Wonder if I should get a smaller coil or not

[Tico]

I have 4 Tesoro's and they all take the 5 pin coils.
I have the Tesoro 7" Concentric and the Troy 7" concentric.
Have been wondering if I really need to get a smaller one or not.
I hunt places with alot of Iron and nails, so been thinking I might need a smaller coil for those times when targets get scarce in the nails.
4" might be what I need since I already have the (2) 7" ones.
Only thing is when I use a coil smaller then 7", I feel like I'm detecting with a walking stick.
But they do have their uses for sure,
I think I've talked myself into a smaller coil, heck I can use it on all my tesoros
4" or 53/4", is my quandry.
Maybe even both

 

[tabman]

I haven't tried one, but the 5.75 DD coil sounds like it would be just the ticket for really trashy areas.

tabman

 

[Hombre]

Tico,

I have all three of the small concentrics: The 4" is very small as I'm looking at it sweeping the ground, it is specialty coil for moving in and around foundation stones, building rubble, and overgrown weedy places. The 4" coil is also good for moving around playground equipment and metal structures. IF I lived back east and hunted colonial cellar holes, this would be my coil of choice.

The 5.75 concentric coil is a trash master also, you can cover the ground a little faster with it, my wife bought a DeLeon and this is the only coil she will use, mostly because it is so light. The 5.75 coil is very deep for it's size.

The 7 inch concentric coil is what I usually have mounted on my pre

 

[Topo]

I can only speak about the 5.75 on the compadre, very nice coil on sensitivity and depth

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[dixiedigger57]

tico i got a friend, multi line dealer, 35 yr + hunter, pro i call him, using a tiny coil on another brand. we are using standards on our tesoros. we are hunting an old burned down CW war factory site. he was supposedly going to blow us away with the small coil. we have seen no better results. we are using 7 inch coils.the iron is atrocious. i think we get better trash seperation. he certainly is not covering much ground with his hockey puck. overlapping swings impossible and working him to death swinging. it does get good depth, but i think anything lower than the 5.75 inch is a probe. another brand touts a 4 inch, comes with a package on a low end tid unit, but ehhhh i will stick with the standard or go up. remember the standard what comes on it was designed for that unit. the 5.75 tesoro is as small as i would want to swing. an electrical engineer and builder of custom boards, detectors, says 7-8 inch coils seem to be the best. his opinion. mine by my experience. try them- if dont work, always a market out there.

 

[Lakota]

I haven't used the smaller ones on my tesoro but recently lost the coil on my F75 and went with a 5"DD from a fellow member here at a good price ( has to confirm it was the coil and not the macine itself ), anyways I locked onto a '35 merc at 3", had a junk target at 12 o'clock, another at 7 and anoth at 5 o'clock. My suspicion is that if I had been running my recently departed 11"DD I may not have dug this depending on the info I would have got with so much in the way.

Your right they have their purposes. Myself if I were you, I think I would lean toward the DD 5.75, my thinking is that the 4" would already cost you depth and more so at the end of its range. While the 5.75 may not as much and leave you with a wider foot print at depth. Of course that is me

Good luck with it

 

[Hank68]

I use my sniper coil on my Atpro for relic hunting in dense woods , it works great for that !

 

[foxhunter]

For hunting in nail infested sites.The 7" concentric is a fine choice.My experience If you use low enough disc a concentric coil will disc better in the iron..I never used a 4" but 5 3/4" doesn't loose a whole lot of depth..but a little to sensitive for relic hunting fields..a 9x8 works very well for me and is my first choice most of the time.good coverage and depth..And working it very Slow........good luck

 

[BarberBill]

I have all three and especially like the 7" concentric for a general use coil and the 5.75 for trashy parks etc. As to the 4" I've actually made several of my better finds with one, but IMHO it is definitely a special use coil where one would search small areas very slowly and thoroughly such as concentrations of very heavy trash, tight areas or the need to get closer to wire fences and the like. I use it the least, yet I'm glad I have it when the right hunting situation comes along. It does take a serious effort to use it slowly enough and to not feel foolish swing it, but it can deliver good rewards.
BB

 

[tabman]

I haven't tried one, but the 5.75 DD coil sounds like it would be just the ticket for really trashy areas.

tabman

Never mind, I was thinking 4 pin coils. There's not a 5 pin 5.75 DD coil.

tabman