Well this was my 2nd actual full hunt with the SEF 10 x 12 coil...and again it performed well for me. I didn't find any old silver...or any big silver...but 7 silver coins...13 wheaties...and an injun...all in 7 hours....is a super day for me.
Plus...one of the wheaties is a semi-key 1915-S...and looks nice.
Funny thing is that some days this pounded park produces a hot area...and other days I'll wander for 3 hours and find absolutely nothing...and I mean nothing.
I still LOVE my 1050 coil...but this 10 x 12 really separates well for me and obviously has no problem pulling out keeper coins for me from very pounded sites....and from pretty impressive depths.
Each and every coin I found today came from at least 7" ...and many came from the 8" to 9" range.I don't know how well the 12 x 15 version performs...but I'm a park hunter and wouldn't use a 12 x 15 coil in any of the nail infested parks I hunt anyway.
At least half of the coins found were very close to trash.....yet the coil gave me a nice strong coin signal....separate from the trash signal.
I can run it at whatever sensitivity I want...but continue to stick at my comfort zone of semi auto 26 and gain at 10.
A lot of times people adjust their personal settings to accomodate the coil...like having to drop the gain...or lower sensitivity...or something of that nature. Heck...I make the coil fit MY settings.
If I can't hunt with the settings I prefer..and that I feel give me the best chance to pop some deep silver out of the ground...then that coil "ain't" goin' on my SE. 
I do realize that smaller coils can be run hot..and larger coils need lower adjustments..etc...but for the everyday general settings...I've found a very nice comfort zone that I apply for the most part to each and every coil I use.
This coil is a very hot coil...and goes plenty deep...and again you can run it as hot as you want without any falsing whatsoever.
To me though...nails start to sound too good when I raise sensitivity...or open up my iron mask past 22 on any of my coils.
This is only my opinion and might not hold true to many hunters...but it has definately been working for me the last year or so. I don't get into debates over why you should or shouldn't use one coil coil over another.
If the coil finds stuff for me...then it's gonna' get used...if it doesn't...then it won't be on my SE very long....it's that simple.
Anyone I hunt with will tell you... I never tell people what settings or coils will work for them ...I only tell them what works for me.
Now if I only had more time to hunt. My work schedule is really picking up...and my hunting buddy Phil...niterider_58...has a completely diffrent work schedule from mine. Unless he takes off work...or my work schedule changes...we are stuck hunting the same pounded parks and sites we hunted back in the 80's. The good thing is that his wife and my girlfriend are really cool about letting us take off for a few hours when we can.
Plus...one of the wheaties is a semi-key 1915-S...and looks nice.Funny thing is that some days this pounded park produces a hot area...and other days I'll wander for 3 hours and find absolutely nothing...and I mean nothing.
I still LOVE my 1050 coil...but this 10 x 12 really separates well for me and obviously has no problem pulling out keeper coins for me from very pounded sites....and from pretty impressive depths.
Each and every coin I found today came from at least 7" ...and many came from the 8" to 9" range.I don't know how well the 12 x 15 version performs...but I'm a park hunter and wouldn't use a 12 x 15 coil in any of the nail infested parks I hunt anyway. At least half of the coins found were very close to trash.....yet the coil gave me a nice strong coin signal....separate from the trash signal.
I can run it at whatever sensitivity I want...but continue to stick at my comfort zone of semi auto 26 and gain at 10.A lot of times people adjust their personal settings to accomodate the coil...like having to drop the gain...or lower sensitivity...or something of that nature. Heck...I make the coil fit MY settings.
If I can't hunt with the settings I prefer..and that I feel give me the best chance to pop some deep silver out of the ground...then that coil "ain't" goin' on my SE. I do realize that smaller coils can be run hot..and larger coils need lower adjustments..etc...but for the everyday general settings...I've found a very nice comfort zone that I apply for the most part to each and every coil I use.
This coil is a very hot coil...and goes plenty deep...and again you can run it as hot as you want without any falsing whatsoever.
To me though...nails start to sound too good when I raise sensitivity...or open up my iron mask past 22 on any of my coils.This is only my opinion and might not hold true to many hunters...but it has definately been working for me the last year or so. I don't get into debates over why you should or shouldn't use one coil coil over another.
If the coil finds stuff for me...then it's gonna' get used...if it doesn't...then it won't be on my SE very long....it's that simple.
Anyone I hunt with will tell you... I never tell people what settings or coils will work for them ...I only tell them what works for me. Now if I only had more time to hunt. My work schedule is really picking up...and my hunting buddy Phil...niterider_58...has a completely diffrent work schedule from mine. Unless he takes off work...or my work schedule changes...we are stuck hunting the same pounded parks and sites we hunted back in the 80's. The good thing is that his wife and my girlfriend are really cool about letting us take off for a few hours when we can.
Phil and I went out for about 2 hours the other day and after all was said and done...we had $2500 worth of machines in our hands and didn't even find a wheatie
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN FINDING IT. NOT ONLY THAT WHEN I CAME OVER THE OTHER DAY TO LOOK AT YOUR WALKER THE FIRST THING I SMELLED IN YOUR HOUSE WAS NOT BACON, IT WAS SLIVER, IT WAS EVERYWHERE.... IN FACT MAN IF YOUR HOUSE BURNED DOWN IT WOULD BE A BIG SHOT PUT OF SILVER 
NOW STOP COMPLAINING AND COME OVER AND LETS GO HUNTING 
Considering we both live in the same general geographic area where the places we hunt should have similar soils, I don't see why those settings wouldn't work for me. Your results in the last 6-8 months or so would be pretty difficult to argue against. Good luck this weekend if you get a chance to get out. I intend to be out all day both days, provided it doesn't rain too much Saturday as they are predicting.
