Coil and Pinpoint Question for Bill or John

[eric in ks]

I have the oppurtunity to acquire a 5 x 10 scorcher coil and was wanting to know if it would classify as a DD or a eliptical coil. Does it pinpoint like a DD coil or like the ace eliptical coil? I haven't heard much about using one, but heard one guy say he loved his for coinshooting. Any advice you can give on one? Thanks for the help, Eric

 

[John-Edmonton]

The Garrett 5 X 10 Inch is an Elliptical Coil for GTI-1500 & 2500 Series Detectors. It was designed for general purpose detecting but with a wider search scan and slightly better trash rejection capability. It would be a nice coin shooter, and would pinpoint like the ACE Elliptical coil.

I have set you up with a link about search coil design and useage. Just click below:

http://www.garrett.com/hobby/techsupport/techsheets/searchcoil.pdf

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[Uncle Willy]

Eliptical is a shape not a type of coil. The one you speak of happens to be a DD and as such you pinpoint off the front center tip of the coil as DD's have no receiver for pinpointing and detect as deep at either end as they do anywhere else on the coil.

Since it is ten inches long you have a full ten inches of coverage, slightly less at peak depth. A DD only detects side to side not forward and backwards as you can do with a concentric. The size of the signal is about 2-3 inches wide by ten inches long, somewhat like a ten inch long wedge. They excel in highly mineralized ground and work great for a lot of coverage with each scan.

Bill

 

[eric in ks]

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