Any difference between flat wound and spiral wound?

longjok · Oct 3, 2016

Now I am confused. In simple terms, what is the difference between a "flat" wound coil, and a "spiral" wound
coil? I am about to choose either a 14x9 NF evolution, or a 16 round CT Elite.

Will run it on 4000 with Li polymer wifi unit and booster. Using NF 12 round advantage at present .

longjok

PhaseTech · Oct 17, 2016

Spiral or flat is the same thing. The coil wire is wound spirally creating a flat stack, as opposed to a round "bundle" or wire in standard coils.

12" round is excellent. 14x9" is slightly more sensitive and better ground coverage, but not as deep as the 12" on gram+ bits.
Coiltek have a 14" and 18" in the Elite. If you are after something for more depth/coverage over the 12" you already have, my recommendation would be a 17x13" Evo. Great coil

Luke · Oct 18, 2016

Agree, evo are good coils.All down there found in1+1/2day with 13x17evo, smallest bit about 0.05g. Next time bringing my 14x9evo to clean the patch out.Wondering if 13x17 left anything behind...

vstrom · Oct 18, 2016

Hi I tested the 17x13 evo against 14x9 evo and the 14x9 definitely had the edge on the smaller gold and also found it hard to pinpoint small gold with 17x13 but it does go a lot deeper than 14x9.

Dignit · Oct 18, 2016

Yeah ........ BigWave and I can confirm Vstroms findings. We also compared the 14x9 and 17x13 Evos. We had a 0.2g buried at 50mm, 0.5g at 100mm and 7.3g at 200mm. The 14x9 detected all 3 targets. The 17x13 struggled on the 0.2, to the point you'd easily walk over it. However the 17x13 picked up the 7.3g more easily and gave a stronger signal than the 14x9. In fact the 17x13 picked up the 7.3g a good 60mm above the ground. It was obvious to see the 14x9 was better on the small shallow gold but not as good on the larger deeper gold. It just proves you need to swing over a patch with both coils to ensure you've got small shallow and larger deeper gold. Cheers

Luke · Oct 19, 2016

Dig'n-it said:
Yeah ........ BigWave and I can confirm Vstroms findings. We also compared the 14x9 and 17x13 Evos. We had a 0.2g buried at 50mm, 0.5g at 100mm and 7.3g at 200mm. The 14x9 detected all 3 targets. The 17x13 struggled on the 0.2, to the point you'd easily walk over it. However the 17x13 picked up the 7.3g more easily and gave a stronger signal than the 14x9. In fact the 17x13 picked up the 7.3g a good 60mm above the ground. It was obvious to see the 14x9 was better on the small shallow gold but not as good on the larger deeper gold. It just proves you need to swing over a patch with both coils to ensure you've got small shallow and larger deeper gold. Cheers

Now I'm really looking forward to hit my patch again but this time with 14x9

thanks guys for sharing your test results

Dignit · Oct 19, 2016

With gold like that you must be in WA?

Luke · Oct 19, 2016

Dig'n-it said:
With gold like that you must be in WA?

Me? No mate, QLD.

user 7268 · Oct 20, 2016

Luke said:
Dig'n-it said:

With gold like that you must be in WA?

Click to expand...

Me? No mate, QLD.

Shsssssssssssssss Luke you will create another gold rush in the area ................... ya thrill seeker

Dignit · Oct 20, 2016

Dig'n-it said:
With gold like that you must be in WA?

Luke
It's great to see some great finds out Qld. Of late WA has been topping the pops.
Great work.
Cheers

Gravity · Oct 20, 2016

Looks fairly rough too, doesn't look like your to far from the source 8)

Cheers great finds.

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