xl pro

[bigjohn]

i sold my 6000sl pro a while back. and was sorry. i tried tessoro, minelab. fisher,ect. and nothing was like that ole analog. so just got in a xl pro and lovin it. i saved the rain/dust cover of the minelab quattro and it works great on the xl pro. not a perffect fit but good.
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[jmaryt]

i know how you felt!..did the same thing back in 2000!..traded mine
and always regretted it!..happy ending though, got a brand new one this year,and NEVER gonna let this one go!..i think it stands tall with any thing else out there for snipin' coins!..especially with the 5.3 loop combo!..(h.h!)

j.t.

 

[duggr]

I'm hanging onto my twins myself but added the new F75 to the group.
The XL Pro's are Deffinately worth hanging onto.I like them the more I use them.I have only had the F75 out for a couple hours or so, but
this is an Awesome detector! I like it Much Better than the
Gold Scanner Pro that I sold to fund the fisher purchase. Between the three detectors below,I have now need for My Prize mark-1 either.

 

[clondike clad]

Very nice setup no coins can hide from you.

 

[duggr]

I don't know Clondike, These coins around here are Pretty Smart.But since I got the Whites and Fisher there Getting awfully Nervous and Don't want to play hide and seek as much anymore! LOL

 

[Bill G]

[quote jmaryt]i know how you felt!..did the same thing back in 2000!..traded mine
and always regretted it!..happy ending though, got a brand new one this year,and NEVER gonna let this one go!..i think it stands tall with any thing else out there for snipin' coins!..especially with the 5.3 loop combo!..(h.h!)

j.t.[/quote]

Amen brother, I did the same a few years back and regretted it. I lucked out and picked up a new one last year and I will never get rid of it. The Xl Pro is my absolute favorite Whites detector as I have owned the DFX,MXT and the XLT as well in the last ten years or so and I still love the XL Pro.

I also picked up the 8" coil and the 5.3" coil. I am good to go now, I also have my Whites M6 as my second detector, a close second favorite to the XL Pro.

Take care,
Bill G

 

[jmaryt]

hi bill!
i sincerely believe that whitey would still be makin' this detector
if they legally could!..this unit Has to be what put them on the map!
they sold a lot of detectors with this circuit design for a lot of years!,but when they improved the circuit design by going to surface mount devices,and downsizing the detector,WELL they created one of the best coin finding detectors ever made..period!..that nasty little
"black max 5.3 coil of theirs,has also got to be one of the best concentric coils in the industry..what it does for the pro's performance envelope is truly amazing!..a really outstanding detecting
tool!..especially in an experienced user's hands!.the accuracy of that meter is stunning!..especially at depth!

regards!
(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[Bill G]

[quote jmaryt]hi bill!
i sincerely believe that whitey would still be makin' this detector
if they legally could!..this unit Has to be what put them on the map!
they sold a lot of detectors with this circuit design for a lot of years!,but when they improved the circuit design by going to surface mount devices,and downsizing the detector,WELL they created one of the best coin finding detectors ever made..period!..that nasty little
"black max 5.3 coil of theirs,has also got to be one of the best concentric coils in the industry..what it does for the pro's performance envelope is truly amazing!..a really outstanding detecting
tool!..especially in an experienced user's hands!.the accuracy of that meter is stunning!..especially at depth!

regards!
(h.h!)
j.t.[/quote]


J.T. you are so correct about the XL Pro, the black max coil, even the 8" coil works well as I have all of them. I have hunted with one for years and do prefer it over anything else I have had or tried, even like it better than the Whites premium DFX,XLT and the MXT, all great detectors in the right hands.

I did talk to Whites about the XL Pro and the procedure involved with the manufacturing of the analog components and regulations that had to do with it no longer being manufactured after 2005. That is when I decided to get another one and purchased the XL Pro I have now. They did say they would be able to service and repair the XL Pro for years to come, that is good news.

Long live the XL Pro...

Take Care, and happy hunting
Bill G

 

[Bill G]

It is funny though, Whites still produce the Sierra Madre (SL) metal detector and it has the analog meter on it with a different face plate than the XL Pro, and the small body like the XL Pro, it looks as if it is an analog detector.. without the discrimination circuit. ( Kellyco has them on there web page) and Whites shows them as a specialty detector.

Could Whites being telling us a story or a small lie about having to do away with the analog detector???? it is all in marketing and demand in the end... Most like the new digital meters and assume they are better as they do not know the difference when buying new... New sales more than likely dropped of on the XL Pro over the years do to the newer digital units and demand.

Most starting out in detecting have no idea how good the XL Pro or 6000 series detector where and like it when a coin picture, pull tab picture, ring picture pop up on the screen to tell them whats in the ground only to find out later that is not always the case not realizing how accurate the analog needle type meters can be. Do not get me wrong as I do like the digital meter on my M6 and the other Whites detectors I have had, but I still feel the analog needle meter is more accurate in field use.

In my opinion I do believe this was some of the driving factor in doing away with the XL Pro or 6000 series detectors.

Below is a post from the Tesoro forum a years or so ago about this very subject, It was written by a well known player in the industry,or detector design Engineer about analog detector technology.

Take care,
Bill G


(Quote about analog technology Below )

Everything in the real world is analog. Time, Temperature, Speed, Sound, Etc, Etc. It was a big jump when man figured out how to digitize these functions, and it may help in some number crunching operations to do them digitally versus in analog form. This is due to the finite range of digital numbers. The amount of resolution in a digital system can be fixed at some arbitrary number. An eight bit digital word yields resolution of 1 part in 255. A sixteen bit word yields resolution of 1 part in 65,535. An eight bit system is easier to develop than a 16 bit, but may not yield the desired accuracy. The choice of word length used by the digital system will determine its accuracy and resolution. Analog is always infinite. With microprocessors, it is easier to do some mathematical functions, such as division and multiplication digitally. Both analog and digital have their benefits as well as their drawbacks. A smart designer will use the proper format to achieve the best performance from his design.

The way analog circuitry is built does not differ from the way digital circuitry is built. The quote made by another manufacturer
Quote:
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By 2007, just about all original analog designs will be

 

[jmaryt]

hi bill!
you present a very interesting analogy!.i suspect that whitey's profit margin was shrinking on the analog models ,because there is more involved with their manufacture as opposed to digital models.
i believe this fact created a dilemma with whitey,in that they WANTED to continue to make them,however as we all know companies are in business to make money,and NOT to give anyone a break!..they also knew
that digital technology was here to stay,so whitey,wanting to stay current made a marketing decision in favor of the digital circuit...digital electronic components by their very nature ARE more economical to produce anyway.digital technology is less complicated than analog technology,especially in the manufacture of the components
all digital technology is the language of computers,which is "binary code"..zeros and ones!..nothing more!..much simpler than analog!

still in all of this,i feel that whitey could still continue to make the wonderful xl-pro if it was NOT for the marketing decision they made!.i believe they got caught off guard for the tremendous interest generated for the detector when they stopped producing it!
you must remember that a lot of us older guys cut our teeth on the
earlier series 2 and series 3 circuit designs of the eighties,and the pro was just anatural follow on for us!..i don't know about everybody else,but i found a ton of s*** with those detectors,and EVERY one of them had the outstanding analog meter!..as i and others have mentioned
before,when you attach the 5.3 coil to the pro,along with setting it up correctly for the site you are hunting,then you can stay with any "digital" detector made!

(h.h!)
j.t.