Hot head and Cross fire coils

[smaj]

Can anyone give me info on the Hot Head and Crossfire coils

 

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[Sandman]

The Crossfire coils belong to Garrett detectors and the Hotheads belong to Tesoro's. The coils are not inter changable between the two manufactures even if the pins match up.

 

[GibH]

Actually, they made hot head coils for Garrett, White's and even the old Teknetics. They were aftermarket coils and I don't know a lot about them. I know I bought an 8800 at the flea market and it had a large Hot Head coil as well as the stock.

 

[dirtdiver]

I purchased a Hot Head coil years ago from a well known dealer, for my CXIII.
And even though it fit my detector it would not work. Had to send it back.
I would suggest you stick with a coil from the manufacture.

 

[Sandman]

Actually, they made hot head coils for Garrett, White's and even the old Teknetics. They were aftermarket coils and I don't know a lot about them. I know I bought an 8800 at the flea market and it had a large Hot Head coil as well as the stock.

Thanks, you are correct. I forgot about after market coils.

 

[The Master Chief]

I have thought the same seeing all these other merchants with coils. I will just have to stick with the company I know. This way if I have issues i can send it back to them. better to be safe then sorry. Who knows what a after market coil would do to your machine.

 

[Plug popper]

Hi i will take a stab at this. I have a Garrett MH CX3 as well as the MH7x and the MH 5' all with crossfire coils. I have the hot head coil that fits the same as the crossfire units. Here is what i have found with the Hothead coil. I can put the HH Coil on the CXIII and it will only work on the all metal mode. I am not sure why but that's what it dose. On the other hand if you put it on the 7x or the 5 it works very well in fact it is my choice over the the 8.5 or the 12.5 coil that came with my Garrett's. It is far better than the 8.5 in depth and pinpoint's just as well. As far as the 12.5 thy are about the same on depth but the HH coil is lighter to swing and has a tighter pinpoint on it. I like my hothead coil at least for the 7x and the 5. This is what i have found with my detector's. Hope this helps ------Plug popper

 

[General Hekimer]

Hello, My friend recieved the hot head coil as an extra from Kellyco. The first one wouldn't detect anything over a couple of inches, after returning, the second one was worse than the first! Basically they a re junk, I wouldn't spend a dime on one, stick with the factory coils. We did notice if it was about eighty degrees or hotter outside it would almost work correctly, we laughed about this and figured thats why they were named hot heads.