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X70 and Coil Choices?

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CampCache

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I have read the FaqFaq, but still can not decide on which 2 coils I should purchase when I order my X70.

The type of areas I hunt include: Old house sites with lots of nails, plowed ag fields, timber, parks and schools. The parks and schools often are littered with foils, aluminum and other trash. Some of the old house sites are littered with nails, foil and aluminum. Most of the ground around here is sandy loam. We also have some wetlands too. The ground mineralization seems to be low but I have no way of telling.
Most of the old house sites date back to the early 1800's. Most of these old house sites are in the timber but some are in the ag fields. Some of these old house sites were used in the CW as campsites.

I want to be able to be able to use a 6 inch coil in the trashy parks for hunting jewelry and coins. I look at some threads and it sounds like the 6" HF DD is right for trashy areas but I am still not sure.

Coil For Trashy Areas

I also want a larger coil for hunting lead, brass, coins and jewelry on the old house sites and hunting for CW relics. I was thinking the 10.5 MF DD would be good for this, but I am not sure. For a larger coil I know I don't want the 5x10 HF coil. It appears that it is not waterproof and being waterproof is important to me.

Is there anyway someone could explain to me what I might need to seperate targets from the good items in trashy areas?

Than you!
 
I do almost exactly the same kind of hunting you do and I'm finding that the stock coil and the 6" HF DD will cover all that and more. I also have the 10.5" MF DD and I haven't used it much, but it might be good in a moderately trashy site when I'm looking for a CW campsite, but haven't had that situation yet, since I got this machine. I used to be a confirmed MXT user but, that is beginning to change. I'm finding myself digging more targets because of how light and versatile this machine is. I just don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out the target, when I'm relic hunting, if it registers as a high tone or deep iron I dig it. When in school yards or parks the notch discrimination is great. The coil I'm interested in getting is the 9", 3 kHz for relic hunting, but for now what I have works great.
 
I happen to be partial to the 10.5MF and the 9LF. I do the same type of hunting as yourself. I do own the 6"dd but I would rather move out of the trash zone and find plenty of goodies in the process. I have so many places to hunt that I don't waste much time in the trash,

imo
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What kind of hunting, specifically, are you using the 9-inch LF for? Do you think it would be a good coil on a relic site? Have you tried the 18.75 kHz, 9-inch coil?
 
Thanks for the replies.


Android,
The reason I hunt the trash is because there are alot of great items there. Alot of people don't hunt the trash because they don't want to take the time to mess with it so they move out of the trash.
We hunted a church yard sometime back and it was trashy. We cherry picked the shallow items and did very well. We found lots of clad but we found lots of great old coins as well. This was all done with the Ace250 and the stock coil. If I came out this good with the Ace250 and the stock coil just imagine what I could do with a better machine and smaller coil. I know there are alot more coins and other great items as well in this yard. Having the correct tools to do it with is what it's all about.
I once hated trashy areas as well but have since grown to like it.
 
CampCache said:
If I came out this good with the Ace250 and the stock coil just imagine what I could do with a better machine and smaller coil
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better machine or just a more expensive one :shrug: try the Ace 250 with the 4.5" sniper coil :biggrin:
 
trueblue said:
CampCache said:
If I came out this good with the Ace250 and the stock coil just imagine what I could do with a better machine and smaller coil
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better machine or just a more expensive one :shrug: try the Ace 250 with the 4.5" sniper coil :biggrin:
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Better machine
 
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