A little advice from you x-Terra users I have placed a wanted ad in the classifieds for a 705 can you tell me with the large selection of coils what coils would be best for my needs I hunt a lot of schools and sport fields. I live in south Eastern North Carolina and for must it is sandy soil.
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BEST COILS FOR X-TERRA 705
- Thread starter lusitania
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7centsworth
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I would get a 6 inch dd 18.75 coil. That little coil is good in trash and gets pretty good depth. All of the coils are good though.
Corsairian
New member
Yup. Either the 6" dd 18.75 or 5x10" dd 18.75. Remember the 6" is "waterproof" and submersible and the 5x10" is "water resistant" and not submersible. I have both and mostly use the 5X10, (good on the beach too) and using the 6" for trashy areas and better separation for targets. I also did what was suggested here before and applied a bead of silicone around the edge of the coil cover (covered with a layer of black tape) and also where the cord exits the coil on my 5x10. 
Keep 'er swingin'
Cors
Keep 'er swingin'
Cors
I use the 6" HF in Tot Lots. Cut the gain back and "bump" the poles and find alot of rings. Found over 23 rings this year with the small coils and better target ID. Youll get your better depth with the larger concentric coils but you cant beat the DD for seperation. If your serious about coins MF or LF are the ticket. They will get the larger silver coins and less slaw. On the beach use the largest DD and HF for the jewelry. IMHO
digmeahole
New member
TomB said:
Tom i know this is old but when you use this coil on the beach do you go near the watter? I made the mistake of thinking it was water proof until i read minelabs web site... Only water resistant... If any coil should be water proof it should be these two! So when your wading the only coil choice we have is the small 6" or the concentric.... right?
I just returned the 6" as it was way to small for my taste. I exchanged it for the HF concentric as it is water proof....
digmeahole said:
I never hunt in the water for any reason so if a coil is water proof or water resistant means nothing to me. In fact I rarely hunt the wet sand. When people go to the beach they spread their towels on the dry sand.
I would say that most people spend more time in the dry sand area verses the wet sand. It only stands to reason then that most of the lost items will be in the dry sand. I do hunt the wet sand after a storm comes in looking for the goodies washed ashore. HH TomB
" It only stands to reason then that most of the lost items will be in the dry sand. I do hunt the wet sand after a storm comes in looking for the goodies washed ashore. HH TomB"
Hi Tom,
At the local beach I hunt at, almost all the goodies (pre-1964 coins) are in the water.
The beach was established in 1952 and the shore line has changed.
I found this out last fall when they drained water and exposed about 30 ft. of previously water covered beach.
My first find in this newly open area was a 1932 qtr. Next find was a 1928 Merc. dime.
In the following weeks I found a 1952 Ben Franklin, 12 more silver dimes, nine of which where Merc's.
A 1952 10k gold High School ring and a 14k baby ring were also among the finds.
Now to may dismay they put the water back in covering the good area.
With the XT-705 I only allow myself to go in to a depth of two to three ft. max with the waterproof coils.
Minelabs site says WP coils good to 1 meter (39 inches) max.
Then I am always concerned about getting the control box wet so I am very, very careful.
This is in fresh water, if it was salt water I don't think I would risk more than 1 ft in.
Last week I grudgingly bought AT-Pro (got a good price thankfully) so I could go in up to 10 ft.
I would have gotten an Excal but not enough $ in my pocket!
The AT-Pro makes me appreciate the XT-705 even more than I did before.
The visual target ID drops out at 6 inches on the AT-Pro, nothing wrong with the MD, this is just what they do.
I usually bring over the XT-705 to re-check the target if I'm not in to deep.
Then decide to dig or not.
Time consuming, but my wife and I love the beach!
Good Hunting
Denny
Hi Tom,
At the local beach I hunt at, almost all the goodies (pre-1964 coins) are in the water.
The beach was established in 1952 and the shore line has changed.
I found this out last fall when they drained water and exposed about 30 ft. of previously water covered beach.
My first find in this newly open area was a 1932 qtr. Next find was a 1928 Merc. dime.
In the following weeks I found a 1952 Ben Franklin, 12 more silver dimes, nine of which where Merc's.
A 1952 10k gold High School ring and a 14k baby ring were also among the finds.
Now to may dismay they put the water back in covering the good area.
With the XT-705 I only allow myself to go in to a depth of two to three ft. max with the waterproof coils.
Minelabs site says WP coils good to 1 meter (39 inches) max.
Then I am always concerned about getting the control box wet so I am very, very careful.
This is in fresh water, if it was salt water I don't think I would risk more than 1 ft in.
Last week I grudgingly bought AT-Pro (got a good price thankfully) so I could go in up to 10 ft.
I would have gotten an Excal but not enough $ in my pocket!
The AT-Pro makes me appreciate the XT-705 even more than I did before.
The visual target ID drops out at 6 inches on the AT-Pro, nothing wrong with the MD, this is just what they do.
I usually bring over the XT-705 to re-check the target if I'm not in to deep.
Then decide to dig or not.
Time consuming, but my wife and I love the beach!
Good Hunting
Denny
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digmeahole
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kirk01 said:
I agree with you 100% not only does the water line constantly change, but storms and erosion play a huge part in bringing those dry sand losses to the sea.
Also from what i hear most people lose there jewelry from wading as the colder water actually makes your fingers constrict.
Most rings are lost in the water not on dry sand......
check out some of the videos from you tube its amazing what some of these guys find while wading..
mapper65
Member
In my area I have done the best with the 10.5" HF DD and the 6" HF DD. I will admit that my best find so far (1834 Half Dime) was with the original 9" factory coil but after giving it more than a chance, the HF coils do much better in my area. With the factory coil, I was very lucky to pull up a nickel. With the HF coils they just about jump out of the ground. My guess is the soil that we have here in my area of Pennsylvania may be what makes the difference.
Think about all anyone needs besides their stock coil is a small coil for the trashy areas and a 10.5 " coil for searching beaches and larger areas. In some areas the MF coils will work a little better and other areas like Mapper and my areas, the HF coils work the best. Though some guys swear by their LF coil...
http://www.reedsprospecting.com.au/shop/listings/coiltek-coils/
Lusitania, Okay Okay, I know its taken me a while to reply BUT I have only just come across your post. Better late than never I reckon!
If you follow the link that I have placed above you will notice that there is now a 15 inch dia coil available for the xterra and it has got heaps of praise from lots of users! This coil was made especially by coiltek for the xterra!
For some interesting videos for learning the correct and most profitable way to use the xterra 705 plus some very good hints on other things, I would suggest that you "GOOGLE" ...."SUPERSNOOPY36" Or alternatively type it in the search area of you tube. Snoop has had a lot of experience with this machine and has the videos put up ther to show us all how to improve our finds.
All the best to you all from downunder!
Al
Lusitania, Okay Okay, I know its taken me a while to reply BUT I have only just come across your post. Better late than never I reckon!
If you follow the link that I have placed above you will notice that there is now a 15 inch dia coil available for the xterra and it has got heaps of praise from lots of users! This coil was made especially by coiltek for the xterra!
For some interesting videos for learning the correct and most profitable way to use the xterra 705 plus some very good hints on other things, I would suggest that you "GOOGLE" ...."SUPERSNOOPY36" Or alternatively type it in the search area of you tube. Snoop has had a lot of experience with this machine and has the videos put up ther to show us all how to improve our finds.
All the best to you all from downunder!
Al