Captain Silver
Elite Member
Several weeks ago I acquired a vintage Sunray S-5 coil along with another Sovereign coil in a trade. This morning I got to looking at it and decided to assemble a machine out of spare parts and go try the 5" coil out. I hardly ever hunt with the smaller 7 1/4" factory coil, running the 10" 90% of the time...so if nothing else I now have a challenge to go find silver with this here hockey puck of a coil Powered by a Elite control box mounted on a Sov GT straight shaft with a Elite 550 meter, I ran it on band 2 at max sens with the disc and notch knobs set to 0...and hit the base of a stone wall at a known silver spot Nosing along the wall, and after some clad and 3 wheats, with most of the coins being 4-5" inches down but easily heard hiding in the garbage, I came across a faint but clear high tone that pegged the meter...a sound I know well so I dug down about 8", flipped the plug and saw the reeded edge of a silver about a inch in from the bottom of the plug silver #48... I was able to move at a decent pace and keep the threshold somewhat steady in the heavy trash, the small coil was like a laser beam in it's ability to home in on coins, making it very easy to x and dig in the right place on almost every plug. It air tested at about 6" and was slightly deeper on actual targets with the dime being at about 7" down...I have another place in mind where the Sunray S-5 should prove useful, and today's success provided a bit of needed motivation, makes me look forward to the next outing...until then, thanks for the looks and Happy Hunting!