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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 646719" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>As I understand it, to get access to the all-important Minelab IC's required by chipped-coil detectors such as the 6000 and 7000, manufacturers have to pass Minelab testing to ensure their coils meet the required specifications for the intended detector. I'd assume this is to ensure that alternative coils are electronically consistent and don't damage delicate detector circuitry or excessively drain batteries, etc. However it may be that this requirement also effectively limits how adventurous the manufacturer can be with its coil design.</p><p></p><p>The alternative to a coil with the official chip in its circuitry, was used by the manufacturer of the Russian X-coils for the 7000. Apparently the 7000 coil chip is mounted in the coil plug, so intending X-coil users needed to butcher a Minelab coil to remove the plug and make up a patch lead from it, so that the X-coil could connect and talk to the 7000. If I remember rightly, Jonathon Porter explained that the X-coils had failed to satisfy Minelab testing requirements for the provision of official chips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 646719, member: 4012"] As I understand it, to get access to the all-important Minelab IC's required by chipped-coil detectors such as the 6000 and 7000, manufacturers have to pass Minelab testing to ensure their coils meet the required specifications for the intended detector. I'd assume this is to ensure that alternative coils are electronically consistent and don't damage delicate detector circuitry or excessively drain batteries, etc. However it may be that this requirement also effectively limits how adventurous the manufacturer can be with its coil design. The alternative to a coil with the official chip in its circuitry, was used by the manufacturer of the Russian X-coils for the 7000. Apparently the 7000 coil chip is mounted in the coil plug, so intending X-coil users needed to butcher a Minelab coil to remove the plug and make up a patch lead from it, so that the X-coil could connect and talk to the 7000. If I remember rightly, Jonathon Porter explained that the X-coils had failed to satisfy Minelab testing requirements for the provision of official chips. [/QUOTE]
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NF (Nugget Finder) or Coiltek for your 6000
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