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General Metal Detector Discussion
Garrett AT PRO, Garrett AT Gold, Whites GMT or Minelab X Terra?
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<blockquote data-quote="argyle" data-source="post: 22932" data-attributes="member: 1008"><p>Yeah Bez. </p><p></p><p>The WOT coils were originally made for the XT series of gold Vlf's, XT stood for Xtra Tracker, forerunners to the Eureka gold. All had a 4 pin coil connector.</p><p>They were so named by America's Coiltek distributor, a bloke named DOC Lousignont, a Minelab dealer. When he first laid eyes on it he called it a Wild Orange Thing, that's how the coil got it's name, WOT. He no longer has anything to do with Coiltek.</p><p></p><p>They are now called All Terrain Coils, which I reckon much better suits them.</p><p></p><p>Coiltek made them for the previous units as well, the GT16000 (the first with auto ground balance and tracking, the GT stood for Ground Tracking, and the following unit was the FT16000, standing for Fast Tracking (it had a slightly faster tracking speed) and the Eureka Ace Dual - a manual ground balancing unit in two frequency's 8khz and 20khz, and Eldorado MK1's, Stirling and Tribune and Musketeers, which all have a 5 pin connection. As well the 15" All Terrain coils are made for Sovereigns and Explorers and ETracs.</p><p></p><p>The XTerra's 15" All Terrain coils come in 3 types - 3khz low, 7.5khz mid, and 18.75khz high frequency's.</p><p></p><p>The 18khz 15" coil for the XTerra is probably not the ideal option for you, as if you buy the gold pack you'll have the 10x5" in 18khz anyway.</p><p>I found the 7.5khz and 3khz just as sensitive on hot ground, because they handle the mineralization better they are much 'cleaner' to listen to.</p><p>I use a 3khz and a 7.5khz exclusively when using XTerra's on the goldfields.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="argyle, post: 22932, member: 1008"] Yeah Bez. The WOT coils were originally made for the XT series of gold Vlf's, XT stood for Xtra Tracker, forerunners to the Eureka gold. All had a 4 pin coil connector. They were so named by America's Coiltek distributor, a bloke named DOC Lousignont, a Minelab dealer. When he first laid eyes on it he called it a Wild Orange Thing, that's how the coil got it's name, WOT. He no longer has anything to do with Coiltek. They are now called All Terrain Coils, which I reckon much better suits them. Coiltek made them for the previous units as well, the GT16000 (the first with auto ground balance and tracking, the GT stood for Ground Tracking, and the following unit was the FT16000, standing for Fast Tracking (it had a slightly faster tracking speed) and the Eureka Ace Dual - a manual ground balancing unit in two frequency's 8khz and 20khz, and Eldorado MK1's, Stirling and Tribune and Musketeers, which all have a 5 pin connection. As well the 15" All Terrain coils are made for Sovereigns and Explorers and ETracs. The XTerra's 15" All Terrain coils come in 3 types - 3khz low, 7.5khz mid, and 18.75khz high frequency's. The 18khz 15" coil for the XTerra is probably not the ideal option for you, as if you buy the gold pack you'll have the 10x5" in 18khz anyway. I found the 7.5khz and 3khz just as sensitive on hot ground, because they handle the mineralization better they are much 'cleaner' to listen to. I use a 3khz and a 7.5khz exclusively when using XTerra's on the goldfields. [/QUOTE]
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