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G'Day Everyone,
To say the new 19" coil will take a bit of getting accustomed too would be a bit of an understatement, given enough time though to work through the ergonomics to deal with the additional weight compared to the standard 14" coil; harness, hipstick and any other bits and pieces to help spread the load over one's body will certainly make for a better swinging experience. With the bungee, attached to the chest cross bar the coil had a substantial bias to the left and required considerable effort when swinging to the right hand side. Enter the hipstick, this overcame the LH bias and the coil centred up quite well and was able to be swung more freely with much less effort, though after a couple of hours both shoulder and hip began to complain, some extra padding in the appropriate zones should help with these issues.
Pinpointing took some time to work out exactly where the targets were both in the ground and when out of the hole, however this was pretty much sorted after a couple of day's detecting. Pinpointing targets in the bottom/sides of DEEP HOLES and yes be prepared to dig some rippers, caused some issues trying to locate the target position, my GPX5000 with a Sadie attached will/should save a load of digging in the wrong spot to say nothing of the time saved and ware and tear on the body, fortunately the car is generally not too far from the detecting area and it's no great problem to have a break and walk back and pick the 5000.
The new coil certainly seems to run quieter compared to the standard 14" coil, in terms of settings, for the most part I settled for: general difficult, gain 12/14
threshold 23/27 audio smoothing low, occasionally off, normal ground was far too noisy over the hot ground being swung over, that said though I did not try a lower gain setting which may have improved the noise issue.
Long grass over about 90% of the country was a real disappointment as it was near impossible to try the new coil where it should have proved interesting given the amount and size of the gold detected on previous trips, will have to be patient and wait for better conditions next season.
In the mean time playing with different harness configurations and anything else that may make for a better, more efficient swinging experience will help pass the time between seasons.
Only two pieces found with the 19" coil on this trip;see Gold Detecting Show &Tell for further info.
Cheers, SinHof.
To say the new 19" coil will take a bit of getting accustomed too would be a bit of an understatement, given enough time though to work through the ergonomics to deal with the additional weight compared to the standard 14" coil; harness, hipstick and any other bits and pieces to help spread the load over one's body will certainly make for a better swinging experience. With the bungee, attached to the chest cross bar the coil had a substantial bias to the left and required considerable effort when swinging to the right hand side. Enter the hipstick, this overcame the LH bias and the coil centred up quite well and was able to be swung more freely with much less effort, though after a couple of hours both shoulder and hip began to complain, some extra padding in the appropriate zones should help with these issues.
Pinpointing took some time to work out exactly where the targets were both in the ground and when out of the hole, however this was pretty much sorted after a couple of day's detecting. Pinpointing targets in the bottom/sides of DEEP HOLES and yes be prepared to dig some rippers, caused some issues trying to locate the target position, my GPX5000 with a Sadie attached will/should save a load of digging in the wrong spot to say nothing of the time saved and ware and tear on the body, fortunately the car is generally not too far from the detecting area and it's no great problem to have a break and walk back and pick the 5000.
The new coil certainly seems to run quieter compared to the standard 14" coil, in terms of settings, for the most part I settled for: general difficult, gain 12/14
threshold 23/27 audio smoothing low, occasionally off, normal ground was far too noisy over the hot ground being swung over, that said though I did not try a lower gain setting which may have improved the noise issue.
Long grass over about 90% of the country was a real disappointment as it was near impossible to try the new coil where it should have proved interesting given the amount and size of the gold detected on previous trips, will have to be patient and wait for better conditions next season.
In the mean time playing with different harness configurations and anything else that may make for a better, more efficient swinging experience will help pass the time between seasons.
Only two pieces found with the 19" coil on this trip;see Gold Detecting Show &Tell for further info.
Cheers, SinHof.
A lot of head ripping and blame laying taking place 
