V3i with SEF 15X12 Coil

[daddyflea]

I am hunting a very old Fair Grounds that is really difficult to hunt. It is Mineralized and has brush cut off at 2-3" inches off the ground. I have found 6 Coins to date with the newest being 1937. My Coil is bad so I ordered a 6X10 replacement and a SEF 15X12 hoping this big coil will help cover ground and get better depth.

Anybody have experience with this Coil on a V3i and is it truly V rated. I saw some posts that said this coil was not really V rated. I also saw somewhere that Whites was going to start some sort of relationship with the Detech or SEF coils. Anybody know what is going on?

 

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[tmshaft]

If the coil is white then its supposed to be v rated. I have the 12x15 sef for my v3i and love it , its a little heavy but runs smooth as can be. I just don't get to use it much the places I go are a little trashy .

 

[RL OH]

I have found coils that big to be limited to large open areas with little trash. I used a SEF 10x12 "V" nulled coil on my V3i and VX3 and in my opinion, it was a near perfect large coil. It was the newer white colored coil and worked great at higher sensitivity on my V series Whites. It was lighter and had a sharper detection area than the Whites D2. From what I am hearing, Whites, the company is going to offer the SEF 10x12 as an optional coil. If you have not ordered your big 12x15, I would cancel and try the new 10x12. This is just my humble opinion and I have made a couple of mistakes trying coils that were too big to be practical.

 

[daddyflea]

Thanks it is already on the way. But I guess I could send it back. Thing is large upen places is exactly why I wanted it. I have several places to hunt that are at least 10 acres in size and should be relatively free of trash.

I have found coils that big to be limited to large open areas with little trash. I used a SEF 10x12 "V" nulled coil on my V3i and VX3 and in my opinion, it was a near perfect large coil. It was the newer white colored coil and worked great at higher sensitivity on my V series Whites. It was lighter and had a sharper detection area than the Whites D2. From what I am hearing, Whites, the company is going to offer the SEF 10x12 as an optional coil. If you have not ordered your big 12x15, I would cancel and try the new 10x12. This is just my humble opinion and I have made a couple of mistakes trying coils that were too big to be practical.

 

[tmshaft]

You will love the coil then . I have the 8x6 sef on the way right now I had two bad 10x12 sef coils sent two me so I just told them to send me the 8x6