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The type of area and the type of gold running the 4500 with an 8" coil - see pic (no, I did not and will not enter this reef mine). Lot of work to cover not much ground but the test proved to me the 6" mono Coiltek goldseeker round creates another level of detecting, especially for small stuff the bigger NF coils can miss.

The plus - works well on very small gold, gets into places the bigger coils cannot, great amongst the quartz debris and amongst the vegetation and leaf litter - no raking needed. As a back-up had an Xterra 70 to do sense checks on any suspect species/quartz lumps. Responses were clear and precise. I might add I used the Xterra in DD iron reject to get rid of a bit of annoying rubbish.

Negatives - the coil being so small creates a counter balance problem, especially if detecting at say a 45 degree angle. Typical mono - no discrimination but the screamers were as usual surface junk that can be kicked aside.

Verdict - great coil and surprised with the depth.

<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 91017" data-attributes="member: 981">The type of area and the type of gold running the 4500 with an 8&quot; coil - see pic (no, I did not and will not enter this reef mine). Lot of work to cover not much ground but the test proved to me the 6&quot; mono Coiltek goldseeker round creates another level of detecting, especially for small stuff the bigger NF coils can miss. The plus - works well on very small gold, gets into places the bigger coils cannot, great amongst the quartz debris and amongst the vegetation and leaf litter - no raking needed. As a back-up had an Xterra 70 to do sense checks on any suspect species/quartz lumps. Responses were clear and precise. I might add I used the Xterra in DD iron reject to get rid of a bit of annoying rubbish. Negatives - the coil being so small creates a counter balance problem, especially if detecting at say a 45 degree angle. Typical mono - no discrimination but the screamers were as usual surface junk that can be kicked aside. Verdict - great coil and surprised with the depth. <img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1406362048_phpk0hpoqam.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1406362061_phpejpiljam.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="loamer, post: 91017, member: 981"] The type of area and the type of gold running the 4500 with an 8" coil - see pic (no, I did not and will not enter this reef mine). Lot of work to cover not much ground but the test proved to me the 6" mono Coiltek goldseeker round creates another level of detecting, especially for small stuff the bigger NF coils can miss. The plus - works well on very small gold, gets into places the bigger coils cannot, great amongst the quartz debris and amongst the vegetation and leaf litter - no raking needed. As a back-up had an Xterra 70 to do sense checks on any suspect species/quartz lumps. Responses were clear and precise. I might add I used the Xterra in DD iron reject to get rid of a bit of annoying rubbish. Negatives - the coil being so small creates a counter balance problem, especially if detecting at say a 45 degree angle. Typical mono - no discrimination but the screamers were as usual surface junk that can be kicked aside. Verdict - great coil and surprised with the depth. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1406362048_phpk0hpoqam.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/981/1406362061_phpejpiljam.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]

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