Tejon 2nd coil?

[WV62]

Well my new to me Tejon is here and I have been going through the manual and playing around in the yard, but it is a little to cold and wet to get out on a hunt. I would like to know what would be a good coil to start watching for? The detector came with the 9x8 and the only hunting I do is coin and inland jewelry. I am leaning in the direction of one of those 5 3/4" coils.

Ron in WV

 

[DeweyS]

I would like to get the 10" football shaped coil for my Vaquero. I would say that if you want a small coil then get it. I have my Vaquero and a Compadre, so I have the two covered. I'm like everyone else, I use small coils in small areas and big coils in big areas.

 

[John (Ma)]

The stock coil and 5.75 will be all you'll ever need!

 

[BarberBill]

5.75 coil is great in trashy areas and will surprise you with the depth for its size.
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[MarkCZ]

Lets take this question up a notch!
Best coil for small gold?

What's out there as far as aftermarket coils?

Mark

 

[MarkCZ]

Also I noticed there is two different 5.75" coils,
Widescan, and
Concentric,

Mark

 

[Canewrap]

Unless you have bad ground, I would stick to the concentric for the 5.75 coil. The concentric gets better depth and discrimination. Just read the post at the head of this forum about Widescan coils.

 

[tvr]

For your second coil, it's been pretty well covered already: 5.75 inch concentric paired with the standard coil pretty much covers it. Then see what type of hunting you are doing, what you are finding and how deep.

For coil number 3 ... If most of what you dig is 6 inches deep or less where you are hunting and:
1) it is not too trashy
2) you are hunting a lot of areas where targets may be fairly widely dispersed
3) there is a fair chance of finding concentrations or spills and you want to find them quickly,
Then you may have a case for finding a cleansweep coil. I use a cleansweep fairly often on the Tejon for sports fields and the larger tot lots.
Cheers,
tvr