Jump to content

X Coils In The Q


Recommended Posts


Great post, Jason. Just goes to show there is still good gold to be found in Q for the dedicated detectorist...well done!

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Great hunting and great writing about it. Glad to see you find the nice shiny stuff on your trip, won't your girlfriend be happy now.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well done.  More time needed.  😁

Mitchel

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Great write-up Jason. You have a great way of sharing your experiences and your conclusions. Glad to know you are out and about, we always benefit.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thanks everyone! Definitely need to take a full trip down there at some point with the Z+X. I have a few other spots I haven't visited since 4500 days, but they will require a full day of driving/hiking/detecting. Unfortunately a lot of old areas I found good gold in have new claims over them now there though.

Phrunt - not sure about the spiral vs bundle and the edge sensitivity, but that might be what's going on. However, I know when I was running my 12" spiral wound coil in the washes though that it seemed a lot more sensitive along the outer edges than the 17x12 elliptical does.  My 17" round is spiral wound too and it's pretty sensitive along the outer rim, it'll tag 0.1 grammers no problem out there. 

If that bedrock stuff was the bulk of my detecting I'd probably lean towards the 10" or 12" rounds just because they seem more sensitive on the edges. I should have tested a few targets over Mitchel's 15x10 when he was here to see what sort of hot spot pattern it has compared to the 17x12.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'll come back!  haha  How long will you be there?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Jason, 

Glad to see you back on the gold! Great story and explanation on the X coil operation at Quartzsite. How do you think the 17" x 12" will run in Northern NV with wet, salty ground?

Bill 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...