Which Coil For Deus 2- 9” Or 11”?

[GnshpCSO]

3 hours ago, phrunt said:

Maybe I'm a rarety but separation means very little to me, targets are often few and far between.  Nz is a very young country and junk targets don't go all that far back in time.  

I really like big VLF coils for detecting as in my mild soils they do provide added depth, not only that if looking for coins or jewellery targets are few and far between in most places I've tried.  An example I was at a beach 15 minutes or so from the city center of the second biggest city on the South Island today, I did two hours detecting walking miles along the beach and only found one target the entire time which was a 20 cent coin. 

I took a quick video of the detector on the beach, I found 23 sensitivity best as 25 gave some Emi problems perhaps from my phone. 

With no luck detecting my daughter, pooch (Rambo) and I went for a swim instead.  I only had my 6 and 11 inch coils with me as I'm away on a trip and only intended to do prospecting. 

So for me personally I hope XP make larger coils. 

Very nice! It looks like you sure have some awesome beaches to hunt. And they look empty of people, which is an added bonus (at least to me). Thanks for posting the video and pics.
The only areas I would use larger coils here in Colorado is out east in the state where the terrain is basically prairie/plains. Most of what is around here is highly mineralized soil, cities/towns (decent amount of trashy areas), and mountain rivers, towns, etc. (which are great to look for gold like you do there in NZ, also old silver in the mining towns). So, a 9” or 11” coil would be sufficient for 90% of the areas here, but a 6” (or equivalent) is also a necessity for to other 10% (trash/iron separation). I have all three coils for my Nox 800, but rarely use the 15”. But she’s ready for action if I ever find a promising old abandoned ghost/mining town.⛏️

[cobb05]

I was on the fence between the two but after seeing calabash’s video of the 11 inch coil seeing the gold coin between the 2 iron nails. The 11 inch being able to separate that well, I was surprised. I’m getting the 11 inch. 

[GB_Amateur]

8 hours ago, GnshpCSO said:

But if XP has no real plans to expand the coil line for the D2, they will surely lose out on the aftermarket companies filling the gap. Just thinking out loud here, please (anybody) educate me if I’m missing something here.

XP coils are way different than any other manufacturer's coils in that the 'guts' of the detector are actually in the coil housing, along with the windings.  So, no, in the case of XP the aftermarket coil options are m/l impossible.