Just received the 12" MDT-8000 coil. Notes/observations .... in a bulletized nutshell: * Coil is somewhat heavier (as to be expected) than 11" x 8" coil. Solid/stable.......easy to swing. * 18Khz expresses 2.1" greater depth on a Nickel over the 11" x 8" coil. * Identical electronic stability when compared to 11" x 8" coil...... on the wet-slope, in the 'splash' ....and IN the water. There was never a 'need' to reduce Sens .... because the coil is bigger (with subsequent increased blowback/flyback). * Target ID characteristics are identical to 11" x 8" coil. * No performance/depth loss whilst IN the saltwater. (The greater depth gain is retained IN the water). * No noticeable loss in depth/performance on very small targets. * Salt Balance numbers were only a point (or two) different .....as compared to 11" x 8" coil. * ID at the greater (added) depth levels is linearly increased/better. * 15" on a Nickel in wet-salt.....with conservative settings. 16" on a Nickel in the wet-salt with aggressive settings....(easily achieved with skilled beach hunters). * 16" Nickel gives splattered ID's; yet, the audio is 'tight'....short, clean.....and target does not shift/move. Easy to tell it is a non-ferrous target. * Deep iron ID's as iron. In a nutshell.....prelim. http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180286#msg-180286 Thu, 14 May 2026 04:08:38 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180795#msg-180795 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180795#msg-180795 dewcon4414 Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Thu, 25 Mar 2021 09:48:56 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180794#msg-180794 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180794#msg-180794
9khz
SB 26
THR -1
GB 575
AM

With the large coil i dug craters.......

RR]]> Rivers rat Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:26:56 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180788#msg-180788 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180788#msg-180788
This was my hunt yesterday...... welcome to Spring Break couple of silvers but for the most part junk day lol. Friend hunted the same beach today and said i left him one more junk ring. The second picture Cliff thought people might get a chuckle out of..... its the face on my MDT. Me and Cliff compared them...... mine won for the most hours in the sunlight i think. By the way that green stuff isnt for a crack.... its liquid tap because i had a tendency of sometime hitting the side with the scoop while looking in the basket for the target.



]]> dewcon4414 Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:06:44 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180787#msg-180787 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180787#msg-180787 Overall, we are both quite happy with the performance of this coil.....and Dew still proves he is in better shape than I am!
If desired, I can add max depth "we" found and the size/karat of the test pieces used.

Cliff]]> cdv Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:59:26 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180761#msg-180761 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180761#msg-180761 Elbert Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Sun, 21 Mar 2021 01:02:23 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180759#msg-180759 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180759#msg-180759 dewcon4414 Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Sat, 20 Mar 2021 21:04:53 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180758#msg-180758 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180758#msg-180758 -------------------------------------------------------
> I did a rare hunt in the dry sand yesterday on a l
> ocal beach. Not much to show, its a renurished b
> each and the tractor had fluffed up the sand. 3
> other hunters one with an AQ. I found more coins
> than i expected.... almost nothing in the wet sand
> .... my AQ guy confirmed that. Managed a little j
> unk jewelry NO rings..... skipped all the shallow
> bottle caps and i think i only dug a couple of pul
> l tabs. What i did notice thou.... moving from we
> t sand using 9 khz to the dry where i switched to
> 12kzh. I was getting pennies that were ringing 1
> 2....shallow ones with solid signals. After a few
> i knew i was digging pennies..... so i switched to
> the other freqs to see what they read. All read t
> he penny at 13..... next odd thing is 18khz was ju
> mping back and forth between 12 and 13 on this sha
> llow penny just like it might on a really deep one
> . Im still really liking the coil for weight, co
> verage and depth. Id highly recommend anyone look
> ing at the machine add this coil.

Interesting that the MDT and AQ were hunting in same area. Any comparison test on any of the targets / thoughts about the AQ?

Thanks,

El]]> Elbert Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:14:40 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180755#msg-180755 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180755#msg-180755 NASA-Tom Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Fri, 19 Mar 2021 22:07:36 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180754#msg-180754 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180754#msg-180754 Upon digging, a deep silver popped out. Wondering if my CZ or my f-75 would have tagged them.]]> ozzie Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:43:21 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180753#msg-180753 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180753#msg-180753 dewcon4414 Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:30:01 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180751#msg-180751 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180751#msg-180751
I am pretty confident the coil sieve through the first 40cm with ease.I had large ferrous at 60cm easy...............but dont forget we got Cannonballs here :)

I can wait to find a deep gold ring to mega boost my confidence.

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RR]]> Rivers rat Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:21:10 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180745#msg-180745 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180745#msg-180745 NASA-Tom Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Thu, 18 Mar 2021 03:07:30 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180741#msg-180741 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180741#msg-180741
Luck of the Irish I guess. . .. dug two more silvers.... .. 1909 barber Quarter and a 1919 Merc. The Barber was only 6" deep, the Merc was 9" deep. RodPa says they are in very good condition. It's Silver!!!

Also dug a silver plated fork at 12" deep.

I used some disc today set at -17, that takes out the iron nails. I hunted at 9 sens, Salt off, Blk sand off, 6.4 Kh, I'm liking these settings for this particular park. I switch from Mix to disc modes depending on number of targets in the ground.

This coil opened up this park for me.

Happy St Patties Day everyone.]]> ozzie Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:21:27 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180725#msg-180725 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180725#msg-180725
This park is not far from a detector dealer and has been hunted since detectors came about.

I dug two period coins, a 1894 Indian Head and a 1899 Barber quarter. . .. . they were deep, 9"+.

This unit definitely needs to be put through the ringer so as to understand its way of working/deducing/detecting. I also dug up many deep high tone, very corroded iron nails. They had sections of them that were wire thin and rusty. As with VLF's, they are always at the side of the hole, sometimes a couple inches. These nails are down deep where I dug the coins, 9-12+ inches.

They (nails) had this certain language when being pinpointed. Like other detectors, it's difficult to get an exact location, and numbers jump high 20's to low teens with tones staying high 95% of the time.

Both coins were identified correctly, high tone on each, 21-22 on the quarter, 18+- on the IH penny.. . happy about that.

I haven't pulled silver in many outings, made my day, actually.

This unit does need some thinking about when using it. I'm learning more as I use it. Now if a 4" or 6" coil were to be made, it wouldn't break my heart.]]> ozzie Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:23:03 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180681#msg-180681 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180681#msg-180681 Colonial era sites are very interesting........ because no paper money existed/trusted/exchanged. Only copper, silver, gold.]]> NASA-Tom Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:08:05 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180678#msg-180678 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180678#msg-180678 -------------------------------------------------------
> Steve...... good report. Sounds like you are in a
> really good area! It is RARE to dig a flat button
> in Florida; yet, I know they are all there. Just:
> deep!

Productive spot for sure, Tom.

This is the area I wrote about years ago on here where I dug the pits. I found old coins @ 18+ deep as I was chasing these flat buttons. There are more down there. The earth is clay with mixed rock. Remembering correctly, RodPa had a 1850's map that had shown a home at that spot.

The area I live is loaded with old colonial stone homes on nice acreage. There are parks surrounding us that pulled the eminent domain trick on the past residents. They built dams to form lakes for recreation, The acreage is owned by the county and a permit is needed to detect, $10 per year.

Looking at old maps we can locate the old homes that were demolished for the park to be built. It's a lot of fun when studying a old map to find these long gone homes and farms. When you find a site and study the area you see signs of past buildings. . . .certain plants and trees growing that wouldn't normally be there in the woods. I believe when they demo the houses they just bulldoze all the stone into the cellars then mother nature take over and hides everything.

This site I had stumbled across a decade+ ago. It was a weed field at the time. Now they plant either corn or winter wheat. Farmers lease some of the park area from the county. As a courtesy, I find out who the farmer is and track him down for permission. One of the permit rules is you can detect any field that hasn't been planted. I just take it a step further.

I'll visit that site a couple times a year because the farmer lightly plows it a couple inches deep. I figure that may displace some iron and give us a shot at previously masked buttons and coins.]]> ozzie Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:13:45 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180666#msg-180666 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180666#msg-180666 Sounds like the coil is working for you..... IN the water.

Steve...... good report. Sounds like you are in a really good area! It is RARE to dig a flat button in Florida; yet, I know they are all there. Just: deep!]]> NASA-Tom Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Fri, 12 Mar 2021 01:38:22 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180660#msg-180660 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180660#msg-180660
Took the new 12" coil to see if anything would show up. A few coins have also been pulled from here, early 1800's half cents some large and I think RodPa got a silver out of here, may have been a Reale.

Today I did get some deep flat buttons, one about 3/4" in dia the other was a whopping 1-3/8" in diameter. The bigger one was so thin you could shave with it. I also pulled out a thimble, not a silver one, may be copper. The buttons were deep about 9", the thimble only 4" deep.

I ran blk sand on, (runs quiet with that on) salt mode on 40, Gb was registering 823, sens 8, threshold -1, low freq @ 6.

In the iron I was on disc, when the iron slowed down, I like mixed mode.

The 12" is a little heaver but being a switch hitter, it was no problem. The soil was wet but didn't puddle in the hole. It was nice to get out on such a beautiful sunny sweatshirt day.]]> ozzie Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:59:49 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180658#msg-180658 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180658#msg-180658
Cliff]]> cdv Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:13:49 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180621#msg-180621 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180621#msg-180621 NASA-Tom Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:00:15 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180619#msg-180619 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180619#msg-180619 dewcon4414 Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:20:45 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180617#msg-180617 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180617#msg-180617
Went out to the test garden and I forgot.. . . It was covered in snow. So I air tested it for kicks and it gets 2" more on US coinage. Happy with that, I'll tell ya.

Maybe if tomorrow is going to be as nice as they say, I'll take it to an old park, or, if the old button field isn't too soggy, I'll hit that.

Rodman, take one of your days off, lets go!]]> ozzie Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:47:44 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180607#msg-180607 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180607#msg-180607 dewcon4414 Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:39:11 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180606#msg-180606 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180606#msg-180606
My approach to test the Tarsacci has turned into from semi scientific to really fun,i had luck with it this week

RR]]> Rivers rat Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:38:00 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180583#msg-180583 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180583#msg-180583 tnsharpshooter Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:55:15 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180568#msg-180568 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180568#msg-180568 dewcon4414 Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Sun, 07 Mar 2021 16:18:45 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180565#msg-180565 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180565#msg-180565
Like Tennessee said, I don't see this coil coming off the shaft anytime soon!

Dimitar, you have a winner with that coil.

More to come now that spring break is here and the waters warm to Florida standards.....

Cliff]]> cdv Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Sun, 07 Mar 2021 15:07:37 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180563#msg-180563 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180563#msg-180563
Anyways. Ran detector in 9khz. Sens at 7 mostly. Threshold -2. Salt at 30. Even at 9 kHz seems detector hits nicely on smaller nonferrous. Did push unit some too where some signals were tone smeared. These all turned out to be iron. Just trying to see what Tarsacci is telling me with this coil. Did run 12 kHz toward end of 2 hour 45 minute hunt. Struck a deep smaller piece. Took a while to exhume this smaller piece. Just based on what I witnessed due to where I was yesterday good chance stocker coil won’t go back on my unit. Bigger coil seems makes Tarsacci better to me. Didn’t notice much difference in detector feel using big coil vs the smaller coil. Big coil if of anything feels better (likely has something to do with coil anchor point being shifted forwards some.

More to come. So far I like it.

[ibb.co]]]> tnsharpshooter Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:08:38 +0000 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180555#msg-180555 http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,180286,180555#msg-180555 Weight of newest released bigger coil vs the original released smaller coil.
Weight reflected of stock coil (smaller) is with coil cover installed.
Enjoy.
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