Whites Beach Hunter ID

Whites Beach Hunter ID

Chris Valerio in USA -
I own/have owned several top of the line water detectors and am liking White's Beach Hunter ID more each day! While it is not quite as stable as others, I tend to find things with it! It seems to have lots of sensitivity. So running the sensitivity too high is a mistake at times. I have found dimes up to 11 inches! I think the 9.5" coil is just right. However it should be a weighted spider coil design for better water hunting. The headphones are top quality and comfortable. The detector is well balanced and feels light.

I do not like the all metal/disc/reset toggle switch as it pops out of all metal at the slightest touch. White's confirmed that this is the way they are. Well, I say choose a better switch White's!!! I also do not like the battery closure device... a thin rubber O-ring that tears. I think White's can do better than that!
Best of all I love the light and tone I.D. All of the gold rings I have found give the same nice medium tone and a yellow light. Each time I get a solid medium tone and yellow light while hunting, I get excited and start seeing gold! So I guess this detector excites me and makes detecting fun!

I also like its bright yellow cheerful color. Somehow it makes me feel better! Perhaps it reminds me of gold?! Just dig all those yellow and blue signals... some gold rings close to the coil give a blue light/high tone. If you want one, buy it! Good Hunting!

Dec 14, 2003

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Whites Beach Hunter ID

Jean in USA -
The White's Beach Hunter ID is my first metal detector and I couldn't be more pleased with it!

Oct 12, 2003

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White's Beach Hunter ID

tomkat in stl-mo -
The beach-hunter id is easy to use, but if I was to do allot of water hunting (like if I lived in Florida) I think I would invest more into an ex-cal or cz-20, but for just a few times a year the Whites is fine. The bad is that the coil is not weighted and it seems to lack the ability to find deep items, but I've only been out a few times and performance may improve with the user (me) putting in more time. Also I have not tried it in salt water. I've hunted the beaches in western Florida with my 6000di but have always wanted to hunt the wet sand and water.

I'm going to Nags Head in June, so I'll put it to the salt water test. First time out I found a wedding band with three small diamonds at a close by fresh water lake and last August I found a platinum wedding band in Lake Michigan at Oval Beach. I hope to add more after the North Carolina trip. HH tomkat

Apr 13, 2002

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