NFC antenna amplifier/Resonance Circuit project

I haven’t had much luck with the RSP nor hamspiced’s PCB repeater V2.1s. With the caveat that my “measurement setup” is me holding
stuff in place and bringing it closer until it beeps, I haven’t been able to measure any improvement in read distance. This is weird considering how others comment on how “such-and-such device can read through my desk now”.