White's 5000/D GEB

[caheaton]

Hello, I recently purchased an F2 as an "upgrade" to my old White's. It does seem to perform much better then the old White's when discriminating (mine is an older, series 1 unit). However, I have a feeling (based upon past finds...I haven't used the White's much in all metal for ages) that when in all metal mode, the White's goes deeper. Now I'm curious...how would the White's compare to a modern, mid range detector (say, the AT Pro or the Fisher F5) when running in all metal mode?

I had been thinking of upgrading the F2 to the F5, At Pro or maybe even the GTP 1350, but a more economical solution (at least for now) might be to sweep the F2 over an area first, removing the bulk of the trash and then sweep again with the White's in all metal mode...listening and digging only the weaker signals.

Craig

 

[Sven]

You will find many of the older top of the line units of yesteryear can compete depth wise in all metal mode with many of the current detectors produced.
It's disc mode of current models that you will find superior. Other major difference is the weight, which is about 1/2 of what the detectors were. If you know your machine,
you'll find goodies. Many new models are effected by EMI which will make them suffer in performance. Lastly it all depends on the ground conditions, one machine will work great in your soils while others won't.

Your best buys with top performance are units made within the past 10 years and you can get them used at an affordable price.
I had a 5000 just like yours and found tons of stuff back in the day. Then switched to the Garrett Master Hunter ADS and found it to be deeper.
I'll go out on a limb here suggesting this but, I have found that used Tesoros will give you the best bang for the buck
in a meterless beep and dig machine that you can rely on not to break down. Find one with the manual ground balance.