First Run With 15" Coiltek At The Lake

[Dan(NM)]

I took the Coilek  out for the first time this morning to the spot at the lake I've been hunting for the last 14 months. I will say, I was a little concerned because of the first couple of reviews about the coil. I had to remind myself that soil conditions, settings, modes and time on the machine decide how well a coil will perform, not test gardens, no offense to anyone.

 I set the Nox up as follows.....

Park 1

Recovery speed - 3

Iron Bias F2-0

GB-0, I did a manual GB and it GB'd at 4, so I decided to run it at 0

Sen. 23, EMI isn't factor out here until I get closer to the main entrance.

2-Tones

Tone break set at -2 , no disc

Iron tone set at 3, volume at 3 as well.

 

  I have bursitis, so I hooked up my bungy, I use Doc's Swingy Thingy and started swinging away.  I started hitting the usual stuff, pull tabs, bottle caps, etc. I focused on the low conductive numbers just to see if the 15" coil would hit the small stuff like the 11" coil. After the first 2 hours I was pretty satisfied with the coils ability to hit some pretty small stuff, on par with 11"

  The soil here is very mild, I'm not so sure it would perform as well with the small stuff if the soil was pretty hot, but here, it nailed some smaller targets with no problem. All the items in the picture came in at 10 or below. The target that sealed the deal for me was the brass bead, the one on the stud of the earring,  about the size of a BB.  It was hitting small pieces of foil in the 1-2 VDI range with no problem.

  Both of the earrings hit at 10, about 3" deep. It will hit coins on edge with no problem, I dug 2 zinc's standing straight up and down.

 The numbers appear to match the 11", I didn't see any noticeable difference between either coil's IDing.

  I will be taking the coil to an old park tomorrow that I was able to hit some 8-9" wheats and silver with the CTX and the Nox with the 11" coil, last year. I quit hitting the spot when the finds completely dried up. EMI is an issue because I'm surrounded by power lines on 2 sides, I will post my finds, or lack of, tomorrow evening.

 I've used Coiltek coils on the Explorer and Etrac and was satisfied with the performance, that's why I jumped on board as fast as I did. If you have a question about the coil, let me know, I'll try to answer it.

[FloridaSon]

Great report! Thank you. Glad you are specific on your settings as it helps. Looking fwd to thew next report.

Regards

[Tometusns]

Good luck Dan! Hope it hits some of those deeper keepers. Tom

[Tiftaaft]

17 hours ago, Dan(NM) said:

decide how well a coil will perform, not test gardens, no offense to anyone.

Thanks Dan, great first report on an "in the wild" hunt.  Good to hear that the 15" was handling the small lower conductors without much problem.  Looks like a fun spot to detect as well!!  Keep the reports coming as you have time.  ~Tim.