Racer Stock coil vs 5" coil

[jdeiana]

I have been at this more than several years with several different detectors - I have never used a small coil. I really like the Racer and the stock coil set up. The good targets I have recovered (mostly a coin hunter) have locked on great. I guess it is hard for me to buy a small coil when I am happy with the stock and do not fully understand what I am missing. I know I will lose a little depth. And maybe lock onto a target in super trashy conditions that may be hidden from my stock coil. What else I am missing as far as small coil advantages? Anything it will do under less trashy conditions that my stock will not? Can anyone just shed a bit more light on the small coil advantages?

 

[squirrel1]

I had a Nokta CoRe and currently have a Racer pro pack. I do lots of reading when it comes to detectors and performance. The Racer and small OOR coil. It's a beast in iron. How many setups are currently available to match it on depth and separation. Very very few. Some of the Tesoros will match (meterless though). A Deus with 9" coil won't match it on separation. So what I'm saying is Racer with small coil is definitely at the upper upper end spectrum when it comes to both depth and separation for a one detector/one coil setup. And IMO DEFINITELY the simplest to run PERIOD. You will not be sorry of purchasing a small coil. I will stake what little reputation I have here on this forum on this.

 

[FollowTheBeep]

I tried the small coil for the first time today. It was my first time ever using one. Using it at a local (newer) park I was able to detect effectively around the pavilion and basketball court, finding things I missed with the stock coil. I'm still getting used to moving slower with it but it will stay on for a while.

 

[Monte]

I only swap it for another coil perhaps twice a month for brief periods, but that's mostly due to the types of sites I hunt.

Monte

 

[3RINGER]

I look at coils the way we look at tools, different ones for different jobs. Items to be found in heavy trash or closer to big metal...like mentioned above, are easier to pick out. With the smaller coil in a sweep spot that has, say 6 targets...the 5" will cover fewer items. The stock coil will see all 6. Less noise (bad tone) to pick out the good targets.

As we have seen though the 5" coil has a way of pulling keepers with much more trash in the same plug....in a nutshell Better Separation.