Hoping to get an opinion from someone who used both the Tornado 7" and the Intruder 8"

[bill(de)]

I know i saw my question posted earlier and get back online and pffit it's gone, OHH Well..

Just wondering if anyone has tried both and hoping to get their overall impression and if there was any obvious performance enhancement using the S-8 over the stock coil. Thanks for any reply. HH Bill

 

[Art (NWOH)]

Been having trouble getting into the site off and on since last night.

They may be working on the system.


Can't help with the coils.......have not used either one. Could take a guess, but will leave it for someone else..

HH

 

[bill(de)]

I'm thinking i know the answer but just the degree. HH Bill

 

[Art (NWOH)]

I think you will get better depth and target seperation with the S-8 , based on many of Rick's posts.
Just how much better I will still have to duck the question on.

HH

 

[bill(de)]

Better target separation with a bigger coil ,thats the kind of stuff i like to hear ,i thought i read somewhere that the detection field on the S-8 was more closely defined to the coils outside edge as compared to the broader field of the factory coil.Any info would be helpful although i know i wouldn't go wrong getting anything from Sun Ray. Thanks again. HH Bill

 

[Rick(ND)]

Which is probably the most popular 8 inch coil back a few years ago.
I found that the S8 didn't give as big of signal as the Coinsearch did, just like the hot band was narrower and picked up more to the center of the coil and not the edges. With this being the case it seem to separate the target better so you could hear coins close to trash a bit better than the Coinsearch coil did. The coinsearch was a great coil to learn on then go to the S8.
I let one of my more experienced Sovereign users try my S8 one weekend and he kept it as he wanted to buy it. He went to a well worked park and pulled 5 merc in a hour that were 10-11 inches deep. The reason is he knows his Sovereign and this S8 just gave him the edge he needed to pick up these deep ones.
From my own use i found it had excellent depth and I could run my sensitivity a bit higher, but had to go a bit slower to hear some of the signal being they were a bit smaller sounding than the 8 inch Coinsearch I had been using.
Now I have used both the 10 inch Tornado coil that come on my GT and tried my Coinsearch too a little and had a S8 on my XS I have and felt the S8 did as good if not better than the 10 inch Tornado as far as depth and had better separation.
One thing to look at is how many used S8 do we see on the classified, not many so those that have them must like them and keeping them.

Rick

 

[bill(de)]

I read somewhere about the detection field on the Sun Ray coil being more confined to the inside of the outer coil bands and allows for a higher sensitivity setting.So it would make sense to me what your saying about a more narrow receive signal yet more depth and better separation.I'm really trying to learn this technical stuff because i'm tired wasting money due to ignorance so correct me if i'm wrong.

I have no problem going slow with the Sovereign because my plan is to use it in productive areas where my other detectors seem to reach the limits of delivering a coherant signal due to mineralization,hotrocks,and iron contamination.

Thank you Sir,

HH Bill