I also have the GTI2500 I use a 5 X 7” DD coil most of the time. Even though it’s not an imaging coil I can tell how big the items are that I’m scanning when pin pointing them. I just received the 8.5 X 11” DD on Monday and use it today for the first time, I had a hard time pin pointing with it at first but now I think I have the hang of this coil. I did find some older deeper coins today so maybe this coil helped a little. The coils I have and use are…
4.5” DD – Good for trashy areas or prospecting for Gold (it will pick up a 2.4 grain gold flake at 2” none of the other coils can see this small flake of gold at all.
5X7” DD – I use this coil most of the time except when prospecting. Light and easy to swing, good in trashy areas
8.5 X 11” DD – New – Not so good in trashing areas goes deep
9.5” Imaging Stock Coil – I don’t use this coil to much anymore. I can get the same information from the small non-imaging DD coils when I pin point a target. After using the 5X7 coil for a while the 9.5” coil is very heavy to swing. I live in Colorado and our ground is highly mineralized, I would get a lot of false readings with the stock coil, even after turning the sensitivity way down. This is the main reason that I don’t use this coil much anymore.