12'' coil Do i need one?

[EnloeRelics]

Hello everyone i have been Hunting for about 15yrs and i have never used a 12 in coil or any thing over a 10'' coil i have found a lot of stuff but i have never found a coin cash. Is it because i am not getting down far enuff dose it realy work that good i have a minelab sover.elite and it works good what size coil should i use to hunt for stuff thats over a foot down? any help would be Great Thanks everyone!

[Monk]

Most caches are found to be buried less then 2 feet deep! Your 10" coil should work just fine for that depth. If you knew you had a cache that was 5 foot deep you'd want the largest coil you could get.
Think back? How many times have you been out checking a yard and got a deep sound but didn't take the effert to check it out? To at least use a probe to get a feel for what might there? Some fellows have walked by a stash while coin shooting thinking the hit was only trash! Probe the larger deeper sounds and if it feel right get a shovel.
Ofcourse your coil will have to be over a cache to find one right, So do your research and search out where one might be found. GOOD LUCK.

[EnloeRelics]

Thanks for that info i will do some checking on line to see were i mite find some spots to check out i will start digging all sounds that are deep! E.RELIC

[Joe(TX)]

Cache Hunters use the largest coil available for their machine and hunt in the all-metal mode. Be sure to investigate any deep sounding wide signals. The reason for using the all-metal mode is that some containers will be so rusted out that the discrimination circuit will reject it! Also if not sure about a signal, at least probe it with a long probe to see what it "feels" like. Of course if in doubt, always dig! GOOD LUCK.......

[bigjohn]

and theres allways the nautilus.

[Joe(TX)]

BIG JOHN is right, if in doubt pull out the Nautilus with the biggest coil available. If the Nautilus won't find it you are obviously over the wrong spot!..............JOE

[Larry(IN)]

The stock 10 should work fine. The wot on the sov will easily hit a quart mason jar lid by itself at 18 inches. Cache hunting is a tough one and I have found two in my 35 years of teckin.

I have to agree with bigjohn & Joe(TX).
Your 10" coil should work good enough. Just go to the all metal mode and try that.
Of course that is just my humble opinion.