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Kickindirt
Well one good thing is if ya upgrade to the 540 pro pack ya can sell the 440 with the 5x8 and keep the 10" coil and have the best 2 coils still.

If Gregg should get the 540 Pro Pack he'll benefit by having a few improved features / options, like more Discrimination pixels to fine-tune the rejection, plus the Low Iron Bias choice, the red Back-Light, and most of all the ML-80 wireless headphones as well as the Iron Audio Volume upgrade.

If he bought a 540 Pro Pack, he would have the 5X8 and 9X12 which make the better two coils to complement each other, and the 440 could be sold with the standard, sort of blended-size coil. Perhaps he might stumble on a 540 with everything for a great price,but w/o the 5X8 DD and that could be good because he already has that coil. Even if he bought a complete Pro Pack, I'd hang onto the 5X8 DD just to have a back-up / spare because it is an awesome search coils for day-to-day hunting.

The Vanquish coils remind me of the three currently available from Garrett for their new Apex. I keep the 'Ripper' 5X8 DD mounted on my main-use Apex ... which is also a good performing coil even compared along side a Vanquish w/5X8 DD. Perhaps an 'air-test' or 'on-floor' test, but a test-is-a-test and they are both impressive in their own way. On my 2nd Apex I am going to mount a NEL Sharp 5" DD coil when I get one in-hand and see how it dos in some tough conditions. Then I will either leave it on Apex #2, or I'll mount the 'Raider' 8½X11 DD. It's very close in physical size to the Vanquish 9X12, and I believe it might provide ample additional depth on coin-size targets like the Vanquish 9X12 over the 5X8.

The 'Viper' coil, the standard 6X11 DD, got the same treatment I would give that middle-size or blended-size 440 coil ..... get rid of it or tuck way somewhere to be out-of-the-way. Just my thoughts and I've hunted a fair amount with the 540's two coils, and am now doing the same with the two comparable coils from Garrett for the Apex.

But, as I often state, our decisions for detectors and coils are just that, 'our' decisions, and as long as we are satisfied with them, that's a good thing. Then we just need to get out and use them to make sure we are comfortable with our decisions. I know I am of my current Outfit.

Monte

"Your EYES ... the only 100% accurate form of Discrimination!"
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