Mike (Virginia Beach)
New member
Sorry, no pictures...just impressions. I've been out several times with the 10 x 14 in the fields and have reported it's a very solid performer. I was interested to see how it did at the beach, in the wet salt sand and shallow water. The answer: Excellent.
Our beach here has been pretty dead all winter and that's about to change next weekend, with the return of the tourists. We didn't expect much yesterday and were not disappointed. But my buddy Karl with his Quattro and the 12.5" Excelerator coil and me with my SE and the 10 x 14, both got a number of DEEP coin targets and did a little comparison testing as well.
Sensitivity - The first thing I can say about the 10 x 14 is that it can be run hotter in the wet salt sand and shallow water than either the 10.5" stock coil or the 12.5". I was able to run it at manual sens 28 in the wet sand with only minor "tweakiness" and at 26 in the shallow water with same. At 25 manual it was smooth as butter, even transitioning from sand to water. This was in All Metal, Gain 6, Fast off, Deep on, Ferrous tones.
Depth - I had a broken signal but with good enough ID on a coin in the wet sand to call it a quarter with high level of certainty. Karl checked it with the Quattro and got a WEAK broken signal that was all over the place. And let me say that the Quattro with the 12.5" coil is one of the deepest machines I know at the beach. On my Explorer SE the signal was much better but the depth indicator registered NOTHING and it was barely pinpointable. I dug and I dug and finally the coin was in the pile. I swung and got a clean 00-29. I retrieved a crusty green/brown quarter from 1997 that was EVERY BIT of 18", maybe more. Karl says 2 feet. It was DOWN THERE. This scenario was repeated several times and I did pull a pull-tab, crusty nickel, a zipper, and some old copper fragments at impressive depths as well. No gold this time out but I'll have more of that than I know what to do with soon enough.
Pinpointing - It was very accurate and I didn't do any needless digging...no problems here.
Weight - This is one area where you'd best be breaking out the free weights and buffing up a little bit. The coil is heavy. It's a chore to swing for 3 hours or more. It gets great coverage and I feel is one of the best coils I have used. Probably after a few more hunts I won't need to lift weights anymore.
Bottom line: This a a WHOLE lot of coil for the money, or at any price. I highly recommend it for the beach or the fields.
Our beach here has been pretty dead all winter and that's about to change next weekend, with the return of the tourists. We didn't expect much yesterday and were not disappointed. But my buddy Karl with his Quattro and the 12.5" Excelerator coil and me with my SE and the 10 x 14, both got a number of DEEP coin targets and did a little comparison testing as well.
Sensitivity - The first thing I can say about the 10 x 14 is that it can be run hotter in the wet salt sand and shallow water than either the 10.5" stock coil or the 12.5". I was able to run it at manual sens 28 in the wet sand with only minor "tweakiness" and at 26 in the shallow water with same. At 25 manual it was smooth as butter, even transitioning from sand to water. This was in All Metal, Gain 6, Fast off, Deep on, Ferrous tones.
Depth - I had a broken signal but with good enough ID on a coin in the wet sand to call it a quarter with high level of certainty. Karl checked it with the Quattro and got a WEAK broken signal that was all over the place. And let me say that the Quattro with the 12.5" coil is one of the deepest machines I know at the beach. On my Explorer SE the signal was much better but the depth indicator registered NOTHING and it was barely pinpointable. I dug and I dug and finally the coin was in the pile. I swung and got a clean 00-29. I retrieved a crusty green/brown quarter from 1997 that was EVERY BIT of 18", maybe more. Karl says 2 feet. It was DOWN THERE. This scenario was repeated several times and I did pull a pull-tab, crusty nickel, a zipper, and some old copper fragments at impressive depths as well. No gold this time out but I'll have more of that than I know what to do with soon enough.
Pinpointing - It was very accurate and I didn't do any needless digging...no problems here.
Weight - This is one area where you'd best be breaking out the free weights and buffing up a little bit. The coil is heavy. It's a chore to swing for 3 hours or more. It gets great coverage and I feel is one of the best coils I have used. Probably after a few more hunts I won't need to lift weights anymore.
Bottom line: This a a WHOLE lot of coil for the money, or at any price. I highly recommend it for the beach or the fields.
hard to believe but i believe it.