Dear White’s,

I would like to share this story with your readers.

According to history books, Union Civil War troops came through an area not far from where I live and spent the night on April 8th, 1865. A friend of mine asked and had received permission from the farmer to metal detect on the land of that union encampment. It was raining when we got there and we had to wait for it to let up enough to detect. I entered a wet, just-cut stubble of a hay field and started detecting with my White’s DFX, and within less than a minute I dug a white-coated Spencer bullet... the first sign that; "They were here". Soon my friend dug a couple of civil War bullets as well and we knew we were in the right area.

I went down a hill toward the woods and got a good signal that was fairly shallow, 2 or 3". I cut a muddy plug with my shovel and saw the corner of a Civil War belt plate sticking out of the dirt. My heart jumped a few beats, but when I picked it up all that came out was half of a plate. I was happy and disappointed at the same time. The plate looked to me like it had been struck by a plow many years ago, and if that were the case, the other half of the plate could be nearby.

I studied the field and decided which way a tractor would plow the field; then I started working in that direction both ways, hoping that the rest of the plate had been pushed a short distance away. Sure enough, about 15 minutes later and nine feet away, I got another good signal a little deeper, 6" or so, and got the other half. The second half seems to be all there but had a large bend almost 90 degrees in the middle.

After getting home, I washed the mud off and cleaned it up a bit. Then I got a pair of rubber-tipped pliers and gingerly tweaked the plate back in shape as best I could. There was some slight cracking and popping going on, but I had to get it somewhat flat. It is an 1840's militia belt plate that continued to be in use throughout the Civil War. To me it is a great find, and the challenge of finding the other half only added to the hunt. But I never doubted the outcome... if it was there, the White’s detector would find it.

Vernon  

Hello White's,

I am writing to share with you my most valuable find to date. Although it may have little monetary value, to me it is priceless. Please read on and you will see what I mean.

A while ago I asked my cousin for permission to hunt on his property. He is the owner of an old mill tenement house built around 1880 or so. It has been in his family since 1900 and my grandparents rented one of the apartments from his grandparents. While detecting the property I got a strong signal of a Penney at 7 inches. I retrieved the target and it was this Mass Voluntary Militia first class marksmen's badge. I placed it in my pouch and continued hunting. A while later my cousin came out to see if I had any luck. I showed him some of the coins I found, a mercury dime and several wheat pennies. Then I showed him the badge. He like me found it interesting and then went on his way.

A month later my cousin called to tell me he had done a little research on the badge. I was amazed to find out that the badge belonged to my Grandfather who served in the M.V.M. You see my Grandfather passed on when I was only 8 months old, I never knew him and until now never had anything of his to cherish as belonging to him.

The most valuable find I have is not the many silver coins I have found or the many pieces of jewelry I have found. The most valuable find I have is a small piece of my heritage that I would never have if it was not for this hobby and the great products you manufacture. I have owned an MXT going on 6 years now and when I go detecting it is a new adventure every time.

Thanks for the great detectors and keep up the good work!

Gordie-Pres.-G.T.H.C.  

White’s,

To boldly go where no man has gone before! 

I found this diamond engagement ring May 14th at about two inches while sorting through the pull tabs under a huge Ponderosa Pine in a Salida, CO City Park. This stately pine tree is obviously a favorite beer drinking venue as evidenced by the scores of pull tabs scattered both above and underground under its branches.

I used the built in capability of White's DFX to differentiate between the pull tabs and the engagement ring. Metals respond with different values to different search frequencies. The DFX searches at two different frequencies and displays a third "normalized" 6.6 KHz frequency when activated. Both pull tabs and small gold rings will display a "normalized" AC visual display index (VDI) value of about 20. The 15 KHz, or DC Phase VDI, value of pull tabs is usually in the mid 60"s verses small gold rings displaying a value the mid 40's or lower. DC Phase is a parameter turned on the pro options, shown on the upper right side of the user display, and activated in the pin pointing mode.

I find that I am much more productive for the time I spend swinging a coil when I use DC phase as part of my standard search programs. It gives more target information allowing me to spend less time digging undesirable items. The White's DFX is the only metal detector I know of that has this capability. It simply helps me find more of the good stuff.

John H.  

Dear White’s,

I have been metal detecting for about 5 years now with my best friend Dan. We wanted to share some of the colonial buckles I have found, they were all about 9 inches deep. It just amazes me that these relics keep popping up.

The DFX is just outstanding and durable; I might add these sites we have been to have surely been hunted before, judging from past dig holes that are still there. We go in snow, rain, you name it I’ve been soaked, frozen, stung by bees and horse flies. I guess you could say my friend Dan and I are diehards, but love it. Some of the best finds come when you least expect it, detecting has just become part of my life, and I am very grateful for that.

Thanks White’s,

Chris from CT.