New NEL attack on ACE 400, mixed thoughts

dohcsvt

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I ordered a NEL 15” attack coil for my ace 400. It arrived today and I hurriedly installed it and did some air testing. I was disappointed to find that it only seems to give me about an inch more depth on minie balls and all denominations of American clad. I did some quick yard testing and pulled up a clad dime that I have previously missed and the PP appears to be better than the stock coil. I will reserve final judgement until I get into my civil war sight where I feel the stock coil was just missing many things... no evidence to back that up, just a gut feeling. I was hoping for some AHA moment for almost $200. Time will tell. Does anybody have any experience with this coil?
 
Larger coils for lower end machines might not make the same difference as they would on higher end detectors. When I started detecting, I had a ACE250 that I considered getting a larger coil for. Ultimately I just saved my money for a better machine. Glad I did.
 
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