14" coil for Sarati

[timelord]

Has anyone used the 14" coil on there Safari? Was wondering if it would be a good upgrade and help find more in the hunted out parks where I live. Thanks in advance.....

 

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[cudamark]

I'd have a hard time using a coil that big in any of the parks around my area! Just too much junk. I'd go smaller rather than bigger.

 

[timelord]

Thanks for the input....

 

[Longhair]

Just to elaborate a bit more than Mark.....
If you spend a lot of time listing to an uninterrupted threshold tone, then you might benefit from a larger coil. But, if you hear frequent nulls in the threshold indicating the presence of discriminated objects, then a smaller coil that can work between them is likely a better choice.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Large coils have their place.... Usually parks have enough trash that it makes it tough to use them in those areas. Some have been hunted so extensively that you will find yourself in the condition described by Longhair.... But I've seen very few of those. Most have trash which needs to be picked through, making a smaller than stock coil more valuable.

 

[timelord]

Thanks again for the input, a lot of times I will run in all metal and just endure all the noise to be able to hear a squeak of something good. So with that in mind would the bigger coil help? Even running in all metal I will switch to my discrimination mode to see if I still hear the sound and that has produced some old coins that everyone else has missed. Again any input is appreciated....

 

[Longhair]

If you're trying to sort through potential targets where there are many (the tones almost never stop sounding), then you're missing good targets with a larger coil and a smaller one will find more. It's too easy (and common) for a large object signal to mask a better smaller target. A smaller coil can get in between objects instead of risking the coil being over to large or too many objects at once. Think of the difference between trying to sort small objects with a scoop shovel as opposed to a trowel.

 

[timelord]

Thanks again, just read a post about do you really need a larger coil and it said the stock is the best one just slow down and also go 90 degrees then 45 to that. I do go slow and that is why I'm still finding silver where others have given up. Thanks again for the advice.