Coils

[LuckyDragon]

How would you know when to replace your metal detector coil?

[stasys]

its very similar with the car-when its starts to work bad

[LuckyDragon]

They don't go bad that offen I had my Xlt since 1986 and still working.

[Sky Pilot]

They don't go bad that offen I had my Xlt since 1986 and still working.

My 5.3 (?) XLT coil lasted from the time the Spectrum XLT came out until about a year ago.
The reason? My dealer didn't have a scuff plate for it and I hunt a lot of mown fields and yards, so I kept putting it off until after all that time
the grass wore a hole through the housing!! Cleaned it out, used some Plastic-Weld and patched that thing up, sprayed it with bedliner and it looks/works
like new!
Regards, skypilot02

[Deepdiger60]

Does a coil cover reduce any depth if i took it off and used bed liner spray or wouldn't it make any difference Thanks Dd60

[Sky Pilot]

Does a coil cover reduce any depth if i took it off and used bed liner spray or wouldn't it make any difference Thanks Dd60

Hey Dd60, SkyPilot here. The coil cover will not have any effect whatsoever on performance, you simply need to take it off and clean between it and the coil
occasionally. Bedliner or spray on PVC (spray on electric tape) works best for me, because you don't need to clean it.
Hope this helps!! Regards, SkyPilot

[WishfulThinker]

When you turn it over and you see wires visible through the broken or worn away plastic. Or green corrosion starts to appear from what was supposed to be waterproof cable connection. First sign will be hunting trip with no targets being found and can not air test with hand full of coins on ground.