Andy2640 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Desperate for this coil now. Really need to cover more ground. It will be great i am sure. I Have every confidence in Minelab so I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 The big question at this very late date - what will the coil sell for. Lots of dealer sites listing it now, but none with a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy2640 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Hi Steve, A UK store has it at £219.00 (Crawfords UK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Sounds about right - I was guessing US$249 to $299. Minelab Equinox 15" x 12" DD search coil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 Since photos are being published, and some comments on how it behaves, there are already prices in some distributors. Can you comment on how Steve coil works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Luis said: Since photos are being published, and some comments on how it behaves, there are already prices in some distributors. Can you comment on how Steve coil works? I don't think it is a mystery. Large coils get better ground coverage (main benefit in my opinion) and also offer a little more depth on coin size and larger targets. Sensitivity to the smallest items will be a bit less and target masking will be more of an issue, as will pinpointing. Electrical interference will increase with a larger coil. The extra weight will make the detector more nose heavy but at 15" x 12" this coil will be lighter than the CTX 17" x 13.5" coil. And apparently about $100 less than the CTX coil. For me a coil like this is a must have for huge areas with relatively sparse targets. Mine will be used for large field detecting, general prospecting, and beach use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Just waiting for them to hit the open market here...I want one. got some open places to hunt in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_Cobra Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Although I personally have no need for a 15" coil, Minelab is sure dragging this out. I wonder what the big delay is, it's actually kind of odd IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubious Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 On 10/2/2018 at 3:03 PM, Cal_Cobra said: Although I personally have no need for a 15" coil, Minelab is sure dragging this out. I wonder what the big delay is, it's actually kind of odd IMO. Minelab is determined to demonstrate the difference between it and Nokta 🙂 "Hello all..... some of you guys have been asking for 9'' and 13'' coils for the Kruzer...it is done.... we have developed these and will start shipping them at the same time with the Anfibio series." Link deleted since Findmall Forum update broke all old links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 12 hours ago, Cal_Cobra said: Although I personally have no need for a 15" coil, Minelab is sure dragging this out. I wonder what the big delay is, it's actually kind of odd IMO. Not so odd, probably finishing up performance testing and then they want to run production for awhile to build up inventory so they can avoid the small coil issue where dealers were only getting one or two coils per shipment. I think it's pretty obvious by now that whether or not ML realized how popular this detector was going to be, they simply did not invest in capitalizing their production facilities in advance to be able to meet that demand for the detector or its accessories. They let marketing get too far out in front of the designers and production folks, probably because they have never had a detector as popular as say an AT Pro and were really unprepared to deal with the worldwide demand. Getting inventory ramped up on the small coil probably squeezed production capacity for the large coil also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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