Using Larger Coils

[Monty]

Several weeks ago I bought a 10" coil for my BH Land Ranger with being able to hunt a couple of large fields in mind,? I figured I could cover a lot more ground in less time with the larger coil.? I was pleased tht I was able to do that with the larger coil, but I have found that it will pick up signals that the 8" coil routinely misses!? Further, it is extremely accurate in pinpointing the exact location of an object.? ?I find myself using it more and more in lieu of the 8" coil.? The only drawback is that it is a bit heavier, especially with the protective cover in place.? After an hour or so of swinging your arm gets tired and tonight I find the muscles in my forearm are sore.? The secret it seems is to swing the coil in close to your body, being sure you don't have a large belt buckle or heavy jewelry to cause interference.? This seems to ease the fatigue quite a bit.? Also, you do get some false signals if you try to use it with overhead obstructions, such as near a baseball backstop.? I use my 4" coil for working those areas, but that's another story.? If you don't have more than one size coil for your MD you are sacrificing a lot of versitility.

 

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[rvbvetter]

Larger coils shine where it's not to trashy. Other wise the 8 in sees better in between trash.
Like your 4in coil compared to the 8. Using a larger coil, i short'n the shaft a notch or two.
So it's like you said, closer to me. And if it has a coil cover on it, i let it support it's own weight by letting it rest on the ground and slidding it side to side. I've used the larger coils on some worked out sites, that because of being heavily hunted, there's less coins but less trash as well. And have come away with some keepers. HH

 

[nebraskadad]

Jim,

Where you purchase the 20" coil for the BH I have a QDII, I have a 4" but wanted something larger then the 10" to cover more ground?

 

[Oddfello]

Yeah the larger coils are awesome in terms of depth and ground coverage. I use a 14" when I am out in fields or relatively "clean" ground. The problem I get is that most of the places I hunt are rather trashy and when I use my 14" in such areas it makes my DFX sound like a calliope organ or something I am a big fan of smaller coils and would use my 5" excelerator everywhere if it were feasible. My 14" is also very heavy in it's own right and after swinging it for about an hour I was glad I didn't go for the 18"...I never used a BH but a 20" sounds rough. My advice would be to learn to swing that thing on either side or risk resembling a fiddler crab after a few seasons.

 

[Monty]

nebraskadad, that should read 10" coil! Sorry! 20" would be a heck of a big coil! That's what I get for not reading my post after I type it up.

 

[nebraskadad]

Thanks Jim,

I was hoping.. It'd be nice to have one of the larger coils (of course it'd be nice to have a MineLab 3000 too!!!!) , kids got me the Bounty Hunter QuickDraw II for Christmas with the help of their mom. Maybe if I hit on a nice cache I'll get a Mine Lab!!!

 

[Bulletboy]

My ML Advantage hunts deeper in disc than it does in All Metal and as deep as it goes with the 8" stock coil, the WOT 15" coil is really impressive. Gotta use a nuggetshooters bungie if you use a big coil for any length of time when covering a lot of ground and be prepared to dig deep holes. The WOT is a sensitive coil as well as deep and it will cover a lot of ground in the right application .

 

[Monty]

Since I usuallly don't dig every target, I discriminate all the iron out of my program and it doesn't interfere with my search. Wish I could do the same with aluminum!