Coiltek Coils For The GPX 6000 - Confirmed!

[phrunt]

New toy arrived! It arrived too late in the day to test it out.

The water hunters will be pleased to see it has a nice solid base under the skid plate so it won't fill with water.

Will give it a spin tomorrow and see how it goes on some test targets, then should be able to go for a gold hunt Friday, got too much to do tomorrow for that.  Feels solid as a rock, really nice tough build quality.    People won't need to put protective stickers on these coils that's for sure, such a different plastic.

[strick]

The radiographs are slightly under exposed in the first two you show Simon the plastic details well but under exposing the metal showing less detail thus the solid looking mass... the ones I took are slightly over exposed showing better detail of the wiring...and less of the plastic...adjusting the power and the time on the generator  you can manipulate the picture to show softer structures or more dense structures accordingly.  I was hoping coiltek would chime in on how their coils are built. They certainly look good from the outside lol

strick

[Coiltek]

On 8/8/2022 at 7:53 PM, strick said:

Most of the talk has been about coil shapes and sizes...the excitement reminds me of kids ordering ice cream in a store....I’d like to know more about how they are built compared to your competitors? NF goes into a little detail about their construction methods on their web site...I could not find much on yours...What are the components that go into the build quality of your coils? From out side to inside. 

Strick 

Hi All - been away for a bit out West on a sales trip and running the coils... Geez I like them but some would say I am bias 🙂

A quick run down for you....

ABS plastic injection moulded housings - 2mm thick for extra strength and assist with minimising any flex when swinging

Cable and internal PCB parts all same as Minelab (as do NF coils) - I can assure all that the cables are shielded very well and I do not believe that if there are any issues that the cable contributes to this.

High grade LITZ wire - same as what is int he ML coils.

in-spec shielding top and bottom of coil

Pressure regulation pad to keep out water and dust but assist to regulate the pressure in the coil to minimise any swelling and induced noise

Wings thickened for robustness and 8mm nylon nut and bolt.

Poly carb label to look good - always! 😉

All made in our Salisbury South manufacturing facility where we have 13 staff plus me (sales and technical) and my wife (CEO & Marketing) building coils and also making electronic windings (inductors,transformers etc) inc. QA, Engineering, Customer Service etc and all other things to keep a small-medium business running... 

I hope this answers your query on this...

Regards, Trevor.

 

[strick]

Thanks for the response Trevor...the other guy uses core cell in their coils its good stuff but expensive the reason I know is I’ve bought plenty of for use on boats . Do you use a  light weight foam coring as well?

strick 

[Coiltek]

2 minutes ago, strick said:

Thanks for the response Trevor...the other guy uses core cell in their coils its good stuff but expensive the reason I know is I’ve bought plenty of for use on boats . Do you use a  light weight foam coring as well?

strick 

Yes we do... A foam inner core which the windings are laid in - lightweight and strong. 🙂 

[GotAU?]

6 hours ago, Coiltek said:

“Pressure regulation pad to keep out water and dust but assist to regulate the pressure in the coil to minimise any swelling and induced noise”

 

Hello Trevor,

just purchased the little 10x5 for my 6K and will be using it for the first time in the mountains this week.  I have a question about using the pressure regulator tab, as the places I intend to use it will be over 5000 ft (~1500m) above my current elevation, I assume my coil will be a little puffy when I get there and may need to lose a bit of air. Then when I get home it’ll be a little concave and I’ll have to let some air in.

Anyway my question is how much noise have you noticed happens from when the coil is going through pressure changes and to what amount of elevation change have you noticed  that happening?  I’m curious if ML Coils are affected by this as well?

Thank you, and I really appreciate the build quality of this coil, you guys did a great job on it. I will certainly post my successes with it when (and if 😁)  they happen!

-Anthony 

[Nedkelly]

5 successful days in the goldfields with the gpx 6000 and coiltek goldhawk coils,  very happy chappy. 😊 

[Coiltek]

Awesome going Nedkelly!!! Super impressed with that haul. 
 

is it ok if I share these images? 
trev

[Nedkelly]

Yes that's OK trev 👍, a couple more with flash on , I think they show the gold better .

[Goldseeker5000]

Trevor, I just received my 9x14 GoldHawk and was wondering if it is flat wound, bundle wound or a combo of the two?