Making the Jump: White's vs. Garrett's

[philipk]

Hi. This is my first post on this forum . Getting ready to make my first detector purchase and have narrowed it down to the Garrett's 1500 vs. the White's XLT. Both seem very similar. Things I like and dislike about each. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Philip

 

[clondike clad]

The XLT will have a ton of coils and very long history and that is a strong plus to me.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Well both have been around for years and have stood the test of time.
Basically the GTI 1500 is a user friendly unit while the XLT is a more complex unit that will take a learning period but does provide more info with superior notching and tone ID..Having many years experience and using both feel the XLT is a superior unit but one wonders if a newbie should start out with one unless he perhaps has a mentor to guide him...

 

[Pap]

if you are going to use it for coins and jewelry buy the Whites M6. no real learning curve involved and has a slew of coils that work on with better technology.