I Have to ask!!!!!:yo:

[LS hunter]

Do you guys think the T2 will get better Depth than the DFX...???I had 3 dfx and im telling ya i never got better than 7 inches,,,,,,!!!!! I have been THing for more than 20 years now So its was not me setting it up....Im looking to buy a T2.....I just had to ask>>>>Thanks Greg.....

 

[jmann]

Im waiting on t2se to come in today. But i have had f75 and 2 dfx and was a whites man for a long long time. Still love whites detectors but the f75 was superior in every way but build quality! More deptn quicker lighter and the user interface is fantastic. I will bet from what i hear t2 is just as good as f75 and therefore gona out hunt dfx everywhere except on the beach. Whites dual freq is going to shine there in my mind. Hope i helped you.

 

[dave5710]

I had a DFX 300, that a pulled a couple of coins with from 10 to 12". An 1894s quarter, which was so nasty that a collector wouldn't even use it as a filler. And a 192X wheat that was pretty rough as well. But that was the 300 or 12" coil. The problem I have with White's machines, has been if you lower this, you might need to raise that, then if you fiddle with another setting, then you have to change something else as well. Then of course you need to double ground balance, afterwards to find anything. It is too much to remember and takes to much time. With the T-2 I am ready to hunt in nothing flat, If it gets a little chatty, I just pull her back a little and go. Also my experience was 4 batteries in the T-2, would outlast 24 batteries in a DFX.

 

[SteveP(NH)]

I have used the T2 extensively and had a DFX for 2 years. I think the DFX is capable of depths as good as any other high end machine *if* it is setup just right. However a lot of people just use someone else's program or use the stock programs with the pre-amp gain and AC sensitivity cranked up and ignore the ground filters, sweep speed, recovery speed, etc and end up with the machine setup less than optimally for the field they are hunting in and so loose several inches of potential depth. Also even if you know how to set it up, it can be difficult to get all of the settings just right and so you don't get the depth you could get even if you just get one setting wrong.

So the DFX can get great depth but it is a pain to setup just right so you do get all of the depth it can give. With the T2 you just turn it on, set the sensitivity, discrm, audio mode, and ground balance then you get great depth with 30 seconds it takes to set those things. Plus it feels like the T2 only weighs half as much as the DFX. The only real advantage the DFX has over the T2 is that it can handle salt water beaches better with its dual frequency design.

 

[Mega]

I have had a DFX for 7 years and used it every week till 6 month back when i bought the T2 and it was the best decision that i have made and the dfx is my back up machine,the T2 takes seconds to setup and that is usually all it takes to go out detecting for the whole day but the dfx has a steepinitial learning curve and also you are constantly altering the settings PAG/AC but rather than sell my dfx and anyway i would not get a great amount for it these days i use it on the beach and also recently bought a 18inch coil to use it as a hoard hunter.

The T2 wins due to it being very light,easy to setup only seconds and it certainly is much much deeper than the dfx,another main reason that i use it as my main detector is when using 2+ on the tones it gives you a reliable grunt for iron and a high pitch for decent stuff with just a quick look at the screen to verify what the headphones have told you.

Some very nice detectors out in the last few years with some nice feature and prices to match but the T2 just gives me so much confidance and i am enjoying detecting again and that is what its all about finding some nice finds rather than constantly adjusting your detector all the time.

You certainly wont regret it.

 

[Elton]

I can't say that would be true everywhere.. I guess ground conditions, Ground Balance, etc would make a few differences in some circumstances...The DFX requires much more adjustment for max depth

Like you stated..my depth was limited to around the same figures you quoted with the DFX and so was the XLT... The T2 went beyond those limits .......... by just turning it on and setting sensitivity.
If you adjusted all available ( I didn't) on the DFX you might get more depth than the 6" maybe 7" I was able to get....... sweep speed etc makes a difference on the DFX........ I always thought of the DFX and the XLT as a Fiddlers dream machine.. Where as the T2 came out of the box ready and able to perform ........... No fiddling settings..just preference settings..

 

[LS hunter]

Thanks You did????Why or you going with the T2 if you had the F75???They look very much the same,I feel the same way you do about the build quility of the F75,I was with a friend on a relic hunt me with the v3 and he with the F75 ,I have to say It will out hunt even the V3 on relics ,He just dug a button about 8 inches got up reach down grab his detector to start swinging and off came the control box...He look at me and said did you see that all i could say was WOW...But just my openion the f75 will out dig the DFX AND V3!!

 

[LS hunter]

Thanks you did,,,,I had 3 DFX and none of them had good depth,,,I was on a relic hunt with a friend and he dug a button about 9 inches when he got up grab his F75 to hunt the control box just came off the shaft..He look at me and said did you see that all i could say is WOW....I never had that happen to any of my Whites detectors!!! So I'm with you on the build quality for sure.......

 

[LS hunter]

I have used the T2 extensively and had a DFX for 2 years. I think the DFX is capable of depths as good as any other high end machine *if* it is setup just right. However a lot of people just use someone else's program or use the stock programs with the pre-amp gain and AC sensitivity cranked up and ignore the ground filters, sweep speed, recovery speed, etc and end up with the machine setup less than optimally for the field they are hunting in and so loose several inches of potential depth. Also even if you know how to set it up, it can be difficult to get all of the settings just right and so you don't get the depth you could get even if you just get one setting wrong.

So the DFX can get great depth but it is a pain to setup just right so you do get all of the depth it can give. With the T2 you just turn it on, set the sensitivity, discrm, audio mode, and ground balance then you get great depth with 30 seconds it takes to set those things. Plus it feels like the T2 only weighs half as much as the DFX. The only real advantage the DFX has over the T2 is that it can handle salt water beaches better with its dual frequency design.

Well i have been hunting for over 20 years now my brother before me and he alway used white ..he also talk me into the DFX Belive me im not knocking the dfx or my V3 But i never seen mt self of my brother get good dept,,,The one thing i will say is he still has his first whites deteector never been work on...My v3 Shoot twice in the shop...The last time i got it back i took a lost in selling it...They all have there time and place i think.....Just seen a few T2s on hunts and man they dig deep....

 

[LS hunter]

I have had a DFX for 7 years and used it every week till 6 month back when i bought the T2 and it was the best decision that i have made and the dfx is my back up machine,the T2 takes seconds to setup and that is usually all it takes to go out detecting for the whole day but the dfx has a steepinitial learning curve and also you are constantly altering the settings PAG/AC but rather than sell my dfx and anyway i would not get a great amount for it these days i use it on the beach and also recently bought a 18inch coil to use it as a hoard hunter.

The T2 wins due to it being very light,easy to setup only seconds and it certainly is much much deeper than the dfx,another main reason that i use it as my main detector is when using 2+ on the tones it gives you a reliable grunt for iron and a high pitch for decent stuff with just a quick look at the screen to verify what the headphones have told you.

Some very nice detectors out in the last few years with some nice feature and prices to match but the T2 just gives me so much confidance and i am enjoying detecting again and that is what its all about finding some nice finds rather than constantly adjusting your detector all the time.

You certainly wont regret it.

Im with you there...Do you think its worth the extra money to go with the T2 SE over the T2,,???

 

[Digger70pa]

Older CZ's with the 10.5" coil are as deep as anything on the market.

 

[Mega]

I have had a DFX for 7 years and used it every week till 6 month back when i bought the T2 and it was the best decision that i have made and the dfx is my back up machine,the T2 takes seconds to setup and that is usually all it takes to go out detecting for the whole day but the dfx has a steepinitial learning curve and also you are constantly altering the settings PAG/AC but rather than sell my dfx and anyway i would not get a great amount for it these days i use it on the beach and also recently bought a 18inch coil to use it as a hoard hunter.

The T2 wins due to it being very light,easy to setup only seconds and it certainly is much much deeper than the dfx,another main reason that i use it as my main detector is when using 2+ on the tones it gives you a reliable grunt for iron and a high pitch for decent stuff with just a quick look at the screen to verify what the headphones have told you.

Some very nice detectors out in the last few years with some nice feature and prices to match but the T2 just gives me so much confidance and i am enjoying detecting again and that is what its all about finding some nice finds rather than constantly adjusting your detector all the time.

You certainly wont regret it.

Im with you there...Do you think its worth the extra money to go with the T2 SE over the T2,,???

I would have said that if you can push the boat a little further and buy the SE it maybe the better choice,although i only shoot the standard version from the hip as i still cannot see me ever using the cache and boost mode very often.They may well give benefits but it was not a case of not affording it but i feel that you only gain a very small advantage when detecting on long grass as i dont do that the standard T2 will do 99% and more of what i want from it.

 

[jmann]

Its only a few more dollars and im speaking fromVERY LIMITED EXPERENCE in my test garden the boost mode picks up couple inches that could mean the difference between a find in the feild. But like i say i only got mine today and i wouldnt take a pritty for it.

 

[colt]

The last one I used was a V3i, I was real impressed with it until I got the T2 Ltd, I will not bash White's but the T2 with the 5" coil had more depth in air than the V3i with the 10" D2. I sold the V3i and plan on keeping the T2 Ltd.

Colt

 

[LS hunter]

I'm with ,Whites has it place in the Detecting world I had not one but two high end whites detectors. The spectrum and the vision ,We all know the newer whites detector gets a little more d epth than the DFX,I have hunted side by side with the T2 with both high end whites detectors and got my butt handed to me ,In depth.. The one thing I know whites has over most other Detector company are there Service department , I know of any detector inc that would shop out a 1,500 detector out and say just mail the other one back because the customer needed his machine for a trip,Whites did just that for me with my vision V 3,,,Im hunting in Old school that open up in the 1930s ,Been Thing there for more than 8 years pull out some nice silver but I'm having trouble hiring the deep silver witch in running from 7 to 12 inches....I used a friends T2 and low and behold pull out a walking liberty and I know it had to be 10 to 14 inches down I pulled three plugs out and the plug is 4 x 5....What had me was the I'D was still working at that depth ...Did well all day pull out 9 pc of silver even a Barbara .....Well not sure about the T2 SE but the T2 is for me.......

 

[LS hunter]

I just want to clarify I'm in no way knocking whites ,Know matter what detector one has if u put your time in with it a learn it you will do good...Thank you guys for all your help....