Hi Folks,
A couple of days ago a mate lent me his 10x5 Gold Extreme to play with on the SDC. He didnt have the accessory kit at that stage and I was volunteered to give this new coil a run. It was fitted to the machine and of course the first thing we all wanted to do was to perform and air test to make sure the coil was running OK. My mate had the standard coil fitted to his detector which provided us with an opportunity to do a quick comparison. Being a big fan of the capabilities and sensitivity of the standard coil, I decided to be a bit of a smart ar#e and pulled out the smallest bit of gold that I had found with my SDC. Sat it on the ground and placed a couple of sticks either side of it to run the coils over. This little bit of gold was a bugger to find with the standard coil. It barely made a whisper and was difficult to locate even when it was out of the hole. I already knew that my mates SDC would just identify this target. My intention was to take the p#ss out by setting up a situation where the Coiltek coil would fail to see this small piece of yellow. I was secretly grinning (on the inside) when we started the test. The standard coil picked up the target but only just. (As expected) There was a minor break in the threshold but no definite sound made. When the 10x5 was run over the target a definite audible dig me sound was heard. Wow...... that was quite amazing. I did not expect that to occur. Im not a fan of air tests at all but in this situation I was pleasantly surprised. Decided to keep the coil for a couple of days and run it through its paces. I wanted to see how it would perform in the field. Took it out onto some mullock heaps and made video footage of the four targets that I found that day. I must apologise in advance. Wont ever get a job on tv or reporting the news. Its raw footage spliced together. You only get one chance in this situation when it comes to digging a target. You can make your own minds up about this coil.
Cheers
Les
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/DfUwywVuWwI[/video]
A couple of days ago a mate lent me his 10x5 Gold Extreme to play with on the SDC. He didnt have the accessory kit at that stage and I was volunteered to give this new coil a run. It was fitted to the machine and of course the first thing we all wanted to do was to perform and air test to make sure the coil was running OK. My mate had the standard coil fitted to his detector which provided us with an opportunity to do a quick comparison. Being a big fan of the capabilities and sensitivity of the standard coil, I decided to be a bit of a smart ar#e and pulled out the smallest bit of gold that I had found with my SDC. Sat it on the ground and placed a couple of sticks either side of it to run the coils over. This little bit of gold was a bugger to find with the standard coil. It barely made a whisper and was difficult to locate even when it was out of the hole. I already knew that my mates SDC would just identify this target. My intention was to take the p#ss out by setting up a situation where the Coiltek coil would fail to see this small piece of yellow. I was secretly grinning (on the inside) when we started the test. The standard coil picked up the target but only just. (As expected) There was a minor break in the threshold but no definite sound made. When the 10x5 was run over the target a definite audible dig me sound was heard. Wow...... that was quite amazing. I did not expect that to occur. Im not a fan of air tests at all but in this situation I was pleasantly surprised. Decided to keep the coil for a couple of days and run it through its paces. I wanted to see how it would perform in the field. Took it out onto some mullock heaps and made video footage of the four targets that I found that day. I must apologise in advance. Wont ever get a job on tv or reporting the news. Its raw footage spliced together. You only get one chance in this situation when it comes to digging a target. You can make your own minds up about this coil.
Cheers
Les
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/DfUwywVuWwI[/video]