Time for my second post on this forum.
I used one of these in the 80's. It is heavy. In one place I hunted I used the coaxial coil. This is probably the heaviest coil they made for the unit. It is like an 8 in x 2 in thick doughnut potted in heavy epoxy. At the time I needed to hunt underneath a fence made of 2 in steel pipe. The coaxial coil responded downward but not to the steel less than a foot above it. I found coins others never saw. I was also able to find coins near some buried electrical conduits where no other detector was usable.
Because of the weight, I actually moved the electronics to another case with the meter mounted on the end and hung it on a belt clip. I put it all back before treading the detector for a black powder rifle. I still have the case, meter and the coaxial coil.
As to the battery I got good service using rechargeable 9v batteries. The newer ones available today should hold up much better. I simply carried an extra set fully charged and never had downtime form empty batteries that I recall.
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