Goldpick
Chris Johnson
Ok, probably not really a fair comparison considering the size difference between the Deus 9" HF coil, and the Racer 2 with the 4.7x5.2" OOR (RC13) coil, though still an interesting exercise to run over some flogged ground after the Deus has cleaned up.
The chosen site was the ruins of a Victorian era school, strewn with iron junk and plenty of rusted nails, with most time spent detecting the immediate surrounds of the building. Ran the Racer 2 in three tones for the fastest recovery speed, with just minimal iron discrimination and gain run down a bit to keep things nice and stable, plus depth is not a real concern when you can only see so far through all the iron. The OOR (out of round) 5" coil is damned small, more like a hockey puck if anything, and that is its saving grace in areas like this. It really does enable you to get a snap shot of non-ferrous targets inbetween other iron objects, something larger coils fail to do even with fastest of recovery speeds.
Must say I was quite surprised at what I had left in the ground, including rivets, buttons, lead targets, buckle, and a very thin silver fob watch bezel. The large piece of copper tubing was sitting vertical in the hole, hence a very small cross section for the Racer to pick up on, still a clear repeatable tone. In fact the little coil provided clear repeatable tones on most targets, and were pretty easy to identify from the background crackling of iron breaking up through the discrimination. All targets bar two buttons and the gilt buckle were found with the Racer.
The second half of the day was spent with the Deus away from the ruins, and managed to find a couple of deep buttons and the gold gilt buckle which came out of the ground in two pieces a couple of feet apart.
So if you regularly hunt in areas with thick iron and junk and own a Racer or Racer 2, this little coil may well prove invaluable for cleaning up a site and ensure that no good targets are overlooked. It is also a very sensitive coil on small or low conductor targets, and may also prove to be just the ticket for prospecting or micro jewellery duties. :Y:
The chosen site was the ruins of a Victorian era school, strewn with iron junk and plenty of rusted nails, with most time spent detecting the immediate surrounds of the building. Ran the Racer 2 in three tones for the fastest recovery speed, with just minimal iron discrimination and gain run down a bit to keep things nice and stable, plus depth is not a real concern when you can only see so far through all the iron. The OOR (out of round) 5" coil is damned small, more like a hockey puck if anything, and that is its saving grace in areas like this. It really does enable you to get a snap shot of non-ferrous targets inbetween other iron objects, something larger coils fail to do even with fastest of recovery speeds.
Must say I was quite surprised at what I had left in the ground, including rivets, buttons, lead targets, buckle, and a very thin silver fob watch bezel. The large piece of copper tubing was sitting vertical in the hole, hence a very small cross section for the Racer to pick up on, still a clear repeatable tone. In fact the little coil provided clear repeatable tones on most targets, and were pretty easy to identify from the background crackling of iron breaking up through the discrimination. All targets bar two buttons and the gilt buckle were found with the Racer.
The second half of the day was spent with the Deus away from the ruins, and managed to find a couple of deep buttons and the gold gilt buckle which came out of the ground in two pieces a couple of feet apart.
So if you regularly hunt in areas with thick iron and junk and own a Racer or Racer 2, this little coil may well prove invaluable for cleaning up a site and ensure that no good targets are overlooked. It is also a very sensitive coil on small or low conductor targets, and may also prove to be just the ticket for prospecting or micro jewellery duties. :Y:
