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Whites 5900 Question

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relics4plus

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Well I am thinking about trading my faithful 5900 for a newer detector. I have found hundreds of relics with this machine and almost hate to get rid of it but I am hunting "hunted out" spots and the targets are deep and my good ole 5900 just barely pigs up a signal.I live in Maryland for the soil around here the Whites and Fishers seem to work the best though I have never used anything else.
I here so much about the new XLT's, the MXT's and so on.Any advise would be appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Jay
 
The XLT and the 5900 are going to be close...the MXT will probably give you an inch or so, of more depth....MXT's ID is more correct than the audio response....In the relic mode, with the disc. at minimum, a very deep target may sound bad but the ID will bounce between ferrous and non-ferrous....some of those targets will be good because the detector is at the edge of it's ability to tell what the target is and thus gives you a ferrous sound while the visual display circuitry isn't sure.........Take Care, Richard
 
And ask. The 5900's were excellent machines and I would have it tuned up hunt with it and if it still preformed like it is now then I would get rid of it if you are not satisfied with it . Not until I had it tuned up though. That is where a lot of guys make mistakes when they get rid of there machines. The next guy gets it and then he sends it in and gets it tuned because over the years machines and coils get out of tune and then he comes up and thanks you for selling him the machine. There is nothing worse then someone coming behind you and saying I think you missed this one and this one and this one. Depth and ID are the only things that matter Period. Just MHO. :D: :D: HH Jerry aka Tinfoil
 
The 5900 is a very good detector....it is as deep as the XLT...could be deeper.
send it tp White for a tune up and you will have the XLPRO lill brother.
The Meter ID is hard to beat,
I had a 5900 for years....
 
[quote relics4plus]Well I am thinking about trading my faithful 5900 for a newer detector. I have found hundreds of relics with this machine and almost hate to get rid of it but I am hunting "hunted out" spots and the targets are deep and my good ole 5900 just barely pigs up a signal.I live in Maryland for the soil around here the Whites and Fishers seem to work the best though I have never used anything else.
I here so much about the new XLT's, the MXT's and so on.Any advise would be appreciated.[/quote]

[size=medium]Jay,

What I didn't see was the particular 5900 model you're referring to. There was the 5900 in the blue housing which was essentially the 6000/Di Series 3 to begin with. Then it progressed to the black-housed 5900/Di Pro SL 90, and even that had some circuitry variations until they settled in on the "Composite Board" (CB) as used in the final revision of the 6000/Di Pro SL.

I preferred the early 5900/Di over the freshly released 6000/Di Pro because the manual GB worked great and they had some 'bugs' in the auto-tracking circuitry of th 6000/Di Pro's. Now, having said that, I also preferred a competitor's model at the time for a lot of my hunting because the blue boxed White's had a poor balance and 'feel' that was quite fatiguing.

When the 5900/Di Pro SL was available with the 'CB' board revision, I took it up as my primary-use Target ID model. Today, if the weight an balance didn't bother me, and it was a 5900/Di Pro SL with the CB circuity board that you're referring to, then I'd probably consider having it checked out and brought up to current 'spec' as they were great performers.

But due to a bad back, shoulder, and other health issues, I just can't wield those bigger, heavier models any more. I prefer the 6000 Pro XL or later renamed XL Pro as the best analog display TID model from White's. Better balance, better battery system, great performance.

If you've got an earlier version, then I'd suggest moving up to a more modern model. The two models I'd choose today that provide a broader amount of TID info and very good ID at depth are the XL Pro from White's and the Explorer from Minelab.

Monte[/size]
 
Not knowing what model 5900 you have makes my answer two part..Of course if you have the real old blue one with 8 inch coil expect more depth from an XLT or perhaps a MXT. If you have the newer black S/L model doubt if there will be much of an increase in depth but a large decrease in weight..Certainly if you feel its not working like it used perhaps a trip to Whites for a tuneup as electronic parts may lose their efficiency over the years..Have to admit the workhorse 5900 may have lost its efficiency...Whites should give it a workover and have it purring like a kitten..
 
My advice is that if you're used to swinging that kind of weight you might want to hold out another month and look into getting one of the new White's PI machines (White's TDI). Myself, I've been using an MXT for the last year and half and really want something lighter and will probably buy an F-75. Like you I need a cutting edge machine to get a little more depth in some of the "hunted out" areas around here.
 
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