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sniper coil

The Sniper coil originates from Roswell back in the year 1947. Garrett recovered the small flying disc from area 51 in the early 60's while wandering into the site looking for lizards. Charles improved on the Alien technology and installed it on a metal detector he was designing in his garage. He found that by using the sniper coil it would pinpoint dead center every time. He also found that it was able to ignore steel supports in tot lots and around fences. The aliens original design sent it's signal strait down and not out the sides like some coils. To Charles amazement the converted disc was able to punch 6 inches plus into the earth. From that beginning a giant company emerged.
 
Hahahaha. Thats funny! Great story!:rofl:

Seriously though, the sniper is a small coil which means you can work trashy ground better.
If your in a trashy area where targets are close together you have major problems pinpointing. The Sniper coil being small can zero in on ONE target at a time and makes recovery easy! Its also has decent depth. It also makes pinpointing easy. When you go to dig your target you KNOW the target is within that 4 inch circumference and not somewhere else! ANother factor is that you can get close to fenches, walls, trees etc. You can't do that with the larger coil.
Hope that answers your question.

RR:detecting:
 
A larger coil covers more area and can pick up multiple targets at the same time. When you get more than one target under the coil it will cause the signal to jump around. It can't tell what the target is and make it hard to pin point the target. In mineralized soil it picks up the minerals more and can give a false signal and can give you less depth. A large coil is good for MD'ing the beach or any large area with little trash.

A smaller coil covers a smaller area and is more likely to separate the targets. That will cause the detector to run quieter and you can pick out the targets better. It sees less ground and less minerals. Like seeing in the fog. High beams will reflect back into your face and low beams will see farther. A small coil is good for mineralized ground, parks and demo-ed places with lots of trash. I use it most of the time for my style of MD'ing.
 
I think I like khouse discription better .:rofl:
 
Speaking of Roswell, I am XE1UFO. That is my Mexican-Government-issued ham radio call letters! When I am talking on my ham in my truck, I tell them I am UFO mobile!:jump:
 
If you see some of these little green guys:jump::jump::jump:, run for cover! They are
likely to beam you into their space craft and do all sorts of....wellll
terrible experiments!!!!!!:rofl:
RR
 
robert roy said:
If you see some of these little green guys:jump::jump::jump:, run for cover! They are
likely to beam you into their space craft and do all sorts of....wellll
terrible experiments!!!!!!:rofl:
RR
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hey: I think that is how our current presidential candidates were produced!:yikes:
 
Travis,
I have been using sniper coils since the early 80's with Garrett and Fisher detectors. some of my very best coin and relic finds have come from using a 3 1/2 or 4 inch coil. Heavy junk areas need a smaller coil as less masking of good targets takes place with smaller coils. I always use use sniper coils when:
working bleachers at a sports field
hunting a ball diamond
searching a burned or torn down structure
working close around metal playground equipment
hunting close to metal fencing of any kind
when looking for very small metal objects
areas where a large coil will not have easy access
 
One thing some may not know is that the 250 sniper coil is a coaxial coil. Which means with the pinpoint button held in no signal comes from the top of the coil. By turning the sniper coil sideways with the top of the coil facing the metal post you can get much closer....Jack
 
Has great target separation and It's great for trashy areas and up close to metal and it pinpoints like a dream plus the little bugger will get close to seven inches in depth depending on soil conditions.

Bill
 
is that the sniper coil gives off NO signal above or beside it when the pinpoint button is held on! And THAT opens up a hole lot of possibilities that are not possible with most other detectors. While you may not have a functioning meter, you can locate coin directly under metal play equipment and hunt within an inch of uprights if you tilt the coil slightly away from the metal that you are detecting next too!:jump::garrett: That is what makes it so neat in my books.
Mick Evans.
 
When you buy your coil you might think about getting the lower rod for it as well.
Saves a lot of time when switching back and forth on coils.

Regards
RR
 
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