NEL 15" Attack Coil for Garrett AT PRO

masterjedi · Jul 10, 2014

Hey,
I just oredered one from Coloniel Metal Detectors today and it will ship tomorrow. I should have it by next weekend. I tried to watch as many videos I could about this pairing but there is not much out there. I will post an honest/candid report of its performance after I take it out that weekend. I started detecting in the 70's with 2 Bounty Hunters. Today I have a Garrett Ace 350, Garrett AT Pro & Garret Pro Pointer...
I wil let you know the outcome of this match up.

Thanks Gary in Oregon...

masterjedi · Jul 16, 2014

When I picked up the box when it came in I thought wow its light. When I took it out of the box I thought wow it is light

when I put it on my AT PRO it makes it unbalanced (front end heavy) Not too bad but it is noticable. I am going to try to take it out tonight for a bit for its maiden voyage before the upcoming weekend hunt. It was 99 degrees here yesterday so I chicken out... But maybe tonight. I will keep you posted...
Gary from Oregon

sailoffwithme · Jul 16, 2014

masterjedi said:
When I picked up the box when it came in I thought wow its light. When I took it out of the box I thought wow it is light when I put it on my AT PRO it makes it unbalanced (front end heavy) Not too bad but it is noticable. I am going to try to take it out tonight for a bit for its maiden voyage before the upcoming weekend hunt. It was 99 degrees here yesterday so I chicken out... But maybe tonight. I will keep you posted...
Gary from Oregon

I have an Ace 250 and a AT Gold the ace 250 was much heaver. Maybe if you shorten the shaft a notch or two would balance it again

sailoffwithme · Jul 16, 2014

fireguy said:
Oh I forgot to add I found at least with mine the pinpoint method works best with the left right pull back and push slightly forward to work the best with mine the other techniques didn't seem as accurate . Let us know what you think

I made a big ass shovel out of a all plastic grain shovel it moves sand fast and you can scan it to see if you recovered the target in the shovel. It makes for fast digging and recovery. I need to drill more holes in it works real fast in real dry sand but I need more holes for the wet sand and it is not a thing to use in the surf to big for the waves, kick my butt.

fireguy · Jul 16, 2014

I'm working with Ohio clay haha so I have to get as close as possible.

sailoffwithme · Jul 16, 2014

fireguy said:
I'm working with Ohio clay haha so I have to get as close as possible.

I am doing beaches but i use a post hole shovel for the clay

masterjedi · Jul 16, 2014

I couldn’t wait even though it is 90+ degrees outside today. I took the NEL 15” Attack coil on my AT PRO and took it to a school that I did back in the late 70's that we took over 100 silver dimes off of it back then, mostly mercs. I also have used my Garrett Ace 350 and my AT PRO at this same school. My friend and I are going to go there Saturday morning and give it a really good first test. Tonight I only tested it for 15 minutes on a side field and found 2 dimes and a quarter all clad but all approx 5” deep. The dimes were low volume and hi ping repeatable sound. My goal is to go over the main field where all of the silver was found with my new coil and see how it does? I have not been able to find silver on this field with my other 2 detectors (cleaned out back in the day). I have a very good feeling after the short test tonight! It performs as advertized. It is so much more stable and quieter than the stock coils. I have both the 8.5 x 11" & the 5 x 8" PROformance DD search coils* for my AT PRO. Don’t get me wrong I love this detector I am just looking for that edge to get more depth out of a coil. I think I found it. It was quiet enough that I could run it at full sensitivity. The field is a low trash area which is perfect for this type of large coil. I do not think it will be good to use in a hi trash area (time will tell). This coil is so big you can cover a lot of ground very fast. I am very impressed so far. More to come

Gary from Oregon

tcornel · Jul 17, 2014

I bought a swingy thingy to use when the attack is being used. Hook it up at the balance point of the shaft and you will be able to swing all day without
any wrist or arm strain. I am using strong double faced tape just above the attachment point to prevent the rubber bungy cord from creeping up the shaft and putting strain on the coil wire.

airscapes · Jul 17, 2014

masterjedi said:
I couldn’t wait even though it is 90+ degrees outside today. I took the NEL 15” Attack coil on my AT PRO and took it to a school that I did back in the late 70's that we took over 100 silver dimes off of it back then, mostly mercs. I also have used my Garrett Ace 350 and my AT PRO at this same school. My friend and I are going to go there Saturday morning and give it a really good first test. Tonight I only tested it for 15 minutes on a side field and found 2 dimes and a quarter all clad but all approx 5” deep. The dimes were low volume and hi ping repeatable sound. My goal is to go over the main field where all of the silver was found with my new coil and see how it does? I have not been able to find silver on this field with my other 2 detectors (cleaned out back in the day). I have a very good feeling after the short test tonight! It performs as advertized. It is so much more stable and quieter than the stock coils. I have both the 8.5 x 11" & the 5 x 8" PROformance DD search coils* for my AT PRO. Don’t get me wrong I love this detector I am just looking for that edge to get more depth out of a coil. I think I found it. It was quiet enough that I could run it at full sensitivity. The field is a low trash area which is perfect for this type of large coil. I do not think it will be good to use in a hi trash area (time will tell). This coil is so big you can cover a lot of ground very fast. I am very impressed so far. More to come
Gary from Oregon

Gary, did you ground balance the new coil and did you do the entire process at 50% sensitivity as the documentation with the coil says to prevent loss of depth?

masterjedi · Jul 17, 2014

Yes I did.... I am excited about this pairing and cant wait until Saturday :-)

fireguy · Jul 17, 2014

http://golddiggermetaldetectors.com/nelcoils.php

They also sell the NEL coil. It's where I got mine and they used to be the only distributor in the US. They seem like they have more of a selection then the colonial site. Not endorsing just trying to help you guys out.

sailoffwithme · Jul 17, 2014

airscapes said:
Gary, did you ground balance the new coil and did you do the entire process at 50% sensitivity as the documentation with the coil says to prevent loss of depth?

Just got mine set it up took it outside dang thing weights a lot but sure covers lots of space seems to pinpoint like the smaller coils

masterjedi · Jul 19, 2014

NEL 15” Attack coil on my Garrett AT PRO... 7-18-2014
I took it out today for its second short outing to a house that I have went over with my ACE 350 & my AT PRO. I even went over this yard in both directions trying to clean it out. I found a lot of stuff on this yard including (1) merc. The house looks to have been built in the 1950's and the yard is small approx 25' x 30'. I figured I was done with it and wasn’t going to go back. Then I thought what a great place to try the new NEL coil combo. I found all of this tonight in approx 1.5 hours. I found a rusty knife, small cheap piece of jewelry, 14 coins including (2) wheats... 1938D & 1944S. I also dug a lot of junk. I need to get used to this coil. The coil is very quiet and all of this was found 4-8” deep. The coil separated the good targets very well. Tomorrow morning is a 4 hour test hunt with this new combo. I will give you an update when I get back.

Gary from Oregon

masterjedi · Jul 19, 2014

Update 7-19-2014
I could not go out to the field I wanted to this morning the sprinkler system was running and the grass was like 7" tall. I will go back to this later. I picked a very trashy house built approx 1900 and it was not good. This large coil is for large low trash areas or a place that has already been gone over. I went to a house that was built in the 1940's that I had went over 2 times in both directions. I thought I had cleaned it out with my AT PRO with the standard coil. I found this today and found 3 wheat's that were missed somehow in the 2 times I was there before? I make a point to try to not miss anything! This NEL large coil goes deeper and it also finds coins that are iffy signals on the standard coil. Each of these hits were not iffy but solid hits each time. I am very happy with this coil for what it is intended for. I wish I was a beach hunter, this thing would be awesome.

sailoffwithme · Jul 20, 2014

tcornel said:
I bought a swingy thingy to use when the attack is being used. Hook it up at the balance point of the shaft and you will be able to swing all day without
any wrist or arm strain. I am using strong double faced tape just above the attachment point to prevent the rubber bungy cord from creeping up the shaft and putting strain on the coil wire.

Went to the army navy surplus got some old belts and some elastic from walmart and a dog collar with a quick connect and sewed me a sling together now I have to push down slightly and seems to be an improvement. Doing an all dayer Monday and half the night will see if it helps

sailoffwithme · Jul 20, 2014

masterjedi said:
Update 7-19-2014
I could not go out to the field I wanted to this morning the sprinkler system was running and the grass was like 7" tall. I will go back to this later. I picked a very trashy house built approx 1900 and it was not good. This large coil is for large low trash areas or a place that has already been gone over. I went to a house that was built in the 1940's that I had went over 2 times in both directions. I thought I had cleaned it out with my AT PRO with the standard coil. I found this today and found 3 wheat's that were missed somehow in the 2 times I was there before? I make a point to try to not miss anything! This NEL large coil goes deeper and it also finds coins that are iffy signals on the standard coil. Each of these hits were not iffy but solid hits each time. I am very happy with this coil for what it is intended for. I wish I was a beach hunter, this thing would be awesome.View attachment 1025105 View attachment 1025106 View attachment 1025107
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heading to the beaches in the morning for sun rise and sunset see how this new coil works on the beach

masterjedi · Jul 21, 2014

NEL ATTACK 15” COIL on AT PRO test ***

This is from Sunday mornings 3rd test run with this combo. As you can see by the pictures I found 39 coins (none good) at this 1912 house, in the front yard, that has been condemned by fire. (14) coins I found on one side of the front yard that I had went over 2X already with the 5x8 coil. The conclusion is that the original Garrett coils give you tons of info on the target below and tell you what you may not want to dig. The NEL coil tells you what you should dig. You will dig more bottle caps, but you will dig more coins! I found the dragonfly pin on the side I already went over 2X with the 5x8 coil? All of the signals I dug with the NEL coil were solid double pings. I do not know how I missed them with the factory coil? If this NEL coil was a piece of garbage I would also post that, but so far has been awesome. I found (5) wheats on the 2nd outing on lawns I already had went over 2x with the standard coils. I also found a nice “Black Hills” silver ring too! More feedback on the 15” ATTACK coil to follow.

Gary from Oregon

sailoffwithme · Jul 22, 2014

Well I did well today with the NEL coil but it tore my arm up with it raining non stop and the wet sand accumulating on the coil the weight was just to much even with the sling so at about 2pm I put the 5 X 8 back on and went to 11:45 pm. I will be constructing a new sling shoulder harness to tame this massive coil. It does find more things deeper and covers much more area but at the moment I cannot swing it all day without pain. Back to the army navy surplus in the morning thinking about making a hip pivot to take all the weight. The sling worked pretty well but after about 5 hours it was too much. I continued with the 5 X 8 for 9 more hours and worked out the pain not sure how tomorrow will be......

ffx2 · Jul 23, 2014

masterjedi said:
NEL ATTACK 15” COIL on AT PRO test ***

This is from Sunday mornings 3rd test run with this combo. As you can see by the pictures I found 39 coins (none good) at this 1912 house, in the front yard, that has been condemned by fire. (14) coins I found on one side of the front yard that I had went over 2X already with the 5x8 coil. The conclusion is that the original Garrett coils give you tons of info on the target below and tell you what you may not want to dig. The NEL coil tells you what you should dig. You will dig more bottle caps, but you will dig more coins! I found the dragonfly pin on the side I already went over 2X with the 5x8 coil? All of the signals I dug with the NEL coil were solid double pings. I do not know how I missed them with the factory coil? If this NEL coil was a piece of garbage I would also post that, but so far has been awesome. I found (5) wheats on the 2nd outing on lawns I already had went over 2x with the standard coils. I also found a nice “Black Hills” silver ring too! More feedback on the 15” ATTACK coil to follow.

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Way to go , you just cost me $230!!

masterjedi · Jul 23, 2014

Its worth every penny!!! Really

I ordered last night the NEL 5.5 x 9" Sharpshooter coil to replace my factory 5 x 8" coil. I will give feedback after I use it a bit...

Gary from Oregon

tcornel · Jul 23, 2014

Move your attachment point down the shaft a little. You will find a point where it requires neither down or lifting. When I let go of my detector it will hang parallel to the ground. It does not require any stress on the wrist and arm.

I also put some mountain clips on the strap so I can unhook when recovering a target. That allows me to not have to bend my back during recovery.

The swingy thingy sells for about 30.

Properly attached I can have gone on 6 hour hunts with the attack coil without any more discomfort than the 5 x 8.......