a difference except in trashy areas - the 10" will pick up multiple signals where as the 8" fits between targets a bit better. I use them both, but when hitting a new spot, I take the 10" most often.