Whites Coinmaster
Price: $180
Avg. Score: 
4.21
Based on 19 reviews
4.21Based on 19 reviews
Avg. Durability:
4.27
Avg. Ease of use:
4.55
White's coinmaster
April 24, 2013
Great machine for the beginner once you learn how to use it.
Has good depth, in my opinion.
Max Depth: 10 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
David Earl from
VA.
142
Ring Magnet
August 09, 2012
Good starter machine, simple operation and display. It's not the detector, it's the detectorist. We have a DFX and a Coinmaster. We've found more rings and jewelry with the Coinmaster because it's lighter and quicker to use.
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Dave from
San Jose CA
113
Waste of cash
July 17, 2012
I bought the whites coinmaster metal detector to use as a hobby. Within
the first month all I found for coins was 3 pennies and a dime. These
coins were all after 1981. I also found a lot of nails and other junk. It
takes about 5 minutes to assemble. The discrimination feature is poor, you
cannot trust what it says on the screen. For me, it was always wrong.
From the location to the depth and discrimination, it all failed. My friend has a 50 dollar detector with no screen, his works just the same if not better than mine. There is nothing wrong with my machine, which makes me question the quality of white’s electronics. I would never recommend this to anyone. The detector costs somewhere around 180 dollars.
If you decide to return it (like me) you will have to pay for shipping and an additional 20 percent restocking fee. At first I thought I should keep it and live with the lack of quality, but then I figured it was better to lose 20 percent, than 100. Since you only have 30 days to decide it makes me wonder if the whole thing is a money sucking scam. If you are a rookie to this hobby I would recommend that you take a good look at this review before you consider purchasing the white’s coinmaster medal detector. I would rate this detector 5 of 10.
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bob from
wilson wisconsin
3442
Good Detector for the money.:
March 04, 2012
I already have a couple of higher end detectors, but couldn't resist buying
an almost new Coinmaster just to see how good it really was. My area is
fairly mineralized so I wasn't expecting much depth and to make the cheese
more binding I took it to an area where EMI gives my two higher end
detectors absolute fits. Upon trying the Coinmaster out in that spot, it only needed the sensitivity dropped two or three notches to handle the EMI with ease and while it only found coins down to five inches, that is all the deeper I've ever found any coins at that site no matter what detector I used.
Some people say they have trouble pin-pointing the Coinmaster, but I suspect that is because they don't use a hand held pin-pointer and there is a secret to properly pinpointing with the Coinmaster. First is cut way back on your sensitivity when having trouble pin-pointing. Then "X" the spot with the coil, very carefully listening to where you get the highest sound from each direction. With practice your target should be located inside the inner edge of the inner circle of your coil, especially if also using a hand held pin-pointer.
If wondering if a target is trash or a penny, try notching out everything except the last disc. notch, then when you have a target jumping back and forth between your highest trash setting and lowest penny setting, try notching out your highest trash setting. If you are still getting a penny reading, chances are it really is a penny. When getting a dime or quarter signal, try lowering your sensitivity reading when pin-pointing to also determine the size of your target as some trash depending on their metal content will read just like a dime or quarter except for it's size.
All of this will take time to learn, so give yourself a chance to learn the in's and out's of the Coinmaster. The one feature I don't like about the Coinmaster is being unable to notch "in" just nickels, while notching "out" everything else on each side of it. I did try air testing the Coinmaster on a very small child's 10 karat gold ring and it was hitting on the ring at 7" which is outstanding and it rang up exactly where it should have at the "Foil and Ring" setting or just below the nickel setting.
Overall I'd give the Coinmaster a (5) star rating as an entry level detector because of how well it worked in a very difficult location.
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Russ from
Northern PA
584
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January 12, 2012
Received coinmaster as Christmas gift. Having a great time with my new
hobby. Already found almost $20 dollars in change and an 1858 penny 8
inches down, also went to beach and found a piece of white gold off of a
necklace. No problems so far. Great buy for the money. Looking forward to
my next outing.
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Mike from
Easton maryland
241
Whites coinmaster
December 25, 2011
Had this about 6 months. Good value for money and good depth, but the
pinpointing lets it down, already had it back to whites for ground balance
issue - but was returned to me doing exactly the same thing. Cant really
complain for the price tho.
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Mr Haynes from
UK
711
Nice detector
May 02, 2011
It is a solid detector. Works great on land and in the dry sand, not the
best in wet sand. Have found many coins with it and hits targets at about
7"
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Jack from
NJ
381
Newby-1st Detector
September 10, 2010
Had a friend that has a Whites. Reviewed an Ace 250 and the Coinmaster.
Bought the Coinmaster and I am very happy. From research it appears that
the Coinmaster is really a Prizm 3 with different color housing to attract
the first timers away from Garrett. I've only been out 3 times & found
old dimes, pennies, nickels, and some nails. Better spots will improve
things! For the $ it's the best out there!
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Rikko from
Ohio
621
Great detector at the price
July 18, 2010
This is a solid detector for the money. We prefer it to the similar priced
Garret Aces. Lightweight, easy to learn and use, easy pinpointing, long
battery life. We take it out hunting with a White's DFX and it holds its
own.
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DaveMill from
Silicon Valley, CA
748
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