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Selling my six inch and going for the seventeen
- Thread starter GKMan
- Start date
Mason Jarr
New member
I really like mine. I've had it a little over 2 weeks and been out four times with it. Got 7 silver coins and two silver rings on those four hunts. It works well in moderate trash and I've definitely seen an increase in depth. There's no telling what you'll bring up with one over your way!
Gary, I sold my 17". I didn't like it and the added weight made my 6-10 hour detecting days that much more difficult. There is no depth difference and my biggest problem was that shallow targets come up as deeper targets. So a 3" coin read 4-5" on the screen. I made a profit on mine so I was happy/
GKMan
Well-known member
Wow a profit! That's awesome! If I did most of my hunting in parks I would have kept the six inch where a lot has to do with the the detector AND the detectorist being able to discern between close proximity good and bad targets, but like I had said most of my hunting is the woods, and fields, where it is more up to the luck of having your coil over the right place on that hundred acres of land.
Can't say I am looking forward to the extra weight, but I don't get out for any long period hunts these days anyhow so I should be alright. As far as the depth inaccuracy, If it sounds like a coin or another type of good target where I am I dig it regardless since the fields being turned over could mean a KG on the surface and a Wheat nine inches down.
I am still confused about the depth capabilities. At first glance I would think it would be the same as the stock coil since it is a double D, but I remember on the E-trac running air tests and finding that the larger coil I had outperformed the stock coil. Yes, I know that an air test is not the same as real world conditions, but it should at the least give us a clue as to what it is really capable of.
Thoughts on that folks?
Can't say I am looking forward to the extra weight, but I don't get out for any long period hunts these days anyhow so I should be alright. As far as the depth inaccuracy, If it sounds like a coin or another type of good target where I am I dig it regardless since the fields being turned over could mean a KG on the surface and a Wheat nine inches down.
I am still confused about the depth capabilities. At first glance I would think it would be the same as the stock coil since it is a double D, but I remember on the E-trac running air tests and finding that the larger coil I had outperformed the stock coil. Yes, I know that an air test is not the same as real world conditions, but it should at the least give us a clue as to what it is really capable of.
Thoughts on that folks?
GKMan
Well-known member
Someone else had mentioned that the six was just as good as the stock as far as separation goes... I ended up with it because I needed a coil quick when I had to send the stock in for replacement and that was what was available. Anyhow, I am looking forward to swinging seventeen inches around....
G. E. Edwards
New member
You guys are pretty much right about the depth all though I seem to dig a little deeper with the 17'', but it's best used on big open places like the beaches I detect.