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Whe're ya at Joe, n Bert!
I enjoyed and learned from ya'lls jaw on the 'Tejon coils" and would like to carry it even further if we can. Like Bert, I am wanting to get all I can out of my T, and already am using the 9x8 stock coil and the 5.75 Con. That 9x8 is awsome and has made some good finds every where I have used it in and out of the iron cluttered places.The 5.75 is good too but the 9x8 seems to be finding more for me. Maybe just luck!Been working(when it's cool) a site first settled in 1806-08 and lived on ever since. Possible first housesite has little modern trash but plenty of iron trash build up in spots.I am of a mind to be a bit confused as to whether or not these irontrash/scale/nails/etc.buidup areas are not to be considered to be "mineralized"(iron oxide) due to the rust and iron buildup over so many years. No one ever addresses that , or am I missing it? That being the case, it would seem, wouldn't that give reason to consider the Widescan coil may have some advantage in the "mineralized"(ironized) dirt.If that is true , then we would have to wonder just which of the Widescans would have the biggest advantage,possibly between the 5.75 W and the 10x5 Eliptical W. for the T, V, or C ? This is where only someone with first(or second) hand experiecnce with a coil on the ground is needed to inlighten us some. I see a big difference in mild soil composition and soil at a few feet distant that must certainly be of a different(though man made) composition due to all of the iron oxide/rust build up of many years. Walk into that with a Concentric coil all GB and ready to hunt and you must wonder if maybe it is time for a widescan. I sure do!Just my thoughts. Thanks ,Cass
I enjoyed and learned from ya'lls jaw on the 'Tejon coils" and would like to carry it even further if we can. Like Bert, I am wanting to get all I can out of my T, and already am using the 9x8 stock coil and the 5.75 Con. That 9x8 is awsome and has made some good finds every where I have used it in and out of the iron cluttered places.The 5.75 is good too but the 9x8 seems to be finding more for me. Maybe just luck!Been working(when it's cool) a site first settled in 1806-08 and lived on ever since. Possible first housesite has little modern trash but plenty of iron trash build up in spots.I am of a mind to be a bit confused as to whether or not these irontrash/scale/nails/etc.buidup areas are not to be considered to be "mineralized"(iron oxide) due to the rust and iron buildup over so many years. No one ever addresses that , or am I missing it? That being the case, it would seem, wouldn't that give reason to consider the Widescan coil may have some advantage in the "mineralized"(ironized) dirt.If that is true , then we would have to wonder just which of the Widescans would have the biggest advantage,possibly between the 5.75 W and the 10x5 Eliptical W. for the T, V, or C ? This is where only someone with first(or second) hand experiecnce with a coil on the ground is needed to inlighten us some. I see a big difference in mild soil composition and soil at a few feet distant that must certainly be of a different(though man made) composition due to all of the iron oxide/rust build up of many years. Walk into that with a Concentric coil all GB and ready to hunt and you must wonder if maybe it is time for a widescan. I sure do!Just my thoughts. Thanks ,Cass
--I think both the 5.75 coils (conc. & widescan) have their strengths AND weaknesses.---The widescan does handle mean ground a little better, but is murderous on steel bottle caps.--The con. handles the steel b.c.'s better but don't get quite as good seperation (in some cases).----That's my FAR from expert opinion, at least. 
-----Got an original Bandito to sell me
(serious) 
--------BERT
