White's Classic ID

[Dirt Poor]

Passed one up in a pawn shop yesterday that I could have gotten for 100.00. It worked, but was not "like new" by any means. In good condition, though. Can't seem to find much info on this model. I was wondering how comparable it would be to an M6?

 

[Dirt Poor]

Oh, well....Guess it's a good thing......

 

[Hombre]

Passed one up in a pawn shop yesterday that I could have gotten for 100.00. It worked, but was not "like new" by any means. In good condition, though. Can't seem to find much info on this model. I was wondering how comparable it would be to an M6?

That is a good detector in the iron, runs smooth and quiet in the nails......not a bad price either

 

[GoGoGopher]

Here is a link to the manual for this detector

http://media.whiteselectronics.com/manuals/Classic%20Manuals/Classic%205%20ID%20Instruction%20Manual.pdf

HH,

 

[Dirt Poor]

Thanks!! I hear that it's not a very deep machine, though. I am doing alot of re-hunting old ground, so it may not be for me.

 

[Hombre]

Thanks!! I hear that it's not a very deep machine, though. I am doing alot of re-hunting old ground, so it may not be for me.

I would'nt put a lot of faith in what you hear/read, a friend of mine and I do too, have one of these fine units. He has a Classic ID,and I have an IDX Pro modified by Mr. Bill, both are very simple and basic detectors without any bells and whistles other than a segmented ID meter and a trigger operated all-metal mode. We can both run full sensitivity without instability in most places, and if they are ground balanced proper, they are above average on depth of detection. Even without the Mr. Bill modification (outside contro knob adjustment for threshold and ground balance) they can be adjusted by peeling back the american flag decal on the body of the detector and adjust ground balance. I found the Classic ID for my friend and when I recieved it, I checked it out for him, put batteries in it and checked for proper ground balance by going to all-metal mode and pumping the coil to the ground and listening for any changes in threshold sound. It was adjusted perfectly (slight rise in threshold) and when checked in my 'ol coin garden it proved to be as deep as my modified IDX. The last time out with my IDX Pro, I recieved a 'weak' signal through my headset and the meter indicated zinc penny, I dug down past seven inches and pulled an Indian Head penny. This was with the little 5.3 BlackMax coil.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

That is a standard 2 filter discriminator. As such, it's not going to go deeper than today's power-houses, for things like turf, beach, etc... Also, it will not do as well in nasty soils either. However, as others have aluded to, where these machines excel, in seeing in and around iron. Like in ghost-town like environments, where depth isn't the issue, but seeing conductive targets under nails IS the problem. In those environments, you will run circles around the more expensive deep seekers. So ...... it all depends on where you intend to use it.

 

[Eric]

It is a nice detector... had a few of them and always regret selling them. Just got a classic 5ID....

 

[Dirt Poor]

Thank y'all for the replies! Very informative!

 

[Monte]

Passed one up in a pawn shop yesterday that I could have gotten for 100.00. It worked, but was not "like new" by any means. In good condition, though.

I was informed when the Classic ID would come out of production and I went to White's that day to get one. At the time, in the late '90s, it seemed like a strong push was the key to manufacturer's marketing, and dealers promoting, the top-of-the-line models. Sadly, I spoke with way too many dealers who didn't stock the Classic series, didn't understand the simple Classic series, and, regrettably, didn't promote the Classic series. Very sad.

I got my Classic ID with the standard 8" coil so I nabbed a 4" coil to compliment it. That was/is the Blue Max 350. Shortly after, about a month and a half, I hit the road to call on some friends and work some of my favorite old city parks, torn up renovation, and long-productive ghost towns. For general coin hunting tasks the 8" coil does OK, but at the time I used the 4" Snooper coil the most because I was working in a lot of dense iron junk most of the time. I would like to have had a little better depth, but the 4" Snooper coil served my needs just fine.

Later, I picked up another Classic III SL and mounted the 4" Snooper coil on it to serve as my full-time small-coil detector. The 950 off the Classic III SL I sold (didn't need two of them) and put the 8" from the Classic ID on my XLT. Kept the XLT's 950 on a spare lower rod and stuck a 6

 

[PaolaGKorman]

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[Joel-Winnipeg]

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[Aesop]

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RockNRollJunkie, is that you?? Nah, it couldn't be....could it?

 

[Dirt Poor]

Passed one up in a pawn shop yesterday that I could have gotten for 100.00. It worked, but was not "like new" by any means. In good condition, though.

I was informed when the Classic ID would come out of production and I went to White's that day to get one. At the time, in the late '90s, it seemed like a strong push was the key to manufacturer's marketing, and dealers promoting, the top-of-the-line models. Sadly, I spoke with way too many dealers who didn't stock the Classic series, didn't understand the simple Classic series, and, regrettably, didn't promote the Classic series. Very sad.

I got my Classic ID with the standard 8" coil so I nabbed a 4" coil to compliment it. That was/is the Blue Max 350. Shortly after, about a month and a half, I hit the road to call on some friends and work some of my favorite old city parks, torn up renovation, and long-productive ghost towns. For general coin hunting tasks the 8" coil does OK, but at the time I used the 4" Snooper coil the most because I was working in a lot of dense iron junk most of the time. I would like to have had a little better depth, but the 4" Snooper coil served my needs just fine.

Later, I picked up another Classic III SL and mounted the 4" Snooper coil on it to serve as my full-time small-coil detector. The 950 off the Classic III SL I sold (didn't need two of them) and put the 8" from the Classic ID on my XLT. Kept the XLT's 950 on a spare lower rod and stuck a 6