Why are some folks of the opinion that the analog meter on the 6000 XL Pro.................

[Kelley (Texas)]

will give a more accurate coin I.D. reading than a metal detector with a digital read meter? When push comes to shove, will it truly give a more accurate coin reading or is it possible that it is just easier to read? Wrangler

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

n/t

 

[OldeTymer]

Hi Kelly,

I'm not sure "more accurate" is the correct term to use when referring to the 5900/6000/XL Pro meter. My experience seems to be that it "locks on" harder than the digital units I've used, with perhaps the exception of the SunRay DTI-II meter on a Sovereign XS. In other words, the Whites analog meter doesn't seem to jump around as much on good targets as the digital units I've used. I really like the way this meter "works".

I have other detectors with meters as well. I really like the CZ analog meters too. I'm not as fond of the MXT meter, although I am fond of the machine for certain sites, and types of hunting I do.

Overall, my favorite all-around machine still seems to be the XL Pro. It's been that way since using my first 6000 series machine back in the '80's.

OldeTymer
TheTreasureLeague.com

 

[crazyman]

Especially in more mineralized ground. It ID's and locks on solid to the very edge of it's ID vs. depth capabilities and even after that with pracrice it will still give you very good clues by how the needle reacts to the deep target along with using the depth gauge and it's excellent ability to size the target.

 

[Dave Z]

The majority are lying next to or under trash or another coin.What's a penny lying next to a nickel going to read.My detector has a digital meter on it,but I rarely use it when deciding to dig or not.If the tone sounds good,i dig it.Only time I use the meter is when i'm cherry picking silver and quarters in a park or school.

 

[crazyman]

It will bounce between nickle and penny or penny and nickle depending on the direction of the sweep. I've dug hundreds of signals thru the years where the meter bounced from one target to another indicating several different targets close together and it's been right the majority of the time. That's one of the strong points of the analog meter. This just happened recently at an old ghost town. I got a signal that bounced back and forth between high pulltab, dime and quarter at different sweep angles. When I went into pinpoint to size the target it showed that there was more than one target there. At five inches I pulled out a seated quarter a seated dime and 2 indian heads. My XLT with it's averaging did not do nearly as well in IDing under the same circumstances.

 

[Dave Z]

I hunt mostly cellar holes,and never could get use to the way the analog meter would bonuce all over the place.