Coinshooter1973
New member
Hello All,
I have been addicted to the hobby since 2003, all I have owned so far was a whites XLT.
I am mainly a coinshooter at Sardinian salty beaches. Most of the time I hunt near bars in front of the sea. I must say those areas are super rich in all sort of trash, especially bottle cap and aluminum junk.
after reading all good feedbacks on this forum and needing a very light machine, I have just bought a G2 (11DD coil) ,
After first 15 hours of usage and, more than 60 euros in coin already collected, I have started mastering the sounds of this G2 machine.
Much lighter than my back up XLT, super quiet and stable, even on nasty wet sand pools ( very salty because strong evaporation occurs). No need to sweep like crazy, I have noticed even moving the coil very slowly, it looks the target and get a tight ID.
Here the questions;
I own a Whites XLT rigged with a 6-inch coil, should I sell it and buy a NEL snake coil for G2? Would the Snake coil better a rejecting bottle caps? is there on the market any concentric small coil for G2?
I am not after depth at all costs, rather discrimination and stability are important for me.
Would the two machine complement each other?
Today, with the XLT and BLM600, I went back to the ground I hunted yesterday with G2 and found no coin left behind, found them only in tight spots where the G2's 11 coil could not fit.....so snake would be worth buying?
when searching the pile of trash discarded by beach cleaner,...with G2 is like a machine gun, simply not bearable(!? even at disc 59...) Would NEL coil Snake or Sharp help to solve the issue? XLT performed great at cherry picking coins from pile of trash, I wonder if I can rig the g2 in the same way with the same performance.
Thank you for advising.
I have been addicted to the hobby since 2003, all I have owned so far was a whites XLT.
I am mainly a coinshooter at Sardinian salty beaches. Most of the time I hunt near bars in front of the sea. I must say those areas are super rich in all sort of trash, especially bottle cap and aluminum junk.
after reading all good feedbacks on this forum and needing a very light machine, I have just bought a G2 (11DD coil) ,
After first 15 hours of usage and, more than 60 euros in coin already collected, I have started mastering the sounds of this G2 machine.
Much lighter than my back up XLT, super quiet and stable, even on nasty wet sand pools ( very salty because strong evaporation occurs). No need to sweep like crazy, I have noticed even moving the coil very slowly, it looks the target and get a tight ID.
Here the questions;
I own a Whites XLT rigged with a 6-inch coil, should I sell it and buy a NEL snake coil for G2? Would the Snake coil better a rejecting bottle caps? is there on the market any concentric small coil for G2?
I am not after depth at all costs, rather discrimination and stability are important for me.
Would the two machine complement each other?
Today, with the XLT and BLM600, I went back to the ground I hunted yesterday with G2 and found no coin left behind, found them only in tight spots where the G2's 11 coil could not fit.....so snake would be worth buying?
when searching the pile of trash discarded by beach cleaner,...with G2 is like a machine gun, simply not bearable(!? even at disc 59...) Would NEL coil Snake or Sharp help to solve the issue? XLT performed great at cherry picking coins from pile of trash, I wonder if I can rig the g2 in the same way with the same performance.
Thank you for advising.