Is M6 detector good? need advice good and bad

[gware12]

n/t

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

I don't own the M6 but own 3 White 's detector and like them for their simplicity as a well built unit.
Seems well like by the comments on this forum for the M6 .

 

[Delaware Bill]

M6, easy to use, goes as deep as the MXT, large selection of coils, excellent display, 7 tones, ground tracking, super for coins, great on gold, just my opinion. HH

 

[littletwig]

Ditto what Bill said!!

 

[explore]

I have an M6 and when it come to simplicity this is the one you want i have found coins and Finlay a gold ring with a red ruby on my night hunts. I wouldn't trade it or sale it. would like to try the MXT because it has some features to play with but probably always go back to my M6. I have a mint xlt just siting here collecting dust. M6 great machine i had a fisher 75 tesoro tejon deleon vaquero and well my M6 is my prefered unit with a 6X9 COIL

 

[jmaryt]

may i ask what DIDN'T you like about the f-75?

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[explore]

Don't get me wrong its a good machine but to many things to learn. But that's fisher for you. Then you pick up M6 and your on your way to finding clad gold and relics. And for you guys out in the USA the M6 can tell you what's under the ground really accurate on clad
it can tell you that there's a quarter penny dimes nickel. Here in Canada I have to go with the numbers.Listen if your looking for a Good unit that can keep up with the big guys and go for the M6. you will not be disappointed. I have 6 rings under the M6 and lots of clad
and there's still lots of time left before winter come. M6:

 

[Bill G]

Below is a review that I wrote up on the M6 that I tryed out for a while. In my opinion the M6 is a great little detector even though I switched back to the MXT myself, you can not beat the M6 over all for the money.

Take Care & Good Luck,
Bill G


M6 REVIEW

I got in my new M6 machine, put it together, and did some quick air testing. There was a minor fix that needed to be done. The discriminator knob was off by a notch forward. I pulled it off and rolled it back one notch so that the nickels would drop out at nickel instead of past the nickel mark on the dial. Now the dial is right on the money at the nickel & coin markings.

I took the M6 out to an old oilfield lease house sight from the early 1900's. The homes are gone and there is a ton of iron trash in the ground.

I have to say the detector did a fine job over all. Every bit as good as other units I have had or used in this area; including the XLT, DFX, and the MXT.(The M6 unit was not as noisy as the MXT in the iron trash, which was to be expected being a silent search mode detector). The silent search mode was nice if you prefer a non threshold based detector. I found the trick was to ground balance in a good area then lock the track toggle, this kept the chatter down from the iron trash. There was a noticeable difference between auto ground tracking and the locked in tracking position in the iron trash. Every now and then I would lift the coil to waist height and toggle the pin point on, then place the coil above the ground and pump the coil to check balance, no problems in this area of function.

I used the 6x10DD and the 5.3 coil, they both did well. The DD was a little quieter in the iron trash. The detector ID'd well only being fooled by a few flat iron washers or larger pieces of decomposing iron. It also ID'd a zinc as a screw cap once and most of the old pop tops Id'd as penny/dime if they were flat, but they had a slightly different sound to them and the ID bar would only fill in half way most all of the time even though it locked penny/dime. On a good penny or dime the ID bar would fill in all the way with a good lock.

I feel the detector discriminates in iron trash well and will be a great coin machine with good solid depth.

My finds included: a 1917 wheat, 1881 Indian head, 1902 Indian head, 1907 silver dime an old brass tool tag from the 1950's, a 1965 quarter, an old Milk of Magnesia toothpaste tin tube with a metal lid, and the regular modern clad items.

 

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

I used to own one , It is an exelent detector it does wigh 4 pounds and that was to heavy for me but now that ive used a few difrent detectors i realize just how good it is its an exelent detector and my favorite combo for the park was the 4x6 shooter you cant miss a silver coin because it gives an unmistakible high tone along whith a 80 VDI number if they could make a 2.2 pounder i would buy one again

 

[dirt doctor]

I used to own one , It is an exelent detector it does wigh 4 pounds and that was to heavy for me but now that ive used a few difrent detectors i realize just how good it is its an exelent detector and my favorite combo for the park was the 4x6 shooter you cant miss a silver coin because it gives an unmistakible high tone along whith a 80 VDI number if they could make a 2.2 pounder i would buy one again

Thanks Gunnar I was very curious about the weight and couldn't seem to get an answer anywhere .

H H ,
George