Whites DFX
Street Price $1000 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 45
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Paid for itself in 3 months
Vern2sjc in Orange County Calif -Having never detected before and researching different detectors, I choose the DFX, still learning the setttings but the first 3 months of just hitting the beaches in Southern Cal. found over $2500 in coins and jewelry. I use the detector with the Bigfoot coil now and the finds are even faster.
Apr 22, 2005
17 people found this review helpful.
DFX (Incredible)
Mark Tims in NE Texas -The DFX is the 4th detector that I have owned. My finds inreased by at least 50% immediately. I found my first gold ring the first week that I got it. I went back to the parks and places that I had hunted and hunted with my other detectors and it was like starting over. I started picking up coins everywhere, totally awsome! Definitly has a learning curve but well worth learning! Evertime I go out I learn more things that this amazing machine will do. The preprogrammed programs are all that most people will ever need but nice to know that you can make any changes to suit your own conditions and locations. All I can say is WOW!
Feb 24, 2005
28 people found this review helpful.
Complicated, But Effective
R.L. Johnson in NE Ohio -
I am an experienced detectorist who has owned just about all of the mid to high priced detectors made. The DFX was the last high end detector that I had not tried, so one month ago, I traded another high end detector for a new DFX. There doesn't seem to be many used dfxs out there.
I had an Explorer xs that I used for over 500 hours and made many outstanding finds with, so the computer menu was not going to intimidate me. I was wrong, making field adjustments with the dfx was timely, way too many adjustments, some I hadn't ever heard of. But, I turned the rig on and within two minutes of starting, I had a 44 year old 10k class ring. How did I do it? I really don't know. I was in the factory coin and jewelery program with the ac gain bumped up. 6 to 7 inches deep with a nail over it.
Second time out, I go to my neighbors 165 year old house that I have hunted up down and every which way. I tried the factory hi pro eeprom program and within five or ten minutes, I get an 80 vdi at 7 to eight inches. First target out of the ground is a square nail at 4 inches. I rescan the hole and targer is still there. I dig with my hand and out pops an Indian Head(1872 and the best dug IH ever) worth 200 to 300 dollars.
Third time out at a large park that I have hunted hard. Too much trash to hunt, so I hunt in the eeprom hi trash mode. I found 18 or 20 coins including a couple of wheaties and I am about ready to quit when I get a nickle reading at 6 inches on the side of a steep hill. A bent, beat up three legged Buffalo.
Three hunts, three outstanding finds. I just don't feel comfortable with this detector. I have not dug so many pull tabs that ID as coins since my early days of detecting. It gets you so frustrated and then it will reward you with a nice find. Maybe, it's me, but this detector is like a beautiful woman, it's hard to give up on. I do wish the adjustments could be made quicker and some of the adjustments that most people will never use or understand would be eliminated.
Jan 05, 2005
48 people found this review helpful.
More hype than substance
Screwed again in USA -
Simply put, you don't spend $1000 to play with programs in hopes of making your metal detector work. The DFX may in fact prove to be an ok machine someday for me. But, in the mean time, don't waste your money. Pick another model, like the XLT, or go to a different brand.
Borrow, steal, or rent the machine you hope to purchase, before you do, and try it in a known coin garden. If the machine dosn't work in a planted garden, why would it work in the field?
In this case, the DFX has not been able to find 9 coins, 4 clad at eight inches, and 4 more at six. Quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies in that order. Except with one wheatie for giggles at six.
The soil in my test garden is clayish, and clean of iron. So, if a $99 radio shack knows where the coins are (doesn't know what though), then the DFX should at ten times the price right??? Errrrr, uh,, nope!!!!!
The $99 Radio Shack doesn't need to be tweeked, or a favorite program loaded.. Time spent farting around with programs could better be spent finding old coins with a good machine. And no, I am not trying to sell Rad Shack stuff either. But, that model that was on clearance for the past year outperforms the DFX , and also the more expensive Rad Shack models, and a couple from Fisher as well in my garden .
Leave the DFX to those who also like the Whites Bullseye pinpointer.. Another cute little black box that doesn't work too well either. They should give one away to every sucker who buys a DFX. ALSO,, TELL WHITES TO KEEP THEIR 14" DD Eclipse coil. It doens't work, and is not stable.. SEE HOW MANY HAVE SOLD ALREADY ON EBAY??? Proof for you.. If the "new" coil and DFX are so great, why are they being sold in such numbers??? Caveat Emptor. Also, Whites should tripple the warranty cause it may take that long to learn how to use the DFX effectively
Dec 13, 2004
78 people found this review helpful.
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Mr007S in USA -The dfx with a big foot or hot foot coil is the best coin and jewelry finding machine for any price. The sock coil is good but I can run he others a lot hotter.
Nov 04, 2004
19 people found this review helpful.
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texkinsey in USA -Superb, if you have alot of detecting experience, will work everywhere, can be adjusted to do about anything, one of my top three favorites!
Sep 17, 2004
12 people found this review helpful.
Whites DFX
John Kavanagh in USA -It is the deepest detector and the features are endless. Very sophisticated technology.
Sep 17, 2004
13 people found this review helpful.