Standard or 5" coil

[bubblehead]

After a few years of using a single tone brand X detector, I got the green finally for an MXT and it will be here tomorrow. (I'm 55 years old and feel like an 8 year old on Christmas Eve). I also ordered the 5" excelerator coil with it. I've read reports (till I'm blind) about the different size coils (DD, etc) but can't find any real facts about that vs the standard 9.5" coil. I live in Western North Carolina (Asheville area) if that says anything unusual about the ground mineralization here. My main interests are coins and jewelry but you know I'll be bouncing back and forth with all the settings.
Appreciate any comments and if anyone in this area wants a hunt buddy, let me know.

 

[Rob (IL)]

I use the 5" a lot. It is not as deep as the 9.5 if the area is clean but neither are other small coils. The purpose is to get between the trash and it has done great for me. In trash it can be deeper than than the 9.5 because the big coil is seeing multiple targets and will suffer from masking from surrounding trash. When you get close to metal poles, fences, benches turn down the gain and you can get close.

The depth indication will be off as the MXT is calibrated to the 9.5. Monte is a good source of information on this coil. Rob

 

[bubblehead]

Thanks, Rob. I'll post my findings when I've tested both.

 

[cointrader]

Not familiar with the excelerator coil, guess it all depends on your soil conditions. I have good luck with the Eclipse 5.3 up this way (Northern NH). If you are a die-hard detectorist like myself, dig up all the trash with the smaller coil, and go over the site again with the stock coil for deeper targets that may have been "masked". Good luck

 

[dirtdigginlady]

You'll love both coils. If you are covering large ground with not alot of trash, you'll want to use the standard coil. If you are in a park or an old yard where there are lots of signals close together you'll want to use the small coil so you can pick one signal out by itself. I live not too far from you in the far S.W. VA area and the soil here is very easy to work with running about a 50 most times. I used to always hunt in the coin and jewerly mode when I first got my detector but when I got willing to really give the relic mode a try, I've never been back to the c/j mode. The relic is so much better and the little signals are so much easier to hear.

 

[Rob (IL)]

The 5" is a DD coil and DD coils work better than concentric coils in high mineralization. It is very good in good soil. I can run it in The + range in 82 soil.I don't know your soil. Rob

 

[Tinfoil]

n/t

 

[Rob (IL)]

It's a DD because it"s an excelerator and that's what he asked about in the original post and when I answered him in the second post. Rob

 

[Tinfoil]

n/t