Recent finds with the 10.5" DD,

[Old California]

Finally squeezed in some detecting the past three days with the 10.5" DD coil for the X-70, The area is an old ball field from the thirties now attached to one of our city parks.

We've pounded this patch of ground with everything that beeps the past several years! So it's really tough to get an old coin out of this area.

It took the second trip out at this ball field with the 10.5" DD coil to figure out what setup to use for deep coins, At least for me that is. It works well and enables me to relax and not watch the screen until the right signal comes through. Using all-metal feature and 4-tone works best for the deeper coin signals, DEEP Coins "pennies and dimes" that normally hit on the third tone will sound off on the forth tone if deep. The visual ID even reads higher on the deeper coin signals which is normal for most sensitivity detectors, Combined with the higher forth tone and using the depth bar graft I could determine which signals were most likely deep coins. So I was going after the higher forth tone and higher than normal coin ID ignoring the three lower tones, Love this setup!

Deep coin signals "pennies and dimes" will ID in the forties and give off the highest tone on the 4-tone setup, Surface to shallow pennies and dimes still came in on the third tone and ID near or at 38 but the deeper coins would ID higher "in the forties" including the audio.......I wish I could say it was as easy as the Explorer and I sure dug up my fair share of bits and pieces of aluminum including deep bottle caps sounding like a deep coin, Any trace of the visual ID in the twenties and thirties bleeding in with the deeper signals reading in the forties I would pass up. Most of these are bits and pieces of aluminum or other tiny targets.

Spent about 8 hours total between the three days at this particular area, Not allot to show for but for this hunted out ball field it's almost a miracle to get a wheatie. Managed to get nine wheat pennies and one mercury, And allot of THRASH

Love the weight and balance of the X-70, Will be hard going back to the explorer....

HH, Paul (Ca)

 

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[BarnacleBill]

Congrats Paul on your finds. I know to some the finds may look meager for the time spent, but it is the satisfaction of pushing your skills and the machine to it's limits that is most rewarding. I assume that you went with the 7.5kHz on the DD. If you want to try a 3kHz concentric let me know, since I won't be doing any land hunting, only lake & river for the next 5 months. I think the 3kHz may ignore the small aluminum better, at least that's I seem to be seeing with the small amount of time I use it. I have a real hard time NOT using the HF elliptical.

HH
BarnacleBill

 

[NH Bob]

You have only just begun to enjoy this coil. It is very deep and so much so that when you get used to it you will be picking up on the slightest changes in tone. When you go back over it you will notice the digital will be a little unstable but hovering around a certain #.
Audio may still be barely there but once you pull a plug everything starts to fall into place. Most all Large coppers over 10-12" deep will come in actually lower than the 42 that is an ideal lockon. A lot of them come it at 30 and move on up as you dig.
I've noticed that this coil is a dime killer for sure.

 

[wayne(mj)]

Hi Paul-- Good post , I like reading your posts , straight forward to the point and informative. Makes for good reading and decision making. When you say you were mainly after the deeper coins , in a ballpark figure what depth were you digging them at. Just curious, I plan on getting a x70 in a couple of months and am trying to gather all the information on it I can. The information on this forum is really good. The only problem I have is , I wish the nay sayers would say what is on there minds. Thanks for the posts and keep it up.
Wayne (MJ)

 

[OldeTymer]

There is a lot of good information on the X-Terra's on this forum. You'll learn who to ignore, and who to read posts from like BarnacleBill, Jackpine Savage, NH Bob, Digger and many others. They've proven the X-Terra's in the field, where it counts. There will always be someone that can't be positive about anything. They want to drag you down to their level. I say just ignore them, and they'll find somewhere else to do there complaining. I bet some will complain about this post.

Good hunting,
OldeTymer

 

[Old California]

Here's a recent picture of our nearby wilderness, It's not even summer and it's sunny.

Thanks again,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Old California]

Thanks Bill,

Thanks for the offer on the 3kHz coil but I'm ok, The DD coil in the picture is the 10.5" inch 7.5kHz and it does a little better job ignoring the small aluminum over the 5X10" 18.75 elliptical. These type of detectors are very sensitivity so it's common to dig allot of bits and pieces of smaller aluminum targets when going after deep coins, Same applies for the T-2 and other detectors.

I prefer the 5X10" 18.75 kHz DD elliptical for relic hunting or when searching for gold jewelry, The elliptical is less acceptable to iron masking over the 10.5" DD 7.5 kHz coil....................The 10.5" DD has it's place and thats for deep coins in the more cleaner areas, Such as the ball field I've been hitting.

Thanks again,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Old California]

Thanks Bob,

I noticed the same with this coil, It hits on dimes more so than the elliptical......Over all I prefer this coil for deep coin searching in the cleaner areas, It has it's place and deep coins is one of them.

I think why the deep coppers you've been digging come in with a normal to low ID is due to the massive amount of copper each has, The detector sees the large deep copper coin the same as it would a smaller copper near the surface. If these large coppers were further down from the depths you are digging them then the X-70 would ID them higher, The X-70 sure is a nice detector.

Thanks again,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Old California]

Thanks Wayne,

I'm still in the learning stages with the X-70, It's a fun machine and so far I prefer using only the 5X10" elliptical DD and now the 10.5" DD. Can't see myself using the other coils for my hunting needs, These two coils pretty much handle my type of detecting.

Most of the wheat pennies came in at 5" to 8" inches, Nothing deeper but the X-70 had enough punch to go deeper had the coil come across one. The dime was around 5.5" to 6" inches, Not very deep and most of these coins may have been on edge to have been passed over by our other detectors.

Thanks again Wayne and you'll enjoy the X-70 if you decide to get one, I still use my T-2 and now the X-70 appears to be another detector I'll be using...
HH, Paul

 

[Bavaria Mike]

That is a nice coil and it does find some of the smallest targets. Congrats on the finds and HH, Mike

 

[Old California]

Thanks Mike,

I was hoping the lower kHz on the 10.5" DD would reduce the response to smaller bits and pieces of aluminum, It did a little compared to the 18.75 DD elliptical and still the 10.5" DD can hit strong on the tiny stuff.

Also, The 10.5" DD helps keep the detector stay upright when laying the detector on the ground, The wider coil distributes the bulk of the coil weight off to each side while the elliptical shape retains the weight in the center which doesn't help the top heavy any.

Thanks again,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Mike C...]

WTG Paul-I've had my X70 for about a year now and it does everything minelab said it would do and more-I've found gold nuggets-coins and jewelery with mine-I use the High Khz concentric coil all the time for general hunting and the elliptical dd for prospecting-the 2 coils are really sensitve to lower conducting items and in my opinion they hit on the coins on edge better-I'm now waiting on my new 10.5 dd coil to get here can't wait to use it for hunting parks and schoolyards-Mike C...AZ

 

[John LA]

Mine came in yesterday. It is deep but heavy.

 

[crow-duck]

John where did you have it ordered from,I ordered mine from Kellyco last week and have not heard from them.
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[John LA]

They've treated me right over the years though I've made purchases from many of the sponsors. Haven't got a bad deal yet.

 

[crow-duck]

I ordered mine on the 2 of February when did you order yours.I just want to know if I need to call them again.
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[NH Bob]

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[John LA]

I would call. It shouldn't take more than 5 days. They provided me with a tracking number and I was able to check the progress.

 

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