Silver umax (micromax)

[rejeanmontreal]

If i put a 12x10 Widescan coil on the Tesoro Silver umax will i get more depth than the stock 8" concentric coil ? How much more depth with the Widescan 12x10 coil ? Is it true that Widescan coil work better in heavy mineralized ground ?
Thanks again...noobie still learning....
Rejean, Montreal

 

[Hombre]

If i put a 12x10 Widescan coil on the Tesoro Silver umax will i get more depth than the stock 8" concentric coil ? How much more depth with the Widescan 12x10 coil ? Is it true that Widescan coil work better in heavy mineralized ground ?
Thanks again...noobie still learning....
Rejean, Montreal

If you are concerned about mineralized ground then the obvious choice would be a metal detector that has manual ground balance controls or automated ground balance. The 12X10" coil in my opinion would throw off the factory pre-set ground balance of the Silver µMax. The Silver µMax has a factory calibrated ground balance for the standard 8"concentric coil, which in my opinion is the best coil Tesoro makes.

 

[BarberBill]

I agree with Hombre. If you regularly hunt in ground that is more heavily mineralized, and adjustable ground balance is a great help. You could send your machine and coil in to Tesoro to calibrated, but then it would no longer be matched to the stock coil. I'd keep my eye out for a clean used Eldorado umax, Bandido II umax or a new Outlaw as these are all compatible with the same coils your Silver can use.
BB

 

[Furious T]

I agree with Hombre and Barber Bill.

If the ground you are mainly detecting is heavily mineralised, or varies from moderate to heavily mineralised, then you would be better served, as Barber Bill suggested, looking for a detector which has variable ground balance control, so that you can change the ground balance to suit the ground conditions.

Merely buying a DD coil, and a very large one at that, probably wont help your detector, which has fixed ground balance (pre set at the factory to try to accommodate a variety of soil types to some degree).

DD coils can be better suited to some ground conditions than concentric coils, and concentric coils can be better suited to some conditions than DD coils. Sometimes it can be a matter of trial and error, testing different coils in YOUR ground, to find the type that is best suited to YOUR ground and conditions.

In some conditions, using a large coil wont improve detection depth over a smaller coil. If there is a detecting club near where you live, you should be able to find out from the various members which types of machines and coils work well in your conditions, and for what purposes (ie, coin & jewellery hunting or relic hunting or gold prospecting).

There are a multitude of detectors, and even more coils out there, and finding the right ones and the right combinations for you can take a long time, but the main thing is to have fun while you are finding out. HH