I guess everybody (including me) is giving some thought to that new EX lightweight coil that Minelab is coming out with. I keep having a question about it-maybe you can humour me. (Minelab is probably waiting for some character like me to ask this). As I look at the picture of the coil---will dirt/mud/mineralized sand get up into and stuck into those slotted out cross pieces and the routed out center? Will that cause a problem with falsing/weight/balance? (especially for beach hunters) We don't all hunt in perfect conditions. Leave it up to me to come up with a question like this-but it's something to think about. From the picture, it looks like (especially the slots in those cross pieces) would be a pain to keep cleaned out from packed dirt & sand. Go ahead, tell me----just stay in the grass, dummy. HA Seriously: not trying to discourage anyone on that coil-I just have that question about it and I do think it's a legitimate question to ask. Later, Del