Does it hurt anything to cut off about two miles of coil wire from the coil???

[cspene]

I don't hip mount and changing coils is a hassle.

 

[Gulf Hunter]

I have an Excal 1000. Shortening of the coil wire, eliminates 20 tight coil wraps around the stem and increases performance. I have had the tech cut my coil wire to 40" at Minelab. I now have a few gentle wraps around the stem and a coil relief loop. I use a Lightening Rod. I have found that sensitivity and stability have increased substancially. I have even recovered tiny, thin gold bands. Most bizarre is an 18K fine serpentine necklace chain, with no pendant or medallion. It was a broken low tone. Try it, but have Minelab do it for you, it's worth having done. Mine is still hardwired, to maintain my ESP warranty.

GH

 

[adam in cal]

I have a short cable and I like it a lot , I feel it performs better than the same coil i have with a full cable, it certianly is easier to deal with, I [size=large]do not[/size] recomed just cutting some out of the middle and splicing it back together, but rather removing the cable conector and taking out some cable then resodering the cable connector, if you dont feel like its something you can perform perfectly then I sugest a good eletronics dude or sending it in to minelab. I have a few friends that are real eletronics dweebs and one of them was more than happy to do this procedure..........good luck .......it sure makes changing out coils less of a pain in the kiester.......

 

[cspene]

n/t

 

[sand_reaper]

It's definitely something I would say makes coil's better. My coinsearch developed a short in the cable. I ended up cutting the bottom off the coil and totally replacing the cable. You can't just unscrew these as they've got a nut inside the coil that the strain relief screws into. I put a new cable on, cut to the length I wanted and I'm convinced there is an increase in clarity of sound/response AND depth.

Two things I would say, is you're going to affect the resale value, just by shortening the existing cable. People use the fact that the item isn't standard to beat the price down. And, if you're doing it yourself write the colours of the wires down before you start cutting about, or even better take a picture of the wiring first with a digital camera.

 

[cspene]

n/t

 

[MonDak]

I can't prove that shortning the cable helps, but I shortened mine
yesterday and went out to a site that I've hunted a dozen times this
morning and found this 1895 o barber dime. (key date in the barber
series)