Equinox 6" coil

IDXMonster said:

Totally normal. When a coin is that close to ANY of my coils on the Equinox, CTX or Explorer….depth and VDI are way off.

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aj0421 said:

Sorry if this has been discussed before. For some reason I am not able to use the search on my phone. When I click on search the bar pops up but when I tap on it to enter something the whole thing disappears????

I recently bought a 2nd hand 6" coil on fleabay for a really good deal, I threw a bid in last second not thinking I would win it but I did. Seller claimed only used once for testing and it looks to be true.

Well my question is I notice just briefly testing in the house ( I know not good ) that a clad dime would ring up 24/25 a inch below the coil but would go much lower say 6 inches below the coil. It that normal?

I will do some more testing tomorrow. I did find .72 cents today at a tot lot while my Son played but everything was no more than 2 inches in the mulch.

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Martin_V3i said:

"that a clad dime would ring up 24/25 a inch below the coil but would go much lower say 6 inches below the coil. It that normal?"

I don't think it is right. I simply stepped outside with my Nox and 6" coil, laid a Jefferson down on the ground, and got a Vdi of 25 right near the dime, certainly less than 2 inches, and 25 stayed the number while I swung higher to 6 inches above the ground. Maybe I'm not reading the description right. Test it outside on the ground. That is easy enough to do.

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aj0421 said:

Ok I just tested a quarter outside, at about 6 inches I get a VDI of 18. Getting closer it jumps up to 28/29/30. That was with sensitivity of 25 in park 1.

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Martin_V3i said:

I just tested at full sens set to 25 and even with chattering badly, I still had dimes reading 25, 6 inches or at ground level. I'd personally wonder about the "only used once" 6 inch, second hand coil. jm2c

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aj0421 said:

I believe it was only used once there was little to no wear on the ears of the coil. I was tinkering with the iron bias before I reset the machine, maybe that had something to do with the VDI numbers I was getting.

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Martin_V3i said:

I'd do a factory preset(FP) and not touch the iron bias then. I don't stray far from the factory presets. Your 11" factory coil should also have the same anomaly just like it is anyway, to a slightly different scale maybe. Good luck.

I saw you already did this and got regular results. Happy hunting.

Just to add though. I don't use any iron bias of any kind. I like it raw, and rusty bottle caps are never enough of a problem to mix in more settings. Hope this helps.

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aj0421 said:

Thank you for suggestions on no iron bias. So you will run either FE 0 or F2 0, I guess they would be the same since they are both at zero.

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JAK said:

Just do a factory reset with coil installed and stick with one of the preset modes. After you test drive that for a while and get comfortable with the machine then play around with the settings. But honestly, the presets are pretty darn good for most hunting conditions. And by the way, I think the 6"er is a killer coil. I won't leave home without it! Good luck!

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aj0421 said:

Thank you. What do you feel is the depth this coil can reach?

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JAK said:

There are a lot of variables to that question, but in short, about the same as the standard coil. But, a good realistic range of of 6-8" for single targets with a consistent vdi and audio. The deeper you go, you may just get audio and those you dig. But then again, some guys will claim they can find small targets 10-12+" and I don't know how they do it...lol.

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