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Coiltek 10" x 5" coil for Equinox

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Cos

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The new Coiltek 10" x 5" search coil for the Equinox is advertised largely as a small coil to get into tight places and one to sniff out coins in high trash areas. However, in terms of ground coverage (and depth) isn't it in reality a full 10 inch coil, only one inch smaller that the standard Equinox 11 inch coil????
 
Cos said:
The new Coiltek 10" x 5" search coil for the Equinox is advertised largely as a small coil to get into tight places and one to sniff out coins in high trash areas. However, in terms of ground coverage (and depth) isn't it in reality a full 10 inch coil, only one inch smaller that the standard Equinox 11 inch coil????
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Do you have one or is this just what you've heard?
 
The 5" x 10" being only 5 inches wide offers better left to right separation than even the 6" Minelab coil while still offering the front to back coverage of a 10" coil. Kind of a "best of both" the the 6" and 11" coils. A compromise of the two, if you will. It should be as deep as the 6" but with about 160% better coverage. They are not what I'd call Pre-order as some folks have already received them. With demand out pacing the present supply, I'd say many of us are just waiting for additional coils to show up at our dealers. I'm on the still waiting list also.
 
Tom Slick said:
The 5" x 10" being only 5 inches wide offers better left to right separation than even the 6" Minelab coil while still offering the front to back coverage of a 10" coil. Kind of a "best of both" the the 6" and 11" coils. A compromise of the two, if you will. It should be as deep as the 6" but with about 160% better coverage. They are not what I'd call Pre-order as some folks have already received them. With demand out pacing the present supply, I'd say many of us are just waiting for additional coils to show up at our dealers. I'm on the still waiting list also.
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Another difference 6' minelab vs 10x6" Coiltek is the sweet spot. Minelab 6" is in the center where Coiltek is at the front tip according to a youtube video. Waiting for my 10x6" also.
 
or 10x5"
 
Just coils said:
Another difference 6' minelab vs 10x6" Coiltek is the sweet spot. Minelab 6" is in the center where Coiltek is at the front tip according to a youtube video. Waiting for my 10x6" also.
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The sweet spot on a dd coil is the entire center bar from tip to tip other wise there would be no coverage .But the center of the bar will be a little hotter than the tips .sube
 
when watching an interview that Coiltek did with a metal detecting podcast, they said that if you basically squeeze the 10x5 into a circular coil it’d be about 7.5”, so I’d assume depth might be a tad better than 6”
 
I think most people missed my point regarding the Coiltek 10" x 5" search coil for the Equinox. Because that coil detects the entire length of the coil where the two "D's" overlap, I believe it is in actuality a full 10" inch coil, and is only one inch less than the standard 11" Equinox coil. Thus, it should have nearly the same depth of detection as the standard 11" coil in a much more manageable size (and weight). My 600 and 800 Equinox units with the standard coil are very "toe heavy" so that swinging the detector(s) are very tiresome because of a lack of balance. Not sure of its weight, but I have a feeling that the new Coiltek 10" x 5" inch coil could be "just what the doctor ordered"!
 
Cos said:
I think most people missed my point regarding the Coiltek 10" x 5" search coil for the Equinox. Because that coil detects the entire length of the coil where the two "D's" overlap, I believe it is in actuality a full 10" inch coil, and is only one inch less than the standard 11" Equinox coil. Thus, it should have nearly the same depth of detection as the standard 11" coil in a much more manageable size (and weight). My 600 and 800 Equinox units with the standard coil are very "toe heavy" so that swinging the detector(s) are very tiresome because of a lack of balance. Not sure of its weight, but I have a feeling that the new Coiltek 10" x 5" inch coil could be "just what the doctor ordered"!
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Cos, you make a convincing argument, 11 inch is nose heavy, that is why mine broke. The coil dipped down while swinging and caught the sand then cracked before I knew what happened.
Makes sense to me, so now where to find one?
Tony
I’ll start with my local guy
 
COS - With DD coils the width plays a much bigger part in the coils depth verses the length. I would guess the 5" x 10" coil will have about the same depth as the 6" Minelab coil. Won't know until I receive mine and have a chance to use it.
 
Cos said:
I think most people missed my point regarding the Coiltek 10" x 5" search coil for the Equinox. Because that coil detects the entire length of the coil where the two "D's" overlap, I believe it is in actuality a full 10" inch coil, and is only one inch less than the standard 11" Equinox coil. Thus, it should have nearly the same depth of detection as the standard 11" coil in a much more manageable size (and weight). My 600 and 800 Equinox units with the standard coil are very "toe heavy" so that swinging the detector(s) are very tiresome because of a lack of balance. Not sure of its weight, but I have a feeling that the new Coiltek 10" x 5" inch coil could be "just what the doctor ordered"!
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Well i wish it was true but take whites clean sweep it was 18 inches long and 3 inches wide covered ground like crazy soccer fields and such a dd coil . But since it was only 3 inches wide it would only go 4 inches deep. As Tom says the width is where the coil gets it depth so it should be almost as deep as the 6 but elliptical are not as stable as round coils and round coils are better at performance than elliptical coils. sube
 
Heard a shipment is due next week to at least one Florida Dealer.
 
Florida Son said:
Heard a shipment is due next week to at least one Florida Dealer.
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Hope so for your sake. The video said the 10x5" coil was the most ordered of the 3 new Coiltek coils by far. So maybe for most other dealers, could possibly receive the 10x5" coil by mid-May. Still a very slow process. Ordered mine Feb.2.
 
Are the coil ears better that the ones on stock coils?
 
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