teknetics T2 coil problem

[maddogchilli]

My father-in-law has just purchaced a T2 special edition and has a broken coil ie when the sens is turned up it gets a lot of feedback(iratic chatter) can this be solved by cutting the plug off and resoldering the wires back on. It aint the machine coz its been tested with a 4" sniper coil.can it be a bad conection?

[Qiaozhi]

My father-in-law has just purchaced a T2 special edition and has a broken coil ie when the sens is turned up it gets a lot of feedback(iratic chatter) can this be solved by cutting the plug off and resoldering the wires back on. It aint the machine coz its been tested with a 4" sniper coil.can it be a bad conection?

Try tapping gently at the coil connector, the cable, and the coil itself, to isolate the problem. It's probably an intermittent connection. It could either be a poor connection in the connector, [almost] broken wire in the cable, or a dry joint in the coil housing. I had a similar problem with a 12" Garrett Crossfire coil, where a connection between the aluminium and copper wires had gone intermittent. Tesoro coils sometimes suffer from a bad connection to the electrostatic shield. Fishers often break at the cable, close to the coil. With a T2, I don't know what common faults they have, so it may not be repairable. Good luck!

[Skippy]

T2's (and F75's) are chattery when 'wound up' fully, and do pick up electrical interference. They are quieter with the 5 inch coil simply because it has a smaller size recieve coil.Try it somewhere you believe to be 'electromagnetically quiet', eg. a rural area. Be aware the discrimination setting has a very significant effect on sensitivity - disc settings around 20-25 give the lowest sensitivity.