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Whites DFX, XLT

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oywind

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Hi, I saw a Whites dfx review on youtube with Norfilk Wolf (John Lynn) and it looks like the DFX made a bad performance compare to other detectors. Anybody else seen this?

Oywind
 
I don't pay any attention to reviews especially on YouTube. The DFX was White's flagship for many years with just cause. Once learned, the DFX is an amazing detector which is over shadowed now by the V series but does not degrade the DFX's capabilities at all. There are a number of people who did not learn how to use the DFX to the best of their capabilities and it is those people who have little good to say about the DFX, they just can not or refuse see themselves as the weak link.

Any review of any detector can be made to look stellar or a dud by changing just one adjustment.
 
Okay, it was the factory settings on DFX in this video on youtube, but so was it for all the other detectors to. And they can also be adjusted to go deeper and so on.
I think the reviewer Mr John Lynn who was one of the moust experienc metealdetectorist in UK was little suprised too by the result of the DFX, I think he expected more from this overpriced detector.
 
Factory settings were lame on the DFX, but done on purpose so everyone starting off learning the detector will get a stable running detector. You are then expected to make adjustments for your hunting conditions and style which varied greatly due to location. White's then when a little overboard with the V3 introduction and got the factory setting a little too hot for some users and they had to be tamed a little for stability. Factory setting on any detector is just a starting point although the V3i had some pretty nice factory programs....:clapping:
 
Thats god to hear. :) I'm asking because I got a very god price on a dfx, so I just asking to make up my mind. The V3i is litle bit expencive for now.
 
Oywind:
I have used the DFX for over 10 years and the XLT before the DFX came out and I'm still surprised with my finds. And after all this use ....I still use the tweaked stock
programs and get great results. I use other detectors at times now because they are light weight. I would have a new V3 now if they could have lightened it up a bit but
may still end up getting one.
 
My wife, no more than 3 hours ago, pulled a silver nickle out of our back yard with a DFX. I have no less than 200 hours on the back yard without a silver coin to show. I use an etrac and a v3i...... Do you know how this makes me feel?:yikes:

I am happy to have bought it for her.
 
Is there a big difference between e trac and the V3i when it comes to discrimination, and recognize good targets?
 
I guess I don't understand the XLT in your subject line?

Also we do not compare detectors on this forum. We will be glad to answer questions relating to White's products though.

Product comparisons are limited to the Metal Detecting, Views and Feedback forums.
 
oywind said:
Is there a big difference between e trac and the V3i when it comes to discrimination, and recognize good targets?
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It is all a matter of opinion. I would say no.

I did however find 2 wheat cents at a hunted to death park at 8" that I doubt I would have ever found with my v3i. On larger silver I would give the nod to the v3i. For ultimate depth in sand and moderate soil the v3i. In difficult soil the etrac may gain 1". For overall performance the v3i has been reining supreme for me. Pinpointing is an essential part of park hunting, the v3i takes the lead there. Emi suppression goes to the etrac with the noise cancellation feature. If you relic hunt for brass and gizmos along with coin shooting and are not afraid to invest some time in the machine the v3i is the way to go.

If you simply coin hunt and want a turn on and go machine with great capabilities and dont care about diggin huge holes the etrac is the machine. You will however dig much more iron and dig many more questionable signals and occasionally you will get lucky. I am going to fire mine up and see what the back yard is still hiding.

Its nice to have both.
 
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