My son had a Boy Scout event at a state park that has a beach. I took the detector with me and put on the 10" coil that I got 2 weeks ago. I had used it recently at the last couple of tot lots that I had done and wasn't too happy with it and had gone back to the standard coil. It was a totally different story at the beach! I loved the bigger coil on the beach. I tried starting off on the wet sand, but I wasn't too happy there so I headed for the dry stuff where I did very well! In the 3 hours that I was there I found $5.97 in clad and a man's .925 silver band that fits me! When I first got there there were 2 guys working the water. When they left, one of them stopped by to say "hi" he had an Excal and had not had a good day. I had just recently found the ring and was more than happy to show it to him! I think I'll be heading to the beach more often with the 10" coil!