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Coils for the extreme

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Post  Nature_Pete Sun May 29, 2011 8:26 pm

Hi Guys,

I have a simple question. What would you guys consider the most all-round (and I use the term loosley) coil as the unit we're buying comes with the 11" DD searchcoil. Being in Ballarat, I can expect heavy mineralisation in the area and am trying to get my head around all the info about the different coils.

I guess the question is what do you guys use most around these parts and in short, why?

Cheers,

Nature Pete. Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

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Post  deutran Sun May 29, 2011 10:21 pm

The coiltek 14"DD pro was an excellent match to this detector,notably quiet with good depth.
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Post  kon61 Sun May 29, 2011 10:37 pm

G'day Pete.

Here goes my opinion.I found that the tan 14 inch round Coiltek Elite Pro DD coil is a good match to the Gp series machines as is the Commander 15x12 DD (as standard general purpose coils) especially if your going to be working in Hot ground.

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Post  Goldbait Sun May 29, 2011 11:20 pm

I used a Coiltek 14x9 mono coil. ran smooth and found gold.
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Post  Rtanweb Sun May 29, 2011 11:39 pm

I am using GP extreme, and my go-to coil is an 11 inch commander mono.

but i also used 14 DD pro "elite". On a test patch it performed beter in a mono mode than in native DD, so i mostly don't use it anymore.

Anyway, consider using a medium mono. My pick would be 14" NFA or 15x12 Commander from Minelab.

If you really must have a DD i would go with 15x12 Minelab DD.

Thats right, i only figured that out after i got the 14" coiltek one.




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