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Well back to the XLT for awhile

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TexHunter

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My two month old V3i has now a bad 10" D coil. I thought it would never happen to me but now I'm one of the many. A guy from whites said there's nothing wrong with them that all coils can do that, well I've never seen it. If it can't handle how I baby it so far it's not the coil for me. That brings me to my question, what a good replacement coil for the stock 10" coil? A 950, 10x6 ? or any suggestions. Thanks
 
I'm surely not the expert, but I think all coils do "go bad". The problem is that the V3i is so super-tuned that any deterioration in the coil causes the machine to malfunction, whereas many less sensitive, less carefully nulled machines don't even see the problem.....this is not from Whites - it's just MHO...
 
My SEF is not a good 3 frequency coil for me. For my type of hunting the 6x10 is too shallow. In my mineralized soil the D2 just out hunts a concentric. Both of my D2 coils are good and have been for 2 years. The answer is get the D2 replaced it is warranted.
 
I sure like the stock 10" coil. I could always get the RX gain of 15 but can't get it above 13 without an overload. I normally hunt with a RX gain of 7-10 and works fine. Will it get worse or send it in? They wanted the whole V then said no just send the coil.
 
If you can't get RX 15 without boost, you will get a new coil. The null has shifted. Will it get worse, maybe. The point is you should have a coil that will do RX15. That coil would work on a M6, MXT or DFX just fine.
 
No boost, and well guess I'll send it in and get a new 10" for back up. Soon I'll get a 10x6 or a 4x6. Thanks for the help as always rob. I'm at my career high silver count on the year with the V, XLT and MXT-pro. A walmart brand can do me good BUT with White's it's easy and I do it in style. Thanks
 
I have been using the 950 coil in low mineralized soil. It has been more stable than the D2 in high EMI areas, gets good depth, accurate VDIs, and precise pinpointing. It feels like it has slightly less depth than the D2, but it may be my imagination. It is now my favorite coil, but I may try the 10x12 SEF. I have the 6x8 SEF and I like it.
 
Champ in your soil my guess would be the 950 might even be a little deeper. It will need a lot more overlapping to get the deeper ones.
 
you must have got a bad coil, ive accidentally smacked lots of rocks, trees you name it, still good as new. the 4x6 is really cool for trash pits, just dont give up on the d2, its a great coil.
 
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