The word on coils

Jonathan you still haven't answered my question a few posts back mate, so I'm just wondering if you could reply please
wombat

Adrian ss wrote:

Gus wrote:Hey Nero,
Should I sticky tape the 20c coin under or over the 5c coin and what type of tape should I use?
Do you know where the coin`in booster is available?

Duz ya stikem edge on or flatton n wot axial alignment to va coils inductive centre of Q n Mho duz ya setem Shood I uze a plastik micro skrue ta adjust va angle ov va dangle

HI ADRIEN, there is a simple scientific formula to use-
THE ANGLE OF THE DANGLE IS DIRECTIONALLY PROPORTIONATE TO THE THROB OF THE...........COIL.
simple really. adios amigos. cheers

Gus wrote:A mate still has and uses the original black 11 inch DD Minelab coil he got with his GP3000. He has worn through a heap of skid plates,and even through the bottom of the coil because he got too lazy to replace the skid plate. Most likely its full of dirt He repaired it with silicon and still gives the rest of us a hiding on numbers of nuggets.
Either its a great coil or he is on fire

G'day Gus, don't want to be picky mate but the black coils came out with the Extreme.
The 3000 had white coils.

Wombat wrote:Jonathan can you clear up a couple of Questions here that really have not been answered. (1) Do coil manufactors have any quality control on coils these days or do they just wait to see if they start getting back coils with a problem and then try and fix it. (2) and do the Manufactors do field reseach on new coils and older coils to see if they break down under field and weather conditions, example:- rough treatment against rocks, braches, dust penertration, hot temperatures of WA, NT, & Qld, Cold Temp. Vic, SA, NSW. Do ML have that system in place, or any other coil manafacture that you know of ??

Wombat

1: I'm not involved with either of the two after market coil manufacturers enough to comment fully, however I can assure you both of them do pretty exhaustive tests of each and every coil style before it goes on sale, this is based on having field tested various coils for both of them over the years. However sometimes faults do not show up until after release date, it then comes down to the manufacturer to make good on the problems through recalls etc, it is not in their interests to have dissatisfied customers. I think you will find both manufacturers have a very good track record in this respect.

2: The materials used in the coils are pretty well understood as far as longevity is concerned (glues etc), every now and then a batch of coils might have a problem due to one of the suppliers changing specs on the various components (I think Nugget Finder had some issues a long time back with plastics and Coiltek had some recent issues with shielding materials) but neither of them have any control over the way the coil is actually used in the field so it is a little hard to put an exact time frame on coil life spans, however in my experience if a coil is treated well in the field and the actual specs of the detector it is used with has not changed too much then one could expect the coils to last as long as the detector would last. Lastly Minelab have exhaustive testing regimes in place to thoroughly test all their products before release.

Hope this helps,

JP

Sorry JP
But your wrong our resident expert Nero Design has information direct from The Manufactures that coils used full time loose performance after 4 years.As usual your tens of thousands of hours of detecting, testing and finding gold count for little here
Sorry Dig

stoppsy

sarcasm

Inhere wrote:

Gus wrote:A mate still has and uses the original black 11 inch DD Minelab coil he got with his GP3000. He has worn through a heap of skid plates,and even through the bottom of the coil because he got too lazy to replace the skid plate. Most likely its full of dirt He repaired it with silicon and still gives the rest of us a hiding on numbers of nuggets.
Either its a great coil or he is on fire

G'day Gus, don't want to be picky mate but the black coils came out with the Extreme.
The 3000 had white coils.

You are right about the black coils coming out with the Extreme mate,but he has a black coil and the only other coil he has ever bought in 8 years is the Coiltek 10 inch Joey mono. Both still going strong. Maybe the dealer he got it off pulled a swifty?

Thanks Jonathan for your reply. It has given me a bit more insight on what to expect from manufactures on new and late model (second hand) coils. I have some coils that are well over 8 yrs old and running as good as they were when I first brought them, but i don't use them everyday, so this may be why they are still OK. I'm sure your reply will help others as well. "Thanks again"

Wombat

Dig24crt wrote:Sorry JP
But your wrong our resident expert Nero Design has information direct from The Manufactures that coils used full time loose performance after 4 years.As usual your tens of thousands of hours of detecting, testing and finding gold count for little here
Sorry Dig

Sparrowfart wrote:sarcasm

Yeah your right sparrow but I'll take sarcasm over deception and dishonesty any day of the week
Cheers dig

Yep thanks everyone for their contributions to the subject.