Trashfinder
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Purchased the Mars lion 7 inch DD coil for my Etrac. Have about 3.5 hours on it now and i am really liking this coil a lot. I took the Etrac to a couple spots that have been pounded for years and i did pretty good. I'm not in any way saying that the Lion is better than everything else out there. But if you are looking for a nice size coil that gets good depth and very nice separation, this one is pretty good. The silver quarter was at 7-8 inches near iron which was nulling out just a couple inches away. I had to work the warble hard to decide to dig but the tone was just so sweet ,, you Etrac users know what i am talking about. One of the Mercs was close to 7 inches and the other silvers were 4-6 range. One of the wheat pennies was around 8 plus and one as shallow as 2 inches, which surprised me. The ID numbers were really good with this coil. One thing I did was compare one of the nickel signals with my Nel sharpshooter and i can say the Lion was extremely solid and no jump at 12-12 where the sharpshooter did not ID quite as well. I was using a very tight nickel pattern and the sharpshooter was on the edge of my disc pattern at times. I ran the trashy park program , with my Fe line open down to 23. Deep on, fast off, neutral ground, high trash, not sure if i was in normal or pitch hold. My sweep speed was slow , like 3 to 3.5 secs per sweep.
I am sure some of these coins were just simply missed in the past, but some of them i know were missed due to nearby iron and probably others sweep speed. But just wanted to say this is a good coil for anybody that needs a smaller coil or has just thought about trying one out.
Took out the Etrac again today and found a heart pendant and a wheat on edge. The interesting thing about it though was the signals on both were extremely clear and rock solid ID. It couldn't have been any better if i were just doing an air test with them. Not broken or jumpy at all, in fact i thought they were going to be a big aluminum can or something. The heart was 12-46 rock solid and the wheat was 12-47 rock solid.
The reason I edited this post was because coins on edge are supposed to be difficult to find. These two were the easiest of the targets i found today.
I am sure some of these coins were just simply missed in the past, but some of them i know were missed due to nearby iron and probably others sweep speed. But just wanted to say this is a good coil for anybody that needs a smaller coil or has just thought about trying one out.
Took out the Etrac again today and found a heart pendant and a wheat on edge. The interesting thing about it though was the signals on both were extremely clear and rock solid ID. It couldn't have been any better if i were just doing an air test with them. Not broken or jumpy at all, in fact i thought they were going to be a big aluminum can or something. The heart was 12-46 rock solid and the wheat was 12-47 rock solid.
The reason I edited this post was because coins on edge are supposed to be difficult to find. These two were the easiest of the targets i found today.
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