Garrett AT PRO 5 x 8 coil

[Retiredusne8]

Is the 5 x 8 DD coil a good investment? Or just stay with the standard 8.5 x 11 DD coil on the AT PRO?
I mainly just look for coins and jewelry.

 

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[mindcrime1988]

I am not an expert by any means but it takes much less effort to swing the smaller 5 X 8 coil versus the larger 8.5 X 11 if you were to detect in the water. Not sure if your intentions are strictly on land or both water & land. So that is definitely one positive aspect for the smaller coil. The 5 X 8 is also a little better whenever detecting in an area where there is a lot of metal signals (trash). But the standard 8.5 X 11 coil is one heck of a coil. It works really well and can get a little more depth for you too. It never hurts to have both but it all depends on your detecting situation.

 

[MackDog]

For trashy areas the 5x8 is amazing. For clear areas I use bigger Nel coils

 

[detectorben]

For trashy areas the 5x8 is amazing. For clear areas I use bigger Nel coils

I am with you.. I like the 5 x 8 in trashy park but the depth does suffer a little. If I am in a fairly clean area or I know there is a lot of deep targets I use my Nel Storm. I have found some nice silver in hunted out park with 5 x 8 that I assume was missed by others due to trash masking target.

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[John-Edmonton]

It is probably one of the best coils to own for all Garrett metal detectors. It gets fantastic target separation abilities, decent depth and very sensitive to tiny conductive targets, including micro jewelry.

 

[DirtyPockects]

I really like the 5x8 coil. Very good separation in some very trashy areas

 

[Professor of Engineering]

IMHO, The 5" x 8" DD coil has very good depth (in my soil), great target separation and hits hard on coins and relics (very strong signal lock during object detection).

 

[ohiochris]

Once you put on the 5x8 coil you may never want to take it off. It really is that good. Should have been the stock coil for the AT pro , with the larger one available as a depth upgrade , the majority of us hunt sites where the extra bit of depth possible with the larger coil is really not necessary. Pinpointing and target separation with the 5x8 is awesome , and target identification is more accurate with the 5x8 , not that the larger stock coil is bad but its not as good as the 5x8.

 

[perry2]

I put the 5x8 on 2 yrs ago and it stays on--Perry