WOT Silver?

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Being around 45 degrees Wendsday and by giving myself 2 hour break between jobs I had to try my new WOT coil from DOC. Went to my 1990's park near my house and decided to swing a little bit. This park has 2 farm fields next to it and is own by the township park. Nothing located on the older maps that I have but last year in one field I pulled a 1907 IH. This time I only ran the coil along the outside edge of the other farm field in the grass. Grass area maybe 20' wide and I searched it for 150'. Then came across that high pitch sound, smart screen upper right hand corner area. Dug down only around 4 inches and pulled this 1945 quarter. Being as wide as it is, I can now cover more ground and soon be listening for those deep..deep coins. Now my oldest quarter by 2years lol. I think this year maybe my banner year. I will hope to post handfuls of older coins as the months continue. The pre-1930 kind. Spring fever.
Thanks for looking.
Dan

 

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[Anonymous]

This isn't rocket science. It's simple math.
The key to recovering more items is to process more dirt.
All things being equal, same skill of operator, same number of targets to recover,
Operator A uses a 10 inch coil.
Operator B uses a 15 inch WOT coil.
First swing by both operators
Operator B just increased his chance of finding a target over operator A by 50% because he covered 50% more ground with one swing than did operator A.
Think about it.
Let's assume that operator A and B hunt 8 hours and find nothing.
In order for Operator A to have covered the same amount of ground operator B did with his WOT coil in 8 hours, operator A would have had to swing that detector with a 10 inch coil another 4 hours.
So far we have only talked about coverage. We have not even talked about the additional depth the WOT coil gives you. Quarters at 16 to 18 inches are normal for the WOT coil.
An increase of 30% more depth is a very conservative estimate, but let's get ultra conservative and say the WOT only gets an increase of 20% over the stock coil in terms of depth.
Look at the following picture which is drawn to scale.
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So when I say theoretically you are going to dig 80% more targets that is not pie in the sky. When you are processing 92% more dirt, you are going to find 92% more targets if the targets are there.
Now granted the more targets you find, the more targets you have to dig, and that takes time. But numbers don't lie and the people using the WOT, can tell you, their finds don't lie either.
The recovery increase is affected by other things, such as the fact that targets are not evenly distributed. But regardless of that, if targets were evenly distributed, the WOT coil would recover 92% more of them, than a 10 inch coil, given the same amount of time of detecting.
Take care! And don't ever question my math skills again! <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin">
DOC

 

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With the WOT I'd be back in the truck nursing my sore arm after 2 hours, I can swing the stock coil for 6 and thats when the grass is short. Try to drag the WOT through 5-6 inch tall grass for several hours...not happening. Drag it through clover? Nope, thats worse. Use it at a site where targets are few and far between and fatigue WILL be a factor.
What about the patches of trash and iron where the WOT takes a LOT more time to properly work through than a smaller coil and I can swing the stock coil faster than the WOT which if we are talking about covering x amount of ground an hour is a factor. The WOT is also hotter in the center, not overlapping ones swings is ill advised when hunting deep targets inland.
Depth...16-18 inches on a quarter? Sure at a beach maybe but highly doubtful in many inland soil conditions.
Now the WOT can put a spanking on the stock coil don't get me wrong but 80% more targets is wishful thinking, beach hunting excluded. Will you find more deep targets? Yes, in fact you will find the deep targets the stock coil can't even see, assuming that they are there in the first place. Now thats a claim I can get behind, if a person wants to troll for deep targets the WOT will kick the stock coils butt all day long. Same goes for coins on edge.
Maybe I'm just annoyed of late with the illogical claims that a particular US detecting dealer is making as they assume we all must be a bunch of ignorant fools. The WOT is king, let them chew on that! <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">

 

[Anonymous]

Charles you are absolutely right, trash and other things are a factor that will limit your recovery rate. That's why I said it was theoretical.
We are talking perfect world conditions, all variables being held constant, even target distribution etc.
16 to 18 inches on a quarter ANYWHERE ! Not just the beach. The problem is that the beach is about the only place quarters can actually make it down to 16 to 18 inches or more.
You can't detect quarters at 16 inches in a park if there are no quarters at 16 inches.
You guys in the east and north always getting cantankerous this time of year. You know spring is around the corner and your winter cabin fever is at its peak.
Take care Charles! Thanks!
DOC

 

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16-18 inches...maybe Oregon will send you a bucket of black sand infested soil and you can test this, just turn the volume down first. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">
Seriously Doc, I dig larger relics at those depths as light or lighter than a quarter or large cent so logically coins are also down there but none have surfaced. Also you should hear just how bad a large cent can sound 12 inches down in our soil, 18 inches...I don't think they are reachable that deep in our soil but I wont say its impossible. Now watch me freaking go dig one up and have to come on here and eat crow! <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">