NEL 15” Attack coil on my Garrett AT PRO

masterjedi · Jul 19, 2014

NEL 15” Attack coil on my Garrett AT PRO... 7-18-2014
I took it out today for its second short outing to a house that I have went over with my ACE 350 & my AT PRO. I even went over this yard in both directions trying to clean it out. I found a lot of stuff on this yard including (1) merc. The house looks to have been built in the 1950's and the yard is small approx 25' x 30'. I figured I was done with it and wasn’t going to go back. Then I thought what a great place to try the new NEL coil combo. I found all of this tonight in approx 1.5 hours. I found a rusty knife, small cheap piece of jewelry, 14 coins including (2) wheats... 1938D & 1944S. I also dug a lot of junk. I need to get used to this coil. The coil is very quiet and all of this was found 4-8” deep. The coil separated the good targets very well. Tomorrow morning is a 4 hour test hunt with this new combo. I will give you an update when I get back.

Gary from Oregon

vpnavy · Jul 19, 2014

Nice! Thanks for sharing...

tymber79 · Jul 19, 2014

Thanks for sharing. Thinking about that coil myself.

I-DIG-IT · Jul 19, 2014

Nice finds.

masterjedi · Jul 19, 2014

Update 7-19-2014
I could not go out to the field I wanted to this morning the sprinkler system was running and the grass was like 7" tall. I will go back to this later. I picked a very trashy house built approx 1900 and it was not good. This large coil is for large low trash areas or a place that has already been gone over. I went to a house that was built in the 1940's that I had went over 2 times in both directions. I thought I had cleaned it out with my AT PRO with the standard coil. I found this today and found 3 wheat's that were missed somehow in the 2 times I was there before? I make a point to try to not miss anything! This NEL large coil goes deeper and it also finds coins that are iffy signals on the standard coil. Each of these hits were not iffy but solid hits each time. I am very happy with this coil for what it is intended for. I wish I was a beach hunter, this thing would be awesome.

dirtdigginfool · Jul 19, 2014

Gary..great post! good to hear that there is more great targets lurking underneath the soil! I am getting ready to order the 5"x8" coil-for the HIGH trash busy areas..and now you have me re-thinking..maybe order BOTH of the large and small coils..and get ALL my bases covered..thanks for sharing..enjoyed it..ddf

masterjedi · Jul 19, 2014

You're welcome yes I love my 5x8 it is great in high trash areas around old houses but I also love this new Big coil! it really makes all your old places new.

Msbeepbeep · Jul 19, 2014

Nice bunch of finds!

MackDog · Jul 19, 2014

I've got the 13 x 14 storm went back to the stock DD because it is better ib trashy areas like the parks I hunt. Good luck and keep us posted

masterjedi · Jul 19, 2014

Yes you definitely want to use the right coil for the right application. These big coils are not good for trashy areas. you would be amazed by the target separation from the small 5 by 8 coil...

mfriday · Jul 19, 2014

Great finds! I found one of those "Campus" things last year and have absolutely no clue what it is. Anyone here know?

masterjedi · Jul 19, 2014

Yes a guy on a different thread said it is a zipper pull from an old college sweatshirt. He even sent a picture of one on a sweatshirt.

maskwest · Jul 19, 2014

Neat.

thommo59 · Jul 20, 2014

How was the weight on the Nell?

cowboye · Jul 20, 2014

Great Job, Keeping Going

masterjedi · Jul 20, 2014

The weight at first seemed heavy but I just shortened the shaft length and it didn't feel much different than the stock coil... I used it for 3-4 hours with no problem. But it is not like the 5 X 8 which I super light.

frogginfish · Jul 20, 2014

Congrats on your great finds! I've not heard of this coil you're using...maybe I'll have to look into it.

The Sanddigger · Jul 20, 2014

thommo59 said:
How was the weight on the Nell?

Great question! I'ld like to know too!

masterjedi · Jul 21, 2014

NEL ATTACK 15” COIL on AT PRO test ***

This is from Sunday mornings 3rd test run with this combo. As you can see by the pictures I found 39 coins (none good) at this 1912 house, in the front yard, that has been condemned by fire. (14) coins I found on one side of the front yard that I had went over 2X already with the 5x8 coil. The conclusion is that the original Garrett coils give you tons of info on the target below and tell you what you may not want to dig. The NEL coil tells you what you should dig. You will dig more bottle caps, but you will dig more coins! I found the dragonfly pin on the side I already went over 2X with the 5x8 coil? All of the signals I dug with the NEL coil were solid double pings. I do not know how I missed them with the factory coil? If this NEL coil was a piece of garbage I would also post that, but so far has been awesome. I found (5) wheats on the 2nd outing on lawns I already had went over 2x with the standard coils. I also found a nice “Black Hills” silver ring too! More feedback on the 15” ATTACK coil to follow.

Gary from Oregon