FBS 8 inch coil does a good job ub trash

[jimmyk]

Hi, all:

As much as I like the pro coil, it still doesn't find it all in trashy areas. I've been hunting a 100 year old park with some good success, finding some old silver and IH pennies. I decided to go through some of the trashy areas again with my 8" FBS coil. Was surprised to be getting shallow coins that the 11" pro coil had missed, due to the concentration of trash. I'm talking even quarters at two inches deep that the 11" coil didn't see. Today, I concentrated on a trashy area between where cars park and the picnic pavillion. Traditionally, an area full of foil, tabs etc. I found fifty coins. All clad but one. All four inches deep, or shallower. Mostly shallow. I did pull a somewhat beat up 1907 O Barber dime at four inches in the middle of the mess. If you don't have a small coil for areas littered with trash, you are missing the boat.

Thanks for looking and keep on diggin'

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[RacerX]

Which coil, a concentric? I can't see how a 8" concentric would out-hunt a 10" DD in the trash.

 

[Ray-Mo.]

The 8 inch coil is very lightweight and ideal for searching around hard-to-get-at locations.
It actually is 7.5" and is a DD coil made by Minelab.

 

[HaroldILL.]

I have a sunray x-8.I like it better.It is lighter and in my opinoin deeper.

 

[D&P-OR]

I hear ya Jimmy!----We've been going back into places with the 6X8 SEF that we have literally "hammered" with the 11" Pro & 10X12 SEF coils multiple times.----I'm just continually amazed at the amount of targets (coins) we pull out of there after the big guns have done their job.----Sometimes I think---how can that be???---I'm not THAT BAD! ----It just shows you the value of small coils & how you should always go back over hunt sites with them (especially if there is any amount of trash in them at all).---------Del

 

[dirt doctor]

Which coil, a concentric? I can't see how a 8" concentric would out-hunt a 10" DD in the trash.

Both the Sunray X-8 and the Minelab FBS are DD coils ,both are extremely great coils but I , like Harold , have experienced better depth with the Sunray X-8 . The Sunray is also quite a bit lighter and costs a bit more .

H H ,
George

 

[NebTrac]

Thanks Jimmy. I hope Ray doesn't run you out of Missouri, just goes to show he hasn't got it all yet!!! I feel pretty good because that is the coil I used my Minelab coupons on. I'm really glad you told us about your success

NebTrac