MasonandAlexsdad
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I decided to sell my bigfoot coil to get a DX-1 probe and couldnt believe what it sold for on Ebay. Is Jimmy Sierra mass back logged on these?? Just curious if anyone knows.
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Whats up with the bigfoot coils??
- Thread starter MasonandAlexsdad
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Nancy-IL
Well-known member
Great investment don't you think? Hope you're the one that got the $400 plus! Seems like the guy that made these passed away, but I could be wrong. It's been a long time since they've been in stock. Larry and I still have ours and we wouldn't part with them. We've found so much clad, etc. and are great for hunting around playground equipment and large fields, etc. It's one nice coil, but if you don't use it, you might as well sell it. Glad you got a premium price! HH, Nancy
Nancy you are correct, the fellow who made the coils did pass a way from an unfortunate accident. I had a chance to talk with a close friend of Jimmy's some time before Christmas. He said that Jimmy had bought the rights to the coils and was preparing to manufacture them himself or in conjunction with White's.
MasonandAlexsdad
New member
Intereating news!! Nancy...Lets just say I could pay for a DX-1 two times and still have money left!! I think I may get the 12x15 SEF from Kellyco as well! 
Hotfoot is a great coil.
It is performance and not price that drives a great product. The Dx-1 and the Hotfoot/Bigfoots are each in a class of their own in the limits of HOW they perform. The right tool for the job thinking sez you cannot fix everything with a hammer. Each coil has similarities and differences like a set of chisels or router bits. All work. How you use them and what limits each have is fuel for many a lively conversation.
Much can be done with a single coil at the control of a skilled operator. I have even detected with the DX-1 as the main coil in a situation where it was the only working solution. What we all desire is the Swiss Army Knife coil that does it all. That dream coil is what drives the coil market because the science of electromagnetic design has variables. Some design gains are at the expense of others so compromise takes place. Do you know how long one wavelength at 14 KHZ is?
When you dig on a deep target and really do not wish to use a backhoe, then a smaller coil in the hole is going to be real nifty when you want to zero in on the dig. I have been up to my shoulder on MXT targets and the fact of the matter is that the DX1 has it's limits of detecting depth. When the stock coil detects the target but the Probe at max Sensitivity does not, an intermediate coil sure makes the smile.
Most situations or locations require nothing more than the stock coil but every time you need a smaller coil or probe, using them will make the difficult recoveries much more easy.
Kill your TV, buy more coils, go outside and play.
SJ
It is performance and not price that drives a great product. The Dx-1 and the Hotfoot/Bigfoots are each in a class of their own in the limits of HOW they perform. The right tool for the job thinking sez you cannot fix everything with a hammer. Each coil has similarities and differences like a set of chisels or router bits. All work. How you use them and what limits each have is fuel for many a lively conversation.
Much can be done with a single coil at the control of a skilled operator. I have even detected with the DX-1 as the main coil in a situation where it was the only working solution. What we all desire is the Swiss Army Knife coil that does it all. That dream coil is what drives the coil market because the science of electromagnetic design has variables. Some design gains are at the expense of others so compromise takes place. Do you know how long one wavelength at 14 KHZ is?
When you dig on a deep target and really do not wish to use a backhoe, then a smaller coil in the hole is going to be real nifty when you want to zero in on the dig. I have been up to my shoulder on MXT targets and the fact of the matter is that the DX1 has it's limits of detecting depth. When the stock coil detects the target but the Probe at max Sensitivity does not, an intermediate coil sure makes the smile.
Most situations or locations require nothing more than the stock coil but every time you need a smaller coil or probe, using them will make the difficult recoveries much more easy.
Kill your TV, buy more coils, go outside and play.
SJ
littletwig
Member
I just wish they wiould start making them again!!!!!!!
