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My old White's 5000-D has always seemed to detect roots more than anything else. I understand this is due to the concentration of minerals in them. How much of a problem has this remained with most modern detectors?
 
I had a 5000D (series II I believe). The best place for that is in the closet or in the dumpster, where mine ended up. That is by far the worst top of the line White's machine ever produced, and I've had lots of them, ever since the Coinmaster V supreme days. It literally erased any chance at gold rings and nickles. I now have a DFX and let me tell you it will blow the socks off of that old unit. The depth and stability will amaze you. Pretty steep learning curve if you want the maximum out of it. I've found large cents at 12" in discriminate. Never any problems with minerals unless you are right on top of a mountain of trap rock. Then you need to be creative. But the root problem? Never. Things have come a long way in metal detecting since then. Just my opinion though. Check into Whites, Minelab and check the other forums to see what people are finding. The good brands smoke the other brands just by viewing the finds people have made. Good luck.
 
They still can and do. I live and hunt (naturally) over here in Australia using both PI detectors as well as high freq VLFs for gold. Now and then a tree root does give a signal of sorts that needs investigating. Usually its a broader weaker signal than a true one but sometimes a deep large target can give the same or like response so you have no option other than to check it out. Worst are burnt out tree roots that have left the charcoal remains so that the carbon reacts even stronger when detected giving an actual target sound. I have had that prob with Goldmasters, X Terras and SD/GP PI detectors. Happened to me just 4 days ago in fact using a GP 3000 with a monoloop coil. The more sensitive the detector the more pronounced it is.
 
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