I just got back from a hunt at the beach.........in dry sand with my Teknetics G2. I was using the 11" DD Coil , I like it cause it covers lots of ground and it's light.I also find lots of small things with it especially small gold jewelry. I also own the white solid 10" DD coil..... and have used it alot.The general opinion on most of the detecting forums.........is that the smaller coil would be the better choice for hunting small gold. But in my case that is simply not true the big lug.... finds almost all of my small gold!!! The 10" DD has become my good coin finder. Even in soccer fields and ballparks I've found deep small gold jewelry much more often and with greater ease using the large 11" coil. Wonder why....I've met other guys on the same beaches using Tek detectors but they just hated the 11" coil... average,not great performance was what they said. Is it possible I just have and extra "hot" coil.........just wondering ..what's your opinions on this one? Thanks for your replies.