Whites 5900/Di Pro/sl Bump and Chirp??

[MarkCZ]

Okay, I remember back in the OLD days of the 5000 di/series 2 and the 6000/d that if you bumped the coil on something on the ground (not to say beat it on rocks) but something like a dirt clump or stiff grass clump the detector would sound off with a chirp. Does the later Whites machines like the 5900/Di Pro-sl do the same thing? (I was running the stock 950 coil)
Or does mine have a problem and need to be sent back to Whites??
Maybe something like the 950 coil is more likely to do that than a smaller coil?

Thanks!

Mark

 

[5900_XL-1]

My 5900 does that when the coil is bumped, especially if I have if running hot. I use the 950 coil also. martin

 

[GoGoGopher]

I think most older Analog machines will do this, no matter what brand you get...The vibrations from the bump made the detector chirp...

HH,

 

[straker]

Okay, I remember back in the OLD days of the 5000 di/series 2 and the 6000/d that if you bumped the coil on something on the ground (not to say beat it on rocks) but something like a dirt clump or stiff grass clump the detector would sound off with a chirp.
Thanks!

Mark

If I remember right...the older Whites metal detectors you mentioned used the 4B coils and they were prone to falsing due to shielding and discrimination harmonics. The later 6B coils greatly improved upon this and became the standard before the Bluemax coils were introduced. If your newer Bluemax coil is falsing off when bumped(I take it not hard),then there is something wrong.