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Vaquero with a 10" Elliptical coil
- Thread starter smokey63
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If you are talking about a 10X12 DD coil...it does great in large areas when you need to cover a lot of ground.
Depth and target separation is good, and it snakes in between targets pretty well if the area is not too trashy.
Really trashy sites will drive you crazy with multiple signals hitting that coil at the same time.
Discrimination is a little less precise then on the concentrics, however, I hate that lots of pop tops will no longer disc out and they sound just like quarters.
Pinpointing is different than using concentrics, but pretty easy once you get the hang of it.
Depth and target separation is good, and it snakes in between targets pretty well if the area is not too trashy.
Really trashy sites will drive you crazy with multiple signals hitting that coil at the same time.
Discrimination is a little less precise then on the concentrics, however, I hate that lots of pop tops will no longer disc out and they sound just like quarters.
Pinpointing is different than using concentrics, but pretty easy once you get the hang of it.
fowlercharles
Member
Hi Smokey63, I'm thinking ? you are referring to the 5X10 Elliptical (WS) coil. I used it on my Tejon a couple of times and was well pleased with it. Haven't had occasion to use it very much since but I like it and think if used enough it will become a favorite. I bought it to see if could pull out any more goodies from this pounded piece of prime 1800 virgin homesite dirt that had previously given up a couple of nice Andrew Jackson era uniform buttons. Ground has some big /small/iron/ nails, and 5X10 did just what I hoped it would. From ground previously pounded by my Tejon, (5.75"con & /9X8 Stock (con), a Cibola 9X8, several other of my Tesoros (
Charlie, you got it. Glad to hear that the coil did well. Sounds like we are hunting identical sites, mine is early 1800's and virgin until today. Used my Sidewinder today for a couple of hours with good results, so I can imagine what it will produce when I run the Vaquero across it. I think I will run the stock 9X8 first then try the 5X10.
smokey63 said:
I've been wanting to tryout a 10 inch elliptical DD coil, because it can cover ground faster than the stock coil can. My concern is how well and fast it pinpoints.
I'm blazing fast and dead on accurate with the concentric coils. I don't want to give that up for faster ground coverage.
Pinpointing shallow coins off the heal and toe of the 10 inch elliptical DD coil should be pretty easy, but deep coins might present a problem.
I guess I'm going to have to find a used one to see for myself. Most of the ones that I've seen for sale have the long cables. That's sucks, because I don't want to deal with the extra cable and weight.
tabman
Tabman, I had no problem at all pinpointing with the 10" coil when I had the Lobo ST. Average depth on coins with the LST was about 5 inches. Courosity gets the best of me, so I had to get the coil and try it on the V. I got lucky and found a new one with the short cable that a fella never used.
fowlercharles
Member
Hey Tabman, If you happen to get the 5X10 new and from a dealer, have him ask Tesoro to shorten it for you(no charge of course)Tesoro will shorten it, but want you to know it may take little longer to get it to you. No big deal really and surely worth a couple days to have the lighter cable. HH, Charlie
amcjavelin
Active member
If your wondering about the 12 x 10 SEF coil on the vaquero it works great at first i had a little trouble and TVR steered me in the right direction, can't run your threshold no more than 1:30 to 2:00 o'clock position if you do as i found out you lose your disc and will dig very deep iron in the 12 to 13" range which does get tiring quick but run it in the range as i said and for as big as the coil is you will get those deep dimes easy and loves musket balls
The coil I bought is the 5X10 Elliptical (oval) But, also I have been looking for a Tesoro 10X12 to try. I may have to look into the 10X12 SEF. Is the SEF coil stable enough to run the Vaquero supertuned which is where i run it most of the time? I usually only hunt relics and there is no trash to deal with so I dig everything!amcjavelin said:
smokey63 said:
By the sounds of it, if you use the SEF coil then you might not want to supertune it unless you want to dig deep iron as well. Having the threshold at the 1 or 2 o'clock position and still being able to run your sensitivity as high as it can go seems the best option. I'm sure you will still get better depth even at these settings to get deeper silver. My only question would be whats the difference between Tesoros 12x10 compared to the SEF?
amcjavelin
Active member
well i've had both, and ican't explain really differences but overall all i can say for some reason just had better luck finding good targets but then again i didn't play with the threshold setting much when running tesoro's version 12 x 10 coil maybe just wasn't aware of this at the time and dug some deep iron with tesoro's version too
amcjavelin
Active member
I really doubt it myself but then again whom i to say, i know you would seperate better in trash in that respect but i really think depends on soil conditions also, there are so many variables?