Thanks KAC for your very interesting reply.
Smaller coils are expected to give better target separation, at the cost of depth; what is your experience in regard of this aspect (depth loss) ? I ask this because the Nokta Makro 5"x9.5" coil you used, is reported on Nokta Makro catalog as providing good depth.
Regarding the usage of different coils, I had the opportunity to use the Mars Discovery (13") coil with my MMK: it got about 2" more depth for coin sized targets, in my soil (quite mild one). I would like to perform also a target separation comparison with respect to the standard coil, because it can be adversely affected by the usage of bigger coils.
I wonder if a "standard setup" for target separation test has ever been defined; if so, separation test results could be comparable between different machines, coils etc.
Is anybody aware of a "standard" separation test setup ? Any info would be appreciated...