Relichunter2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) Just a heads up on the larger coils....I have a 20" coil I have been trying to sell, but today made me realize I should just keep it. Most of the time I use a 15x 9 ellip...coil for my everyday hunting. I decided to put on the 20 just to get some depth and to see if there are any lunkers. I went to a spot I have found gold before , so I started scanning the ground and heard a whisper of signal a low to high but short rather than a long woo wee. I dug down a few inches and was now positive it was not ground noise, dug another 3 or so inches and found a small .63 gram piece with it. A few years back I found a 15 gram at 22 inches !! Shes staying with me.... Edited July 12, 2016 by Relichunter2016 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeJ Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Awesome !! I like to see that one cleaned up. Never hurts to have options. Cool fingerprint too.... Luke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 WTG R2016, it amazes me how small a nugget a large coil is capable of finding. When I have the room to swing a large coil like the clean area where the water has receded at the lake I use a 19" DD. Glad you rescued that beauty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 NICE!!! Please post a pic with it cleaned up. Glad you didnt sell the coil and got over it. Big coil=big holes! Tom H. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 So true, I had a number of coils but many of them went bad, so I am left with the 15x9 and the 20, and nothing in between. So just recently I scored a brand new Commander 11' Mono on Ebay for 60 bucks ! Need to get the option list up...next buy will be a new tech coil maybe a 15". Garipmo, I have found with the large coil such as the 20..is to move it extremely slow in order to hear the smaller pieces at depth and larger of course. And a lower gain to reduce ground noise. I had mine gain at 10, stab at 8 and seems to work fine in my area. I also found that a smooth threshold is the key with the larger ones.... Tom, Yeah I am glad to, to replace it would be over 500 bucks.....better take it off Ebay right now before someone snags it....at 299.00 I am surprised it did not sell..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 the minelab dd round or the little e-coil is a great tool for the coil-box...especially in pseudo-mono or when cancel is used... fred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 The 20 " definitely has its place .....Nice piece of gold too ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysdirty Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Cool picture!! Nice going Relic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyy Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Way cool, Relichunter. I tested .62g on a 22"Coiltek and could only see it 4" depth. I typically get the best depth on Sensitive Xtra or Fine. On the flip side I was testing depth on a 23g nugget and was surprised to find that Enhanced timing gave a little clear signal than most timings at depth. But it had to be very slow as you pointed out. I had never experimented with this timing much. Go figure. Anyways, that nugget is a beauty!! You're way more patient than me. I've tried numerous times to see my gold while it's insitu. But unfortunately my excitement gets the better of me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Common!!!! Lets see it cleaned up??? Tom H. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relichunter2016 Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 Thanks guys, Andy...when I use the 20" my sweep from left to right and left again takes around 8 seconds. I have noticed if I go faster I will not hear the target. If I was hunting larger nuggets I would speed up the sweep just a bit..but not so much. Another cool thing I like about larger coils is I like the smooth threshold, on the other hand it does pick up more EMI than than the smaller coils..especially around noon. Tom, I will post the little nugget soon, my camera needs a charge. Good Hunting to you all..... Fred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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