Pawnshop gold? Found a Whites Eagle Spectrum

[firty13]

came w/ the stock coil 9in' id guess
-6' bluemax 600 coil
-a pair of come caliphone headphones made in chine lol
-1 60pg manual and a 20pg manual
- 2 chargers
-and all came in as it seems the original plastic casing /w hand and foam cutouts for all the equipment


100 dollars flat
heard alot of good things about these 1992 MDs any tips the forum can throw me for reference?

 

[bootyhoundpa]

if its in good working order you cant go wrong for that price....i have a whites 5900 blue max.... 6.59hz ,deep and acurate....read and understand how to ground balance and youll be set....

 

[firty13]

everythings in fair condition and working ive read on the forum about using 4 rechargeable batts in place of the original battery but havent found concrete info on where to get it

 

[firty13]

i open the stock batt casing it has 4 c batteries with what seems the grounds soldered by the pair would i be able to throw in some energizer rechargeable C batts instead?

 

[firty13]

http://www.whitesoflongisland.com/batteries.htm

has serial nums of i think all battery options for whites MDs i figure this should be useful to more people then me

 

[bootyhoundpa]

i use nicad rechargables from habor frieght..cost like $4 a pair and last quite a while...think i got like 2 years use out of them.....

 

[firty13]

i use nicad rechargables from habor frieght..cost like $4 a pair and last quite a while...think i got like 2 years use out of them.....

im hoping i can find the battery pack that accepts 4 c batts and ill deff get rechargeable i maneged to get the stock rechargeable abttery to 5.5 volts though

i cant with 2 charges both whotes one maxd 4.8v and the other was 6.0

after a few hours and no progress on the standard recomended charger no improvement from 4v i put it on the other charger i get to 5.5v

i just have to babysit the stronger charger but it did the trick put a massive charge in a 19yr old battery

 

[C E Stricklin]

C cell battery case for Alkaline batteries can still be ordered from Whites, after the rechargeable battery that came with the detector finally went bad after 20+ years, I ordered one so I could carry a back up battery pack with me. I have had mine since they first came out and still use it regularly. The coils are interchangeable with my XLT and IDX Pro.