Whites Prizm IV
Street Price $450 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 15
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MATT in HEBRON , CONNECTICUT -Watch the video and go. Easy to use, excellent pinpointing feature. Tried a couple others in this price range, garret ace 250 was comparable but did not have the build quality. Easy to read screen. If it says a quarter at 4 inches it is. This is my 2nd detector. If your a 1st time buyer you can't go wrong. A lot of fun. A LOT OF SALES AND DEALS OUT THERE SHOP AROUND.300-400
Dec 02, 2009
9 Yes
0 No
Great!!!!
brian in okc,ok usa -
My first detector, easy to use right out of the box. Feature are easy to use and to understand. Great for beginners and for experts.
Don't pass-up this company or this model(prizm IV). Still getting used to it ,but if its this easy right out of the box I can't wait till I have about a years worth of experience under my belt.
Nov 06, 2009
6 Yes
0 No
Excellant machine!
Erik Davis in United States, Tell City, IN -I had my prism IV since March of 2009. I had some troubles in the beginning with disc, and picking up accurate signals. What I have learned is it is very touchy and is more accurate when you use slow movements with it, when you pick up a signal with it, retrace every signal slowly and watch what type of metal your arrow is pointing to and repeating, you will get a good idea of what type of object your digging. Really high signals registering at 50 cent piece are normally iron objects, distorted signals means the objects to close, raise your detector up and over the area in a slow pass. " Slow passes over the signal is the key to this detector!" I have hunted in some really wooded areas and high grass, move very slow and even slower when repassing your hit signals. Use tone ID and only X out the nails. As far as using a pinpointer pro, forget that, this machine is awsome at pinpointing, I have found some of the smallest fragments of civil war bullets and muskette balls. I have found small buckles, buttons, a 1944 class ring, 1926 liberty quarter, 1850's lock, and more. Take my advise, small slow passes and you wont lose.
Good Luck!
Sep 15, 2009
14 Yes
0 No
Excellent overall easy to use detector
Anonymous in Fenton, Michigan -The Prizm IV detector is a great out of the box easy to use detector. The features on it are superb. The pin point feature is truly remarkable and will pinpoint almost dead on. The Smart Notch system really works great and makes a world of difference in helping with discrimination. The Prism IV also has an excellent Tone I.D. system that I find very helpful in identifing objects. All in all I am extremely satisfied with this acurate light weight unit.
Oct 31, 2008
30 Yes
2 No
3 years just purchased 2nd Prizm IV
Bill in Tampa, Fl. -I love my Prizm, and I have lots of detectors. Just purchased a new one with the 9" spider coil. These are good, solid, reliable detectors. Easy for a novice to operate. If its not working for you its broke or your not using it correctly. Been detecting since 1968. I think its the best in it's price range.
Sep 10, 2008
28 Yes
2 No
Prizm IV - Negative
casey in Piti, Guam USA -
Not having the same kind of success these other people have been having. For me, I call it my clad machine because that's all I've found. I've never found anything beyond 4 inches except for beer cans that give a false signal of a .50 cents and won't give you a bad tone until you're about a half inch over it. Never got a solid hit on anything beyond 3 inches so I figured uping my coil to a 9.5 was the solution - now I can't get a solid hit on anything beyond 2 inches.
Also, I was curious as to why I wasn't find any nickles so I tested one - the only way my machine will beep at one is if I make a super slow mo pass at it about an inch away. Also, it does give some phantom signals in the ring range on wet sand that will send my wife digging for hours with no result.
Aug 31, 2008
12 Yes
14 No
prism iv
glenn e in tennessee usa -To Bill in Tampa Florida. Don't carry your metal detector in a hot car trunk, you will ruin the electronics and void the warranty.
Sep 04, 2007
44 Yes
2 No
Still unsure
Raymond O. in Nashville, TN -I bought my Prizm IV about 3 weeks ago after having been away from the hobby for several years. My last detector was a Whites Eagle II. I wasn't looking to spend that much money right off the bat this time so I went with the Prizm IV. I have hunted with it and done pretty well in the coin finding arena. Not having the best weather lately I have been limited in my ability to get out and spend a full day hunting. I find the pin pointing ability of this machine to be a bit eratic. In other words for me, it has been hard to find the center point in which to dig my target. I find myself wishing that I had sprung for one of the more expensive Whites models. Something comparible to the Eagle II that I had. I would love to hear some feedback from those of you that have experience with the various Whites machines and tell me your thoughts.
Jan 23, 2007
16 Yes
5 No
Composition Correction
Seasoned_Pro in Washington State USA -I would love to see a metal detector employ the ability to determine metalurgical property and display that information accurately. However, to the best of my knowledge, that feature only exists on paper. Today's metal detectors, just like their original ancestors, depend on the laws of electromagnetic induction. That means that they measure conductivity or how "excited" the object in the ground becomes when subjected to eddy currents. There is a big difference between composition and conductivity. I scratch my head and wonder how a person can give an objective review when the basic fundemental operating parameters of ANY metal detector is grossly misinterpreted.
Jul 31, 2006
14 Yes
32 No
New to detecting but learning
Bill S. in Arkansas USA -I purchased a Whites Prizm 4 on Ebay used. I have had it about 3 weeks now. I have searched in my back yard, a little bit at the local park and at the beach. Sense I have never detected before I can not compare it to others but I can say this works great. I find everything. Once I learn to tell the different tones and get the pinpoint down so I dig less I will be deadly with this. I have found about two dozen coins and a gold wedding band already at the beach. This detector finds coins in the sand and dirt 8 plus inches deep. I say it?s better than some of the other brands because there are others that search the same beach I am and I am finding coins over places I am sure they have covered. Two nights ago I found a nickel buried 9 inches deep in the sand and clay. I do find a lot of soda can pull tabs but once I figure the toning out hopefully I will be able to skip them. It even hit on a copper line In my back yard I did not know was there that was buried a foot deep.
Jul 13, 2006
32 Yes
4 No
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