Buy a coil cover or make my own?

[jasonbo]

Are they really worth buying when you can make them pretty easy out of styro board?

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

DR.ÖTEK Metal Detector, Waterproof Gold Detector, Pinpoint & Terrain Modes, Professional Metal Detector - Grab it through Amazon!

[shane41]

I got a few for my Ace 250 Sniper coil. They sure save on the coil's wear and tear.. Cheaper then buying a new coil..

 

[GibH]

You can always use spray on bedliner.....

 

[spartacus53]

You can always use spray on bedliner.....

That sounds interesting and inexpensive, but does it do a sufficient job?

 

[GibH]

That sounds interesting and inexpensive, but does it do a sufficient job?

I've never tried it personally, but I've heard it does. I've also heard of people using two part epoxy and GOOP. I know both of those would stand up to the job. Another quick and easy product would be epoxy paint (appliance paint). I've tried sanding that down on other things and it just laughed at sandpaper.

 

[Sandman]

The purpose of the coil cover is to save the coil from wearing thin or cracking along the edges. Anything like Epoxy or bed liner that will protect the coil will help. But many manufactures void the warranty if this is on the coil when you need to send it in. Now if it is out of warranty your going to have to pay for repairs anyway, go for it. Another method is to install duct tape on the coil as it can be taken off or replaced easy.

Duct tape also dresses the expensive detector down so it isn't such a target for people wishing to pawn your toy.

 

[jasonbo]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08c8ed10LXg[/youtube]



This is the video of what I was thinking of doing.

 

[jasonbo]

thats interesting but did you do only the bottom an not the sides?

 

[Tank69]

I use bedliner in mine , been a year since I first put it on an everything looks great ,$15 for a coil cover or $20 for a gallon of bed liner you do the math .

 

[lumbercamp]

Sandman, a couple years ago I stated on this site that I had duct tape on my coil and someone else replied that that is a no-no because there is metal in duct tape. Bull. There is no metal at all in duct tape.

 

[Silver Slayer]

I think I will be going down to TAP PLASTICS and cutting me out a few covers

 

[Frankn]

The big question should be, why bother with a coil cover in the first place? I have been detecting since the '70's and never used a coil cover! I have also never worn out a coil! The old coils were two thin pieces of plastic glued together. the new high quality coils are injection molded. i.e. Solid plastic with embeded coil wire. Using a coil cover is just adding something else to take care of!

​

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

for smaller coils why not use cheap frisbees like we've been doing since the sixties? siegfried schlagrule

 

[Frankn]

They collect dirt and moisture and throw your target responce off!

​

 

[luvsdux]

I've seen the question of whether to use a coil cover at all or not come up fairly often. As to general wear for many of us, we probably don't need one. However, I've also seen several posts where people have either actually slit a coil when hunting around rocks and a case or two where continual beach hunting where the sand wore a hole through the bottom. They can cause false signals if mineralized soil and moisture gets trapped, but that's not a problem if you're aware and clean them out now and then. I personally believe if you're not at least rubbing the ground lightly, you're losing depth so I use covers and have found no detriment to the depth or use of my detectors. My two bits.
luvsdux