Minelab Excallibur..8" or 10" ??

Irishgoldhound · Aug 4, 2013

Trying to decide which to get and what I will end up liking the most. Don't want to buy a 1500$ machine and wish I went for the other coil. What do most guys like on here? I know bigger coil you cover more ground but just wanting to know what other guys like. Anyone have used both and which do you like better?

Irishgoldhound · Aug 5, 2013

Thanks. I have a 6" dalyn scoop, stainless steel. It does get tiring when carying it out of water so then I just drag it behind me. I see videos of Chicago Ron with his excal using those really wide stealth scoops, i think it looks to be. Those probably would work well in murky water when pinpointing gets a bit tricky.

goldnugget · Aug 5, 2013

I suggest you go to the 8 inch coil, I have had mine for along time. I normally detect about 6-8 hours when I do go out.It is hip mounted and I use a Babbs Scoop with a stainless steel tip.Call me Lucky, Beach Coins from May 2013.

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Irishgoldhound · Aug 5, 2013

But I'm gonna get more coverage with the 10" and I'm hearing a lot of guys say its not that hard to pinpoint.

Fletch88 · Aug 6, 2013

Irishgoldhound said:
But I'm gonna get more coverage with the 10" and I'm hearing a lot of guys say its not that hard to pinpoint.

Yes Irishgoldhound, I'm not sure what correlation there is between the nice coins and an 8" coil,but the 10" and even my 13" are easy to pinpoint with for me anyway.

Irishgoldhound · Aug 6, 2013

Lol..not sure either. Nice coins he's got though. 10" inch should work fine for me. I'm using the 11" coil on my AT Pro right now and at the beach I'm recovering targets pretty quick.