Whites TDI

Probably not for a newbee..

Newbee in Unknown location -
I bought a TDI as my very first machine, I was mostly interested in finding nuggets and got frustrated digging trash at a foot or more. I found it sensitive to all types of metal and was a bit more than I bargained for. One thing I found, it will not pick up very small nuggets, I was also disappointed with that, and brought it to the dealer, and he explained that's the way it was designed. He was very gracious and offered a refund and swap me a GMT with a $50 buy back fee. I took him up on it, and am pleased with the GoldMaster. I like the Iron Id and the auto ground balancing. If Whites could include those along with depth estimation in the TDI I probably wouldn't have traded it in. With practice a person may be able discern the trash by the tones.

If you have lots of time and like to dig, I'm sure it's a great machine for some people, but not for me. Maybe in a year or two I'll be ready to learn the TDI, but I was looking for something a little less advanced.

From my limited experience I'd venture to say it's not a machine for a novice.

Sep 04, 2009

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I love my TDI

Ragged Ronald in Boise, Idaho -
This machine works better than any VLF in any ground any time, the TDI is simply amazing it finds targets a VLF will never find in mineralized or nonmineralized ground, if anyone tells you that a VLF works better in nonmineralized ground they have never used one!! I own my TDI and several top of the line VLFs nothing and I mean nothing in the VLF lineup can find a target like a TDI can! I purchased this guy to find nuggets but it works well on everything else, this well enginered machine will amaze you, I consider it a bestbuy and the best metal detector I have ever owned!!!!!

Jun 04, 2009

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great PI

Rick in Richland,WA -
I recently purchased this Whites and have not had much feild time with it but it is very light and sensitive to small targets, no meter just tone ID and ground balance, I primarily purchased it for nuggett shooting and that will be mostly what I try to do with it, with this unit I should also find lots of trash, but thats ok this PI should find everything esp in my highly mineralized soil where my VLFS loose lots of depth and ability to ID targets correctly, thats where this PI really shines!

Jan 25, 2009

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The TDI PI

Rick in Tri-Citys WA -
This is my first Whites metal detector and my first pulse induction unit so far there is not much info on this unit but it does detect very deep and if your a gold prospector this is your unit for nuggett shooting, it is less expensive than some of the other units on the market, it is very light, and farly easy to learn to use, also minelab SD and GP search coils are compadable with this detector, it is an all dig detector but that is the way I run most of my VLF units.

I don't like to miss targets, this thing is fun to use, some people find the battery lights distracting but I do not, it is a ground balancing PI so it handles difficut ground pretty well and it is fairly immune to outside electrical interference. All in all a pretty good PI detector.

Jan 22, 2009

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