Re: 7000 with 14/19 coils vs  brass boot eyelets When I use the 7000 I feel that it does pick up metal boot eyelets.  Klunker proved this to me one day last year while he was digging a target out for me on our snow detecting adbenture.  He thought my detector was too noisy as compared to his...so while we were trying to figure this out he deduced my boots were the problem..He would my the coil with his hand and move it slowly toward my boot and we could hear the subtle groan and e