White spectrum xlt

[Hoze513]

I recently put money down and I still got it on layaway on a use white xlt with the rainbow coil. I have never use a metal detector with this much stuff on it. I want to know how deep can this machine go? And any other tips or advice about this machine will be appreciated? THANK YOU all for your time and help.

 

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[Daedalus]

Hoze513 there are to many variables to tell you what you are asking , I can say that this detector is a very good detector . And you will be able to find items far enough down in the dirt that you will get tired digging.
Coins are going to be anywhere from ground level to 8 to 12 inches down . And then there are time you will find them deeper and then less. Larger metal items can be found down to around 2 foot , depending how large they are and what they are made of.
You can be all over the scale trying to find out .
You will see that this machine will find things down just as good as any of the other name brands, the main thing you will find is that you have to learn the machine and the sounds , have a good set of headphones and go out and run it.
You will find what you need and want .

 

[Hoze513]

How are the regular programs on the detector are they any good and well they go deep? Is the coin program any good? Or are the other programs better? I'm mostly going to be hunting for coins and jewelry.

 

[Dwight S]

How are the regular programs on the detector are they any good and well they go deep? Is the coin program any good? Or are the other programs better? I'm mostly going to be hunting for coins and jewelry.

The engineers at White's made an exceptional machine. It was made about 15 years, if not longer. The programs are good, but you have to remember that they are compromises. They are not exceptionally "hot", but they will work in any soil condition. You can turn it on, set a program and ground balance and you are off hunting... You are not going to find silver dimes at 12" with the stock programming. To start out, the stock programs are what I would recommend using. Learn the machine and what it can do and how to program it. Once you have a pretty good grasp of the machine and the settings and what they do, start tweaking them and get that extra depth. You can do some internet searches and find some additional programs that others have tried, but remember that those particular programs are made by individuals that may prefer a differenct sound and may be hunting in different soil conditions than you are. How I'd approach it is print them out and compare them to the stock program settings in the owners manual. Try some basic modifications on the stock programming and see how you like it and if you understand how it changed the machine's performance.

I've had my XLT for 11 years and I am still learning what it can do. I can't see myself ever selling it, I will at least keep it for a backup.

 

[Hoze513]

Iam geting a use XLT and it has a few scratches and dents on it which I don't mind as long as it works. I don't think the guy at the pawnshop knows too much about the machine. What kind of tests can I do on the detector to make sure it is working properly? Thank you all for you time.

 

[Dwight S]

To start, download the manual from the White's website and read through the "quick start" section to learn how to get started. Then, you can do a bench "air test". Turn the machine on and go through the menu and find a program, coin or beach as they have the icons turned on. Get it set to hunt. Be sure the coil is hanging off of the counter so that you don't have interference from the metal frame of the countertop glass. Don't try to "ground balance" inside the store. You can test the machine without ground balance. If they'll let you take it outside to test it, you can go through ground balancing the unit and then test the unit with coins on the ground.

Take some pocket change and wave a coin in front of the coil to be sure it gives a good tone and that the screen gives you a VDI number and the correct coin icon shows up. If the shop owner has any silver coins, ask if you can wave one of them by the coil too to test it as well. Vary the distance from the coil to the coin and note the information on the screen and the sounds. The further away the coin is from the coil, the sound should be different and the info on the screen will change as well.

If you buy, be sure that the detector includes a rechargable battery pack & charger, a second battery pack for 8-AA batteries and manual.
If the AA battery pack is missing, one can be purchased from White's for around $10.
If the rechagable battery pack & charger is missing, you can purchase those as well for $50 & $40 respectfully.
The manual can be downloaded from the White's web site.
Reason I'm telling you this if for haggling purposes with the pawnshop.
REMEMBER, whatever they are trying to sell it for, they have MAYBE half that in it... You can get it for less than asking price, and if anything is missing use it for negotiations.
If you find after you buy it that something doesn't seem right about it, White's has EXCELLENT customer service, you can send it in and let them check it out and service it if needed.

Good luck and let us know...

 

[freddy williams]

When you use your machine don't just hunt in the coins mode hunt in the coins and jewelry mode you find more nicer coins and jewelry also. I would say depending on the items in the ground your looking 8 to 12 inches deep easy.

 

[rcliffor]

I have been using an SLT for 15 years. The factory coin and coin/jewelry programs are good compromises. You should be able find coins and jewelry down to about 5 inches with no problems or special adjustments.

 

[ANJ245]

Everyone here, including myself, will find it hard to believe. A half dime at nine inches with my XLT. It doesn't sound possible. It hasn't happened before or since. Maybe the stars were aligned just right. Maybe I hit on another coin beside it and didn't recover that one. Maybe it really happened in a dream, but I still have the half-dime. The screen said 9 inches. I didn't measure. It was probably closer to eight inches.

 

[liftloop]

Everyone here, including myself, will find it hard to believe. A half dime at nine inches with my XLT. It doesn't sound possible. It hasn't happened before or since. Maybe the stars were aligned just right. Maybe I hit on another coin beside it and didn't recover that one. Maybe it really happened in a dream, but I still have the half-dime. The screen said 9 inches. I didn't measure. It was probably closer to eight inches.

......... Doesn't matter you found it with a White's

 

[Adrian SS]

I recently put money down and I still got it on layaway on a use white xlt with the rainbow coil. I have never use a metal detector with this much stuff on it. I want to know how deep can this machine go? And any other tips or advice about this machine will be appreciated? THANK YOU all for your time and help.

In my opinion you have purchased One Of The Greats of metal detectors and will not need to buy another detector for many years to come....unless you need to go underwater or require a detector that is gold dedicated that will handle extreme iron mineralisation.

I am a Noobie where the XLT is concerned with only a few months under my belt but I have owned and used 38 other detectors over 48 years of detecting.

The XLT will talk to you once you have taken the time to learn it properly and take it from me, it will find coins way deeper than 8 inches depending on how you have it set up. Having said that; All of the coins in my Test Patch are down 8 inches and my XLT can find them all in each of the Pre Set modes. The TID is not always correct at that depth but accurate enough that I would dig the target.
I am in Australia and the ground in my test patch is lightly iron mineralised (by Aussie standards) and the mineralisation throws the TID off a bit.

I did have a few small probs at first re the Custom programs which caused me to seek advice from the XLT King, Jimmy Sierra and he set me on the right track.

You cannot go wrong with the XLT Spectrum; Stacked up against todays high tech machines it is still a top unit.

Cheers
Adrian SS