What to you guys think of the Joey coil?

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

First thing I'll say is; yes I have searched for info (including the search function on this site) on this coil and it's performance and I could not find enough to help so...

I own one but it seems to give inacurate readings, I have been hesitant to use it because of that reason. I own an SE and would like to know what others think of it, if it's worth using... I use the SE mainly in parks where they are full of trash but have been hunted by hoards of other detectorists looking for the same thing which are $2 and $1 australian coins. They are similar to the british 1 pound coin and perhaps the canadian dollars (they are a chunky 26 conductivity). I would still like to get within the 8 to 10 inch mark as these places are hunted out.

Should I give the Joey another try?

 

[dewcon4414]

10" i believe would be streching it for that coil with trash. Ive heard nothing but good things about the coil.... only down side is they arent water proof. You may have to change the way you have to hunt those areas. You may have to try various methods.... like a pattern, AM, Ferr, or even reduced sensitivity. I also think you would be better off getting one of the newer DD coils which will pick thru the trash better by reducing or narrowing the foot pattern.

Dew

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

Are referring to the SEF coils? I was thinking about getting them, not sure which size. Target accuracy amongst trash whilst getting decent depth is what I would be after, been reading a lot of good things about the 10 x 12 SEF and the 8 x 6, not sure if the 8 x 6 would be deep enough. 8 inch depth would be around as deep as I could dig these coins, maybe if I get better I could use the WOT.

 

[dewcon4414]

Anytime there are a lot of targets you arent going to get the best of readings and will have to rely more on sounds. I dont know the type of trash you are having to sift through nor do i know what you might be considering trashy. If its big you may have to remove some of it... dig dig dig. The SEF coils do a good job of seperations but you are going to miss some targets in trashy areas with a larger coil thats a fact. Those inaccurate readings are normally due to averaging of all the targets its trying to read. SLOW down and grid off a small area dont try to do too much at one visit. Next this is how old is the area your are hunting? Targets may not be targets 10" if its not that old of a location.

Dew

 

[stasys]

I used Little Joe and original 10.5 coil on my explorer XS in very old village in Lithuania dating back 500 years. my conclusion Joe is much more sensitive on Small,small pieces,in my opinion original 8 coil is better or much more better, if you hunt in parks for coins -don't use Joe--no point. good luck Stasys

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

Thanks for the reply guys,
I should have mentioned that what I meant by readings is both the digital readout and the tones. Yes, going by the tones does help more than the readout, when searching through heavy trash. The areas I hunt... I don't know how old they are. They're city parks. Our $1 and $2 have only been in circulation since 1966. I have found these at 5" the deepest a few times, I use a screwdriver and I know the measurements on it. I have seen a guy I detect with get those deeper, perhaps 6". In softer sand they have been found as deep as 7".

I read a thread where someone was discussing that coins sink on average a 1/16 a year, or something like that. Well, I can tell you from my experiance that that's not true. Even though our dollar coins are heavier than those in the US, I have also found deep 1c and 2c coins, with one the other day being around 4" into the soil. They are lighter than any coins in the US. It may be because these parks get watered daily plus the extreeme weather. When I talk about depth I'm talking about soil depth, not including the lawn.

So you see, this is why I'm after depth target seperation and accurate tones at depth. I suspect there may be coins even deeper.