Whites Spectrum XLT
Street Price $800 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 30
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PonyLee in Southeast KY Coal Country -
I bought my first detector about 2 months ago. I fooled with Garrett's some in the army, sniffing out landmines, so I bought a used GTA 350 for 200 dollars. It's a nice machine does everything it says it will, but I live in Southeast KY coal capitol of the U.S. and the GTA was digging me to death.
I didn't know about ground mineralization. then I found out from Garrett's, so I started studying and searching. I was torn between the Minelab Explorer, the Garrett GTI 2500 and the Whites XLT.
Well the only dealer close was a Whites, so I went and he demonstrated an XLT. I had already talked to my uncle that had GTI 2500 Garrett, and my brotherinlaw in Florida has a Minelab Explorer, and both agreed try the Whites XLT, and if ya dont like it, one of us will trade with you.
I'll put it this way, I'd ask quite a bit of boot from either of them. I bought the XLT and I am crazy over it. I love my XLT its been right 98 percent of my digs, and I just love the ease of everything. Now I am in no way putting down Garretts or Minelab they both have excellent products, matter of fact in October for my b-day my wife is gonna buy me a Minelab Explorer, he he She just dont know it yet.
I love Whites XLT though I only need some accessories, and then I'm set. A small coil for trash areas, and a hot shot 15 inch bohemuth for seeing what's in China then I'm happier than a coondog with a big ol bone hope I've helped.
See y'all ponylee.........
Mar 12, 2003
4 people found this review helpful.
White's XLT
PonyLee in KY -OK, I need to tell y'all a few more things. I've read the other reviews like I said I live in KY and have the bad ground mineralization problem on depth and identifying.
I was at Laurel lake spillway beach last week, I got a number off the charts on my xlt it went into overload then i passed over it a little faster and at a slightly different angle, and it showed me a dime I pin pointed both, the piece of flat iron was at 11 and 1/2 inches just were it said. But here's the kicker, the dime showed to be 13 inches deep at the other angle, so i dug them and looky here, at exactly 11 and 1/2 was the iron but here's the kicker, exactly 1and 1/2 inches below the iron wich was 10 inches long and 8 inches wide was a 1966 dime, and i didnt have ta ask nobody with a garrett to pinpoint it. lol
my garrett gta 350 also went off on the iron but not the dime, my wife was speechless so much the next target she aquired she asked me to dig it for her, so i got down and was diggin when i heard a loud beep. i looked up my wife had my xlt 25 yards away smilin and I had the garrett next to me for a leanin post.
I had ta follow her around the rest of the day diggin her finds she wouldn't gimme my xlt back. just like a woman lol.
Hope i've helped someone, you cant expect to compare a brand new 2003 whites xlt to a 1995 garretts gta 350 i understand, but i will say i have hunted with my uncle and his gti 2500 and his mouth waters every time the xlt goes off.
You be the judge, different machines will act differently in different soils or states i learned this the expensive way..laters ponylee.........
Mar 12, 2003
13 people found this review helpful.