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Coil Minelab 8" Seasearch "Horseshoe" Coil
- Thread starter lovee-1
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Buried Crap NJ
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Lovee-1,
I have the sea SeaSearch coil set up for the Sovereign GT. remembering that a 10in coil is very large the 8in coil is consider large by most standards. Of coarse nowadays we need 20in coils to think there big. Each time you go bigger the machine needs to be tune that much better to fine targets. As you move about the hunt the ground/sand changes beneath the coil. this requires a constant change in tuning. The SeaSearch coil being samller is just easier to tune that the 10 coil. Its able to get around multiable targets that affects a larger coils like iron and a good target. This is the reasons why we use smaller coil. Remembering that the SeaSearch coil was made for a water machine its is chunky and has some weight to it and it does hold the bottom well. I always like to use my Excalibur with the 8in coil over the 10 coil because its easier to tune a better threshold and hold it longer. I purchased this and found the bottom was worn and need to be protected. It came with a new coil cover so I epoxied it on and seal the entire coil with epoxy. It made it more chunky! I use it during the winter on the GT to hunt the shallow waters here in NJ. Since buying the 3030 I have neglected the GT in the last year so I sold off 8 coils I had for it. No one wanted the SeaSearch coil. Its great for the water but not the wet sand unless your a scrubber its get heavy fast.
BCNJ
I have the sea SeaSearch coil set up for the Sovereign GT. remembering that a 10in coil is very large the 8in coil is consider large by most standards. Of coarse nowadays we need 20in coils to think there big. Each time you go bigger the machine needs to be tune that much better to fine targets. As you move about the hunt the ground/sand changes beneath the coil. this requires a constant change in tuning. The SeaSearch coil being samller is just easier to tune that the 10 coil. Its able to get around multiable targets that affects a larger coils like iron and a good target. This is the reasons why we use smaller coil. Remembering that the SeaSearch coil was made for a water machine its is chunky and has some weight to it and it does hold the bottom well. I always like to use my Excalibur with the 8in coil over the 10 coil because its easier to tune a better threshold and hold it longer. I purchased this and found the bottom was worn and need to be protected. It came with a new coil cover so I epoxied it on and seal the entire coil with epoxy. It made it more chunky! I use it during the winter on the GT to hunt the shallow waters here in NJ. Since buying the 3030 I have neglected the GT in the last year so I sold off 8 coils I had for it. No one wanted the SeaSearch coil. Its great for the water but not the wet sand unless your a scrubber its get heavy fast.
BCNJ
OldBeechnut
Well-known member
I like the small tornado 800 coil better, much lighter. But the little Seasearch sure holds up better then all as far as being well built. I have never seen any with bad coil wires, or cracking. I believe they were made by coiltech. As far as performance I will let you know once I get setup, I just made a little tool to measure the detecting field.
BCNJ,is correct the Seasearch coil is too heavy,even with the fins trimmed off.I have used two of these coils and did a little comparison with the 800 Tornado,and have found this coil is best suited for the water and doesn't perform as well as the newer Tornado coil.HH Ron
Neil
Well-known member
Joe those seasearch coils also had problems with blistering, that was the coil itself, not the wiring. Your right about the wiring, even the coinsearch coils never had any cable problems back then and even to this day you can buy an old hard used one and the cable will most likely be fine.
I had a few of the seasearch coils and can remember one or two had small blisters(still remained waterproof) and on the old forum posts guys would complain about the blistering and the weight. Some guys used to cut the wings off the back of the coil to help with the weight, the wings have nothing to do with the interior wiring, I think they were put on to keep the excal upright when it was sit down since the excal is so top heavy. They did off this coil up for the Sov as well and I thought the coinsearch as as good and a whole lot lighter. Of course for wading, the seasearch was/is a better choice but if buying today I would either go with a tornado or older bbs coil versus the seasearch.
I had a few of the seasearch coils and can remember one or two had small blisters(still remained waterproof) and on the old forum posts guys would complain about the blistering and the weight. Some guys used to cut the wings off the back of the coil to help with the weight, the wings have nothing to do with the interior wiring, I think they were put on to keep the excal upright when it was sit down since the excal is so top heavy. They did off this coil up for the Sov as well and I thought the coinsearch as as good and a whole lot lighter. Of course for wading, the seasearch was/is a better choice but if buying today I would either go with a tornado or older bbs coil versus the seasearch.