i like all the Sun Ray coils.they are lighter than stock coils and just as deep. the S8 is hard to beat for tight areas..and i love the S12 on the beach!
ya get about 2" more coverage and about 2" more depth with the 10"...but the 8" is a little better to pin point with and better target seperation and a bit lighter.
http://www.docsdetecting.com/ iv bought 2 from Doc's.they are a good coil but very heavy.i like the S12 made by Sun Ray much better.i get same depth with less weight. http://www.sunraydetector.com/sun_ray_intruder_s-12_page.htm
got mine off Ebay last year..there are a few on there now..i also have a Tide watch that works quite well.. http://cgi.ebay.com/TIDE-CLOCK-Compass-Rose-133B-Nautical-Tide-Clock-/280590153946?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415479f8da
iv bought 5 new ones and prob 8 used...i might have been lucky but i never got a bad one. i think if you shop around you can get a new one for around $800.00 and i always feel better with a warranty even if iv never had to use it. to me if it were the diff of $200 id go for the new one with a...
iv had 6 Excal's and about all of them would pick up BB size gold earing back or studs.i dont think they would pick up thin flake gold.but nuggets the size of a bb at about 4" deep should be no problem. on the beach i think they are the best you can buy there ability to null on iron will save...
Re: WTB Excal must be 8" coil
well here ya never know from day to day about the high surf..i think there was only 4 days last year it was calm..and as sure as i dont have a water detector this year it will be calm 50% of the time. also lately iv really had hip pain after i walk about 1 mile...
does anyone know how to make the coil wire strait again after it has been wrapped around the shaft and retains the coils like a set of headphones? i hip mount everything and like the coil wire to be strait not coiled up like a telephone wire.
for me the best wet sand detector iv owned is the Sovereign and S12 coil...Excal's are good if you think you will ever go in the water.also the Fisher CZ21 w 10" coil is good. iv found the Sovereign to be deeper than the CZ's (owned 6 of them) and Excal's (owned 6 of them also). i just sold a...
i had not found a ring in 3 weeks then 12/6 i found 3. went back next day same spot and found 2. went back yesterday same spot and found 0...i guess the well ran dry! funny thing this is a small spot maybe 50' long between 2 cement sea walls. in one spot the size of a ping pong table i dug 35...