My old Whites 6000D S2

[btb]

I bought this machine new many years ago and found a ton of stuff with it over the years. After some changes in my life it sat in a closet for a while. About 12 years ago I bought new nicad batteries from Whites and used it for a short time. Now I am retired and am starting to get the detecting bug again. I actually charged up the batteries and the machine works great.

With all the improvements that have taken place since I bought my detector, what am I missing? An inch or 2 on a quarter?

 

[Scottowl]

I have been thinking along those same lines lately.

I normally hunt in parks and schools for clad coins that are rarely more than 4" deep.

For this, I use either a MXT or XL Pro. That is overkill.

However, there are occasional targets that test my mettle, such as a coin next to a steel bottlecap, or a dime and nickel buried together, reading as a pulltab.

Oh, yeah. Once in a while there is the glint of a gold ring shining back at me.

I bet your old Whites will find every bit of what my detectors will.

It seems like whoever has the most discipline to dig everything will beat those who rely too much on thier detector meters opinion.

For instance, I don't like to dig up zinc cents, but I do anyway. I know it is time to call it a day when I talk myself into passing them up.

 

[UK Brian]

Your not to far behind with the all metal G-Max mode, in fact its deeper than many modern motion machines.

The motion mode is a different question. New motion machines will go deeper with a slower sweep speed and in a much lighter package. The depth improvement if your willing to spend could be three or four inches over the 6000.

You could use all metal as the primary search mode then motion or non motion discrimination to check the target out. Use the depth reading feature to judge if you need to remove some soil to improve the chance of a correct I.D. That, together with using less discrimination in the discrimination modes will pull the performance back up.

Your lacking the I.D. feature of later models such as the Series 2 and 3 D.I. machines but they remain possibility (won't even say probability) meters. I should stick with what you have to see if you remain keen on the hobby and while your out and about you will bump into people with other machines and can decide as to what should be your next move.

 

[btb]

Thanks for the replies. I went to an old home site, only the concrete steps were there. There was a lot of trash but I did dig 3 pennies and one quarter. My next outing I will be looking for gold nuggets.