Took the Equinox 900 for a walk in the park the other day...

[JimmyCT]

I started with the Coiltek 10x5" coil and EMI was so horrible I had to turn the sensitivity to 15. Even though it was at a low level of sensitivity, the coiltek still hit the silver ring at 7"!! After about half of my hunt was over, (I hunted for 5 hours) I went back to my car and installed the stock 11" coil on the 900. I arrived back at the area where I was hunting and the detector ran as quiet as a church mouse with sensitivity at 25.(max sensitivity: 28 ) Both are great coils! For pure raw depth, the award goes to the stock 11" coil. The slicing and dicing award in heavy trash / iron goes to the Coiltek 10x5". As far as depth comparison, the Coiltek is darn close to the stock 11". Thanks for looking!

 

[PDH]

Wow you had a great hunt! A couple of real oldies there too. Congrats.

 

[KSDfisher77]

Congrats on a awesome hunt. That's a swell day of digging. What little bit I've used my 900, the Coiltek 10"x5" lives on mine. I get at 18 on sens. in my park. With the ground damp/moist the coiltek 10x5 easily sees a 8" quarter.

 

[JimmyCT]

Wow you had a great hunt! A couple of real oldies there too. Congrats.

Thank you!

 

[JimmyCT]

Congrats on a awesome hunt. That's a swell day of digging. What little bit I've used my 900, the Coiltek 10"x5" lives on mine. I get at 18 on sens. in my park. With the ground damp/moist the coiltek 10x5 easily sees a 8" quarter.

Now that I have been using mine, I can back you up on that claim! It's a powerful coil even at much lower sensitivity settings. I feel this is the hidden "feature" if you will, of using this coil. Not much sensitivity is needed to obtain great depth!

 

[KSDfisher77]

Now that I have been using mine, I can back you up on that claim! It's a powerful coil even at much lower sensitivity settings. I feel this is the hidden "feature" if you will, of using this coil. Not much sensitivity is needed to obtain great depth!

Yes I was doubting the 10x5 coil at 1st because of the lower sens. But started using it more & found it dont need much sens. to be deep.

 

[jim tn]

It's a powerful coil even at much lower sensitivity settings.

Is it emi prone at higher sen. settings? Thanks, HH jim tn

 

[KSDfisher77]

Is it emi prone at higher sen. settings? Thanks, HH jim tn

I personally think emi messes with the 10x5, but its not terrible. I've noticed when emi is making it chatty, if i switch to a single frequency, I can increase sens. Usually another 2-4 points higher on my sens setting.

 

[fwcrawford]

Yo are doing great with that new setup Jim!
Now you need to see if it will find the missing quarter in the woods…

 

[JimmyCT]

Is it emi prone at higher sen. settings? Thanks, HH jim tn

Jim, it’s emi prone as much as using the equinox 800 with the stock coil in this area. Last year I had to reduce sensitivity (on the 800) to 12-15. I packed up and left.
Yet on the North end of this same park, I can run sensitivity at 26 on the 900 and the coiltek runs nice and quiet. As I mentioned previously in this post, even at lower sensitivity levels, this coiltek still obtains great depth.

 

[markinswpa]

I started with the Coiltek 10x5" coil and EMI was so horrible I had to turn the sensitivity to 15. Even though it was at a low level of sensitivity, the coiltek still hit the silver ring at 7"!! After about half of my hunt was over, (I hunted for 5 hours) I went back to my car and installed the stock 11" coil on the 900. I arrived back at the area where I was hunting and the detector ran as quiet as a church mouse with sensitivity at 25.(max sensitivity: 28 ) Both are great coils! For pure raw depth, the award goes to the stock 11" coil. The slicing and dicing award in heavy trash / iron goes to the Coiltek 10x5". As far as depth comparison, the Coiltek is darn close to the stock 11". Thanks for looking!

Jimmy congrats on the pair of Mercs, ring and old nickels. Sounds like that park still has alot to offer. Good luck on your return. So you would think the larger coil would be more susceptible to EMI than the smaller 10x5. Huh ? I have read several other posts saying what your findings show. I used the 10x5 on the 800 for 40 maybe 50 hunts. I never really had an issue with EMI but a buddy I lent it to gave it back after a couple hunts saying it was too chatty. If your in Park 1 and its chatty try switching to Field 2. It can be an eye opener. With the small coil on it works pretty good. Mark

 

[jim tn]

As I mentioned previously in this post, even at lower sensitivity levels, this coiltek still obtains great depth.

Yeah, I saw that. I seldom am unable to run the 900 with 11" coil at sen. 26. Higher, targets to my old ears seem a bit "smeared," if that's the correct definition, and seemingly may off set any additional depth I might get, if any. My over all biggest concern, and has been for a while, is that dang nab silent emi. Nice report...and good job on the older coins and ring. Go get em! HH jim tn

 

[JimmyCT]

Jimmy congrats on the pair of Mercs, ring and old nickels. Sounds like that park still has alot to offer. Good luck on your return. So you would think the larger coil would be more susceptible to EMI than the smaller 10x5. Huh ? I have read several other posts saying what your findings show. I used the 10x5 on the 800 for 40 maybe 50 hunts. I never really had an issue with EMI but a buddy I lent it to gave it back after a couple hunts saying it was too chatty. If your in Park 1 and its chatty try switching to Field 2. It can be an eye opener. With the small coil on it works pretty good. Mark

Thanks Mark! We would think "the larger the coil, the more susceptibility to EMI" but not with the Coiltek. I feel Coiltek super tuned this coil to extreme preciseness and sensitivity. Meaning, "less sensitivity can be employed to achieve the results" I know we all want to go "balls to the wall" with sensitivity but this may not be necessary utilizing coiltek coils. I am still learning with the Coiltek and want to engage in hunting with as much sensitivity as conditions will allow. However this encountered EMI situation opened my eyes to the fact Coiltek achieved great depth with very little sensitivity. I remembered that if there were EMI issues running Park1 on the 800, I could switch over to Field2 and EMI would be minimized. However on the 900, I find this is not to be the case. I cycled through the different modes and were all "chatty". Field2 was just as bad as Park1 that I was using. More time will tell, but I am glad this situation happened.

 

[JimmyCT]

Yeah, I saw that. I seldom am unable to run the 900 with 11" coil at sen. 26. Higher, targets to my old ears seem a bit "smeared," if that's the correct definition, and seemingly may off set any additional depth I might get, if any. My over all biggest concern, and has been for a while, is that dang nab silent emi. Nice report...and good job on the older coins and ring. Go get em! HH jim tn

Thanks Jim!
Silent EMI is the biggest killer of performance. I can say with great confidence we have all had hunts where we bombed out and didn't have a very successful hunt. Only to return to the same hunting spot on a different day and time and make great finds! Was it Silent EMI or did we fail to get over the big handful of old coins?
While I am hunting, I periodically perform a noise cancel to hopefully eliminate / minimize any silent EMI.

Higher, targets to my old ears seem a bit "smeared,"

I believe you are experiencing high pitch hearing loss and that is why it seems "smeared" instead of clear and distinct. You sir are not alone, I experience this very issue as well. We don't have the luxury of the "clarity" of higher frequencies. Keep pounding the dirt Mr. Jim, there are still treasures to be found!

 

[jim tn]

Aman, bro! HH jim tn

 

[still looking 52]

Killer day in my book Jimmy!
Two mercs in one day is outstanding.
Never thought about silent EMI, that's an interesting concept.

 

[Mark kus]

Nice finds Jim I’ve been lane hunting doing well still
Mark

 

[utmike]

Congrats on the silver finds! My experience has also been that the coiltek runs "hotter" than the stock coils. Like you, I've had good results at lower sensitivity with the 10x5.