Minelab 705 Coils?

[ewcoinhunter]

What is the best coil to use for coin shooting? I see there are a few different ones. I will hunting all over, for I am in sales and travel quite a bit. Any help will be appreciated. I am antisapating purchaseing one, if not I will go to the SE Pro or Etrac. I just figured the 705 would be lighter and simpler to master, eventhough I have owned a Etrac. Just want to hit the ground running. So if there was one or two coils to get, which ones for the 705?
Thanks again.

 

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[SusanMN]

The coil that it comes with works great for coinshooting. If you were going to buy an additioal coil I'd go with a six inch for trashy areas.

 

[Tired Rooster]

The 9" 7.5 Khz coil that comes with the Xterra is a great all around coil and does really well on coins as well. A really good companion coil would be the 6" Digger coil that is 3 Khz by Coiltek.

 

[ewcoinhunter]

Thank you to all that replied. I will keep all posted.

 

[christo000]

The day I was out at a park testing the 705 for the first day I started with the stock 7.5khz concentric coil it came with a pretty trashy park, hit very well on coins & u could here bottle caps, trash ect, I then tossed the 6" 7.5 kHz concentric coil on, not for very long I didn't have much time left but it seemed to hit very deep & was id'ing things very presice

 

[Mach1Pilot]

There really is no doubt as to the most popular coil for the XTerra series - it's the 6"Coiltek "Digger" 3 kHz. Coiltek 6" X-Terra Digger coil

Since you would be traveling, it's also nice in that it is small and compact.

A lot of guys also like the separation of the 10.5" DD 7.5 kHZ coil....

 

[Scanman]

There really is no doubt as to the most popular coil for the XTerra series - it's the 6"Coiltek "Digger" 3 kHz. Coiltek 6" X-Terra Digger coil

Since you would be traveling, it's also nice in that it is small and compact.

A lot of guys also like the separation of the 10.5" DD 7.5 kHZ coil....

Looks like a nice coil, but whats up with not being waterproof?

 

[ewcoinhunter]

I got the 6" Coiltek 3khz, and the 15" Coiltek 7.5 Khz. Plus the factory one from Minelab. I am getting excited. Does anyone know if you have to do anything special when putting on the Coiltek coils? Ground balance again, etc.?

 

[SusanMN]

Haven't ever used a coil tec, so can't answer that part. But I always ground balance when I turn my machine on and when the terrain changes, like from dirt to sand, while I am hunting.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Looks like a nice coil, but whats up with not being waterproof?

Hi Scanman, the newest Coiltek "Digger" coils are waterproof, it was a change made in late 2013. Thanks for asking (and reminding me that I need to update my website!)

 

[Mach1Pilot]

There really isn't much to do when changing to a Digger coil... just ground balance, adjust sensitivity and go! There are some people who report that they can really crank up the sensitivity with it as compared to other coils.

 

[ewcoinhunter]

Thanks Ft. Bedford

 

[falconman515]

BUMPING For New Question.

Any huge difference for Coin-Shooting parks, homes, old sites, etc. when using a .... (no beach, relic, or major hunting ever)

Stock 9" Concentric Coil (7.5Khz)



vs.

10" DD Coil (7.5 Khz)





This detector is one I am considering and was a bit bummed that the unit does not have the seemingly new standard DD coil. I see they sell a 10" DD and wondering if it's worth the $180 premium over the stock 9" Concentric coil for my uses stated above.

Thanks so much for any further information you can provide comparing these two coils.