Spent a few hours last night on the wet sand with the new coil from Coiltek for my first real test of the coil. In a nutshell, I was able to run with 30 manual for sensitivity without ANY falsing.....about the best I can do with the 11" is 25 with falsing on a good day.... normally 23 on this particular beach. Pinpointing is spot on, I don't think you lose any depth by not using the 11" but I'll hold judgment on that one for now. That coil picks up some mighty small targets and still hit on deep coins (Meter reading 10-12") it is just hard to say for sure when beach hunting, not quite like being down on your knees digging and knowing for sure how deep they are...
Now I don't know if it was just where and when I was out but I've never it two years of hunting this beach found that many nickels in 4 hours.....personal best was 26 but it was at a different beach with lots of erosion and the nickels were from the 40's - 60's....these were fresher drops....did get some silver earrings and two junk rings....all in all I like the coil although it floats which will make hunting in the water much harder.
Junk rings turned out to be SS for the band and aluminum. Both hit in the gold range and both disappointed me when I picked them up....I could tell right away they were to light to be gold. The diamond ring hit at a 12-15 and was unmarked. A specific gravity test confirmed my feelings, it is a cheap aluminum ring which makes sense too with the reading on the CTX.
Maybe next time.....gold......
Cliff
Now I don't know if it was just where and when I was out but I've never it two years of hunting this beach found that many nickels in 4 hours.....personal best was 26 but it was at a different beach with lots of erosion and the nickels were from the 40's - 60's....these were fresher drops....did get some silver earrings and two junk rings....all in all I like the coil although it floats which will make hunting in the water much harder.
Junk rings turned out to be SS for the band and aluminum. Both hit in the gold range and both disappointed me when I picked them up....I could tell right away they were to light to be gold. The diamond ring hit at a 12-15 and was unmarked. A specific gravity test confirmed my feelings, it is a cheap aluminum ring which makes sense too with the reading on the CTX.
Maybe next time.....gold......
Cliff