Question about swapping coils

[RobertE]

Hello everybody, I'm new to the detecting world.

I got a( I know it's old) Garrett GTA 350 for cheap, and it came with an extra coil from a gold bug2. The guy said I could get an adapter and put the gold bug coil on the machine. The plugs are same type just 1 is female, 1 is male.

I'm just wondering is this ok? Could it cause problems, or could it help the machine?

Thank you all!

 

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[RobertE]

I'm not sure how to add stuff to my other post, so I'll just make a new 1...
These are the connections if that matters at all

 

[SD51]

I'd suggest you contact the fine folks at Garrett to get your answer. Their phone # is 972-494-6151. They are open for business at 8:00 A.M. CST.

 

[RobertE]

Thank you. I went ahead and called.
He said a pretty basic answer, I was hoping for more info on why, I guess I'll try to do research on coils and windings of said coils. Seems hard to find detector technical info.
U just said even if the connections work, the wires might not be carrying the same signals, and even if they did the detector probably won't work right.

 

[Terry Soloman]

A Fisher Coil on an old Garrett machine is a no go - period. My free advice is put both pieces of equipment up for sale or trade individually. Buy yourself the best NEW detector you can afford.

Fisher F11

Tesoro Compadre

Garrett Ace 250

 

[RobertE]

Thanks soloman...
Bummed i wasted money on it. The coil is broken, which explains y there was an extra that some1 hoped to swap.
Im just going to save for the detector I actually want... A gold bug 2. I dismantled the coil to see how it works. Kinda cool