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5900
- Thread starter Justme
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bootyhoundpa
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Great machine,especially in trasy areas and very good at finding tiny stuff like micro jewelry... mine tends to hit on hot rocks but i dont mind too much.. Overall it does a great job hitting non ferrous while ignoreing the iron... 5.3 coil and 9.5 thin pancake coil are my favorites......... i guess the main difference between 5900 and 6000 is auto ground balance on the 6000 .. good luck... i still use mine...
Flintstone
Well-known member
I have the 5900 and 6000, both in very good condition. I haven't hunted with them lately, almost have got to heave for me.
As for the '6000' you and others have mentioned, it is hard to know which version of the '6000' series you had or refer to.
There was the original '6000' and it was followed by the 6000 Series 2'. That was then followed by the 6000 Series 3 which was my favorite of all the blue-box 6000 series units.
In mid-April of '85 they introduced the 6000 Di Pro with auto-trac, but it had several glitches and was easily out-performed by the Series 3. After they brought out the 6000 Di Pro it became the top-end model and the Series 3 was 'replaced' or discontinued. Many avid White's fans preferred the manual GB design and it was soon restored to the White's line-up, but renamed the 5900 Di Pro.
When they went away from the blue control housings to the black configurations they were still going through a few changes in circuitry design to work the glitches out of the 6000 Di Pro SL, and the final version with all the remedies used the 'CB' circuit board . The 5900 Di Pro also had a few variations, but the final production units incorporated the 'CB' circuitry evolvement, and I had a lot of very impressive success with the 5900 Di Pro SL 'CB' version, mainly using a 6½" Concentric coil for trashier or brushier environments [size=small](usually the Blue Max 600)[/size], and for more open, sparser-target locations I liked the Royal 800 or Pro-Scan 8" coils more than the 950 offerings.
Just a few short years ago I had to let my choice specimen go only because age, poor health and mobility issues have me mainly relying on lighter-weight and better-balanced detectors, most with a slow-sweep circuitry design. The 5900 Di Pro is in the moderate to faster sweep class, and the only detector in my arsenal that fits that group in my XLT, but it uses the lighter, smaller, 'slim-line' control housing with the slide-in 8-AA battery tray.
Put in the time to learn the 5900 Di Pro SL well and it will provide you with excellent in-the-field performance.
Monte
There was the original '6000' and it was followed by the 6000 Series 2'. That was then followed by the 6000 Series 3 which was my favorite of all the blue-box 6000 series units.
In mid-April of '85 they introduced the 6000 Di Pro with auto-trac, but it had several glitches and was easily out-performed by the Series 3. After they brought out the 6000 Di Pro it became the top-end model and the Series 3 was 'replaced' or discontinued. Many avid White's fans preferred the manual GB design and it was soon restored to the White's line-up, but renamed the 5900 Di Pro.
When they went away from the blue control housings to the black configurations they were still going through a few changes in circuitry design to work the glitches out of the 6000 Di Pro SL, and the final version with all the remedies used the 'CB' circuit board . The 5900 Di Pro also had a few variations, but the final production units incorporated the 'CB' circuitry evolvement, and I had a lot of very impressive success with the 5900 Di Pro SL 'CB' version, mainly using a 6½" Concentric coil for trashier or brushier environments [size=small](usually the Blue Max 600)[/size], and for more open, sparser-target locations I liked the Royal 800 or Pro-Scan 8" coils more than the 950 offerings.
Just a few short years ago I had to let my choice specimen go only because age, poor health and mobility issues have me mainly relying on lighter-weight and better-balanced detectors, most with a slow-sweep circuitry design. The 5900 Di Pro is in the moderate to faster sweep class, and the only detector in my arsenal that fits that group in my XLT, but it uses the lighter, smaller, 'slim-line' control housing with the slide-in 8-AA battery tray.
Put in the time to learn the 5900 Di Pro SL well and it will provide you with excellent in-the-field performance.
Monte
Unlike the 6000 series (except series 3)the 5900 Di Pro can be tweaked for better performance by adjusting for a hot Signal Balance, The 10 turn Ground Balance makes it easier to adjust for higher Sensitivity so that you will get the best depth out of your 5900.The Auto Track ® just is not as precise as a10 turn double stacked Ground Balance for dialing in more Signal Balance (Sens. or Gain)
I use just enough Discrimination to knock out a common 3 or 4 inch square nail and use a smaller than stock search coil like the 5.3 BullsEye or Royal 800.
I use just enough Discrimination to knock out a common 3 or 4 inch square nail and use a smaller than stock search coil like the 5.3 BullsEye or Royal 800.
The 5900 Di Pro SL CB [size=small](Composite Board)[/size] version was my favorite of all the "full-size" 5900 and 6000 series models. I only wish they would have been able to keep the 6000 Pro XL, aka XL Pro, in their line-up and also have brought as a 5900 Pro XL. Same basic design but in the 'slim-line' housing like the 6000 Pro XL which weighed less and used the slide-in 8-AA battery tray. The 6000 Pro XL worked great, but a manually GB'ed 5900 version would have been even greater!
Monte
Monte
It arrives today. It is a c/b. I've had many many machines including a CTX. I've settled down to just 3 units. I'm already familiar to some degree with the 6000 series starting with the series 2. So I don't think this will be a difficult transition for me, however I don't know it all so it will be a learning process as well.