Tyler

@Steve Herschbach are you still using this setup? Did you bend it around the edges or keep it flush with the outside of the coil?

Would 1/8th plastic be too thick or should I go the next size down which is roughly 1/16th?

On 7/8/2021 at 10:07 PM, phrunt said:

I used my Equinox a lot in longer grass, and also in very rocky areas.  The spoked design coils are never my preference but that's all the Equinox has.  I couldn't believe it when the Coiltek 10x5" came out as an open design and I asked if they intended to make a solid coil cover for it, they told me no they don't.  It would be very funny if Nugget Finder started making solid skid plates for the Coiltek Nox coils, In fact I hope they do.

I noticed they have them for the Equinox 11" coil, so I just had to have one.  I hope they continue this trend and make them for 6" coil too. 

Seems well built, fits well... is solid, what more could I ask for?

Now I just hope they make more sizes for the other coils, especially the Coiltek 10x5" and ML 6".

Do you keep the stock skid plate on it? I’m trying to find one in the US right now but can’t at the moment. Might try my luck at making one. 

I’m going to try to make one with ABS sheet plastic and bend it with a heat gun to get an edge around it. I was out this weekend in some stubble from a freshly cut wheat field and was losing a few inches due to it. I don’t care about a little extra weight. Honestly I wish someone would come out with a solid closed coil. 

Here’s the two. One says gold stalker and one says Pro elite

You were right. There’s both are DD. They have a coiltek 14 inch elite DD that’s tan. And a coiltek 14 inch goldstalker DD the same tan color. I didn’t know if there was any difference in wiring. But as far as coils go I have a set of DDs I use for relics and a set of monos I am using for prospecting. I have a coiltek 14 DD goldstalker, 15x12 DD commander (second hand only used once on a paid hunt and sold the machine), 11 DD commander(second hand great condition), and 10x5 commander DD that is brand new that came with my other machine. The monos I have are the 11 ultra sensing detech, the 11 commander and the 15x12 commander mono that came with the second hand 5000 I recently got. I sold my 4000 to a friend of mine. He’s only got the stock 11 DD and I told him I’d let him borrow one of the larger DDs when we go out for relics or one of monos when we do some prospecting. 

Any difference between these two coils? 

I rarely turn the equinox sensitivity above 20 unless I’m hunting a spot that’s been beat up and slow down the recovery speed. Even then I find that it runs more stable and gets better depth at 20. When in an iron patch I’ll turn it down to 18 sometimes less. But with the VDI only going to 40 on the Nox. It will get less jumpy VDI than a machine with a larger scale. 

The killer Bs seem similar to the sun ray holds on how they operate. 

I settled on some killer Bs hornets with the volume adjustments on both sides and push button limiter. They are 150 ohms. The RPGs are 32 ohms. 

Looking for recommendations for headphones for relic hunting and prospecting. I had a Minelab Koss with my 4000 but they went with it. Currently all I have is a set of Minelab RPGs that I had as a backup pair. Thoughts on a good pair?

On 4/6/2024 at 4:42 PM, abenson said:

I thinkni had it about 4 years with 100's of hours on it.

I’m about to order a backup coil for the GPX. Torn between getting a used once 15x12 DD commander for 200 or getting a Coiltek 14 Elite DD at retail. I’d like to try both and keep one as a backup. I already have a basically brand new 15x12 commander DD. 

Besides very old Native American stone tools, worked glass, and a mica cut out associated with the mound builders. I live near a lot of old native settlement sites. We also have a lot of colonial sites here. I’ve found copper kettle points. Copper that was cut to make arrow heads. Quite a bit of Spanish silver. Cuts and wholes. Some just pounded or sanded flat. 1773 Virginia half penny. A cut silver dates back to 1730. Lots of buttons from the 1700s. A lot of these sites overlap with Native American sites.

I’ve seen the cables that come to the houses here. It’s a small fiber with a small copper wire attached for locating when it needs to be marked. The main lines are in a 1 1/4 orange pipe right along the road ditches. They have recently come down into the rural area in my area along some of the roads where I hunt. I was hoping to not get any interference. Under ground Power lines, and phone lines are a pain. As well as electric fences. Believe it or not the fences are more of a pain than anything else. But all can vary day to day. 

31 minutes ago, Dean Stone said:

Hi Tyler, I have made covers for coils, go to a heating place or duck worker that puts in heat ducks, and they have pipe covers that are from 4" to 14" white plactic end cover for heat ducks. They work very well for coil covers, just then plactic. If a little to big, put a heat gun to it and it will srink.  Good Luck  Dean

That’s a good idea. I figured I could do something like that. I have a heat gun for bending plastic electrical conduit. I’m sure I could get one to fit pretty well. Thanks 

On 4/16/2024 at 8:01 PM, TC-AZ said:

To answer your first question, what do you mean by fragile? Don't understand? To answer your 2nd question, I don't remember seeing anywhere or any ads with this coil having being offered for sale... Most likely never came with one.

Covers or skid plates have no affect on sensitivity  or depth in detection of targets. All they do is to provide protection of the detectors coil. Are you still interested in buying my coil??

TC-AZ

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I’ve never really had a coil without a skid plate. Except maybe the older whites machines. I was just curious I wasn’t sure if people took them off for a reason or if some of the older coils never had one. But I’ll let you know about the cool ASAP. My dad still swings the old whites for relics. I haven’t asked him about it. They still do well if you if you know how to run and listen to the machine. 

Does anyone know if fiber optic cables put off EMI that will interfere with most detectors?

How fragile do you think it is without a coil cover? Did someone take it off to make it more sensitive or deeper?

I was talking about the skid plate or coil cover. I was trying to find one that might fit it. 

Was the one that came on it black? I might be interested 

Yeah it’s a 6.59 frequency. Same plug. What’s the bottom of the coil look like?

Could I find a coil cover or make one?

What size is the hot head? 12? I have a whites blue and grey that I use for relics. Would it work well on that?

On 2/9/2021 at 8:06 PM, mn90403 said:

Those are amazing for the east and at this late of a stage in detecting.

Do you have any idea what happened to these nuggets?  I mean are they in a museum some place?  They should be.

Mitchel

There are some nuggets that came from Virginia that ended up in the Smithsonian. One the size of softball. 

On 2/27/2024 at 10:19 AM, Daniel Tn said:

If you can find a used 15" DeTech Spiral DD coil, snatch it up.  That was my favorite coil for the GPX.  

Do you think the Iron reject is deeper with the Spiral DD?