14 inch coil for nuggets?

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone
Thanks Monte for the advise on the 5 inch excellerator for nugget hunting.
I was wondering if the 14 inch excellerator would also be suitable for nuggets ( in highly mineralised areas) or is it too big and may not have the sensitivity.
Any advise would be appreciated
Thans in anticipation
StephKade

 

[Anonymous]

I have always understood that for mineralized or trashy ground you need the small coils to be able to see the good targets. If the coil is too big it is going to see too much causing you to miss the smaller targets, or any targets not very large where as the smaller coils will see these targets. If that is the case a larger coil will not see gold nuggets in highly mineralized ground like the smaller coils will..
I see this in trashy ground all the time and why we have the little mini shooter 4X6 coil as it will get into places the stock coil will not and go deeper also agaisnt even other more expensive detectors and coils working the same area. I beleive coils have to match the area you are working if you want max performance and finds.
Rick

 

[Anonymous]

Under most detecting circumstances, and average soil conditions, larger coils DO get greater depth. However, in areas of high soil mineralization, such as the western goldfields, larger coils DO "see" more soil, thus "see" more soil mineralization, therefore USUALLY require a reduction in power to be stable. If the reduction of power negates any additional depth potential with the larger coil, then you MAY be better off using the stock (i.e. smaller) coil. Hope this helps; HH jim

 

[Anonymous]

The DD coil is the best coil for hunting mineralized ground. Both the Shooter Eclipse and the 14 inch Excelerator are DD coils. If the area that you hunt is not trashy, both should handle the mineralization OK. If the area is trashy, then the smaller coil will be more effective in getting "in between" the trash. It will be more effective separating those targets within it's depth range due to the smaller footprint and less area that is being "diagnosed". The bigger coil covers more turf and also goes deeper. So it just makes sense to me that at any given time, the number of targets being located with a larger coil, good and bad, will be more plentiful than with the smaller coils. If there are lots of bad targets in the area, switch to the smaller coil to separate the good from the bad and reduce the confusion. Otherwise, use the biggest coil you can "get away with" to maximize the area you can cover in a given period of time.

 

[Anonymous]

The 14" Excelerator should do well on nuggets w/o loss of sensitivity. I had a customer do quite well in Alaska with one.

 

[Anonymous]

Without knowing where in Alaska and what size nuggets, your post don't say a thing. Some areas up there have mild ground and a few have some good sized nuggets (like Ganes Crk) although in most areas nuggets run small.
Tom

 

[Anonymous]

get one of them and check it out. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=""> You must be curious about how it will handle your ground and what kind of sensitivity it has on those Mojave midgets.
Tom