New Nexus 4' Inch Coil 'A Closer Look'

I'd been wanting a small 4' inch coil for my Nexus machines for quite a long time now, mainly to use on the river. The smallest coil to date is the 7' inch, this performs really well but I wanted something that could fit in-between the iron. Not only that but a smaller coil results in fewer targets underneath it at one time. Nexus has always been about super depth and it will continue to be but with the introduction of the high frequency silver scout coils the detectors started to exhibit fantastic unmasking capabilities, for the machines to operate in such circumstances they need be to be set up correctly. This is something that still appears to be lost among the tech obsessed people out there. Overall Nexus exhibits a totally different language to any other metal detector on the market, this means you have to take the time to learn it, especially if you plan to use them in iron.

Found Using The New Nexus 4' Coil

As with all my coils, when swinging the 4' inch I set the lowest discrimination possible, on my machine with this specific coil this equates to the nine o'clock position. One other important point to mention, when I'm on the foreshore I will engage the mineral control. Why? - this reduces the overall sensitivity so it's genuinely not so sparky. My threshold level is audible, set on or between the 11 to 12 o'clock position, finally I'm hunting in iron reject mode with VCO tones engaged. For me personally, setting the machine up like this allows it to perform seamlessly. 

River Settings In Iron Swinging The 4' Concentric Coil

Like with all my Nexus coils I will swing them at the point of ground balance, this varies between the coil size you're using and the type of land you're hunting on. On the river I swing the 4' inch about 2 to 3 inches off the ground, I'm only focusing on the first 2 - 4 inches down, so having the coil slightly higher stops me from hitting too deep - side note - don't underestimate the depth of this coil, it goes deep for its size. Once a potential target has been detected I will then lower the coil and isolate the signal, I do this when swinging all my machines. Another note to add, due to the size of the 4' coil, when the mineral control is engaged, you can comfortably bump the threshold level up, having a raised threshold allows the machine to pull the targets through the protruding rocks and it's genuinely more sensitive.

Nexus 4' Concentric Coil

The coil is super sharp on the tiny targets, tiny targets come in as a slightly muted smear, small targets like hand forged nail heads hit ridiculously hard and loud. Small to medium coins, buttons, lead etc give a brutal audio response unmatched by all my other 30 or so machines. Large non-ferrous targets produce a warm, rounded and rich tone, once your ear tunes into these little nuances then it becomes a very sensory experience. 

Focusing on the unmasking capabilities, from my experience digging out in the real world they're outstanding, obviously this has a lot to do with where I have the discrimination set. I've found nonferrous targets in the same hole as large lumpy iron and small lead targets found under surface nails and junk. To hear the masked targets you have to understand what they sound like, there's no shortcut to this, it's achieved by digging as many signals out the ground as possible, however good or bad they might sound. Over time you will begin to understand exactly what's under the coil and that's when shit starts to get fun.

Found In The Same Hole

One point I'd like to make about masked signals, when you focus the swing in to try and isolate the high tone, if it's a masked target the audio on the high tone will become warmer and wider. At first you can think this is simply a hit on large iron but I assure you there is a big difference between the high tone off of iron and a masked target. You'll find that iron will give an overload tone usually in its centre and it sounds distinctively dirtier and more distorted. Personally, sussing masked targets out is a sense rather than a science, as with tuning drums it's really about feel, meaning I try not to think about it too much. The ear is an amazing tool and it's incredible what you can master by simply listening, this is an art form that's being lost nowadays because everyone is too busy shouting over each other - there's far too many cocks on the block.

Ergonomically the V2, V3 and V3+ feel so comfortable when the 4' coil is installed, it's simply a joy to swing and due to the lightness it adds even more of an intuitive experience to the whole hunting process. When I swing this coil I feel like I'm holding a precision instrument, it really has transformed the machine into a different animal and it's performing in the iron better than all of my other high frequency Nexus coils. To conclude, the new 4' concentric coil has exceeded all my expectations when going and hunting on the river, it's a phenomenal tool that I will use inland as well. I'm not here to sell you anything, most people know that by now but I will say that if you enjoy using the silver scout range of coils, you're going to love swinging the 4' monster.