I decided to try an experiment about 4 years ago. I decided to leave the coil cover on and never seal it or take it off just to see what would happen. BTW, my wife says it's just a case of laziness. LOL It's an 8" spider coil on a Fisher 1236X2. It's been used in shallow water, parks, everywhere you can think of.
I've been starting to lose all kinds of depth, won't even air test a silver dime below 3-4". The signals were very weak and fading below about 3". So I decided today to remove the coil cover and see what's up.
It was on so hard and tight that I figured it was glued on. Nope just dirt and water made it that way. The coil cover broke trying to get it off and I lost about half the pile shown just working it back and forth.
Now, the silver dime is air testing at about 5". Just thought I'd pass the info along. HH!
I've been starting to lose all kinds of depth, won't even air test a silver dime below 3-4". The signals were very weak and fading below about 3". So I decided today to remove the coil cover and see what's up.
It was on so hard and tight that I figured it was glued on. Nope just dirt and water made it that way. The coil cover broke trying to get it off and I lost about half the pile shown just working it back and forth.
Now, the silver dime is air testing at about 5". Just thought I'd pass the info along. HH!
