Hi!

Well, I successfully made it out into my yard with my new MXT. It became apparent quickly, on my first try, that the 300 loop the detector came with was just too big and so I picked up the 5.3 coil. Trying again, it was much better at separating out multiple targets. After three hours last night my yard yielded in a 3 by 5' area:

17 nails

2 Christmas lights

1 Light bulb base

2 Pieces of foil

1 Section of dog chain

1 Gate turnbuckle

32 feet of copper pipe

1 Screw

1 Nut

1 Iron pipe cap

2 Pennies (1 wheat)

So not a get rich story but a very happy one because I am very pleased with finding items as deep as 19" with the 5.3 coil, the ability to switch between prospect and coin modes on the fly (very helpful!) and the exercise I got in. The Bullseye II was also a fun little toy and very handy once I got the feel for it.

I am so stiff and sore today, but what a blast!

Chris C.

Dear White’s,

I have been using an older White’s detector and really like it. I found a lot of jewelry and coins with it, but jewelry is what I like to find. When White’s announced the M6, my husband called the local dealer and ordered the first one he could get. He gave it to me. I was not happy. I liked my detector and did not want to change. We were going to a Georgia beach the next week, and I told him that I would try the M6.

After one day of using the M6, my older White’s detector became my backup. I have found at least one good piece of jewelry every beach trip for the last three years. We were detecting Myrtle Beach about a week after Spring Break. We were on the downtown area beach which is crowded during the day and heavily detected in the afternoon.

My first good find was the nicest crucifix that I had ever found. That would have made my day but the best was yet to come. Later I moved down into the wet sand. After several coins I got what could have been a zinc penny signal. I dig everything above 6 VDI, so I scooped. The target was about six inches deep. I shook the sand out and looked inside. It was what I consider my best find ever, not because it was the largest class ring that I have ever seen but because it was something that I might get to return one day.

My goal in this hobby has been to find something that I could return to its owner. When we got home my husband and I started the search. The high school at first was no help. All they would say was, "Send us the ring.” After two months of dead ends, my husband called the school again. This time they agreed to take his name and number. Twenty minutes later the young man's mother called my husband. I don't know which one was more excited. She told him that Luke, her son, had paid for the ring himself and that they lived near Myrtle Beach.

Luke had lost it during Spring Break. We were going back down to the beach in a couple of months so we set up a surprise for Luke. She did not tell him that my wife had found his ring. When we got to the beach his mom sent him to our motel room to pick up a package for her. When he opened the package it was a very emotional moment.

He said that he had borrowed detectors and had asked guys on the beach to try to find his ring. Finally he gave up. Seeing the look on Luke's face when he saw his lost ring again made this my best find ever. This stretch of beach is heavily detected daily but my M6 has no problem finding gold in the wet sand. I love my M6.

Linda in SC  

Hi White’s,

Here is a story of my latest Civil War finds made with the White’s DFX. I think White’s has the best detectors available. My history with White’s goes back to 1984 when I invested in my first White’s detector, a 6000 DI Series III. I still have this detector although it is in need of some repairs, I just can’t bring myself to part with it!

Here is my latest finds made in Brandy Station, VA on 8/2/08. I was searching a hay field with my best TH’ing buddy Mark. I was using my DFX in what we have determined to be a Union encampment area. The deep grasses of the hayfield made the searching all the more difficult, but I managed to locate a few Civil War artifacts. Most of the targets were iron nails and scraps of other iron objects. One of the better items that I located at a depth of 5 inches looks to be a US Bridle Rosette.

I also found a 44 cal pistol, 54 cal Spencer and 54 cal Burnside bullets, flat buttons, and a few US Army uniform buttons in the same area. The buttons have been limited to one NY State Militia Jacket button and several General Services cuff buttons as well as several unidentified flat buttons. Locating Civil War artifacts has become my passion over the past 17 years.

Of course living in Virginia has really helped, but without the White’s DFX it would not be possible to locate as many great finds as I have found. I look forward to everyday of TH’ing with the White’s DFX.

Thanks,

Dave ‘Digger-Dave’

P.S. Remember, don’t leave it in the ground!  

Hello all,

First let me say that I am sooo happy to have found the dfxonly forum. What a great place for info on my new DFX300. Last week I was invited to a group hunt at an old fairground site from the late 1800's.

Only being armed with a lesser brand of detector, I decided this was a good excuse to run out and purchase the detector I have been dreaming of, a new DFX300. After 3 hours of watching others in the group pull silver from the ground like they had magic magnets on a stick, I was getting pretty discouraged. But then I got a strong nickel signal and couldn't believe my eyes. Now I can't wait to get out every day and find more of these.

John

White’s,

I received a long distance call from a lady living in Seattle, Washington, asking me if I could help find her engagement ring that she lost while walking along the Anchorage Cook Inlet Coastal Trail. This was a little more unusual than the calls I normally get for looking for lost items. This time she said she was standing along the fence and felt it slide off and saw it bounce on the ground and disappear. She stated, “I jumped over the fence and searched the ground on other side of the fence and climbed down the embankment next to the Alaska Railroad Tracks and couldn’t find it.” She went on to say that she marked the location with a piece of surveyor’s tape that she found on a nearby survey stake. After that, I asked her to describe the ring, which she did and emailed me a photo of her engagement ring.

After receiving her email, I drove into Anchorage and found the site where she had jumped over the fence on to the Alaska Railroad Right Away. Here in Alaska being on the railroad track right away can get you a ticket and a fine, plus it is a breach of DOT Security. I thought about jumping over the fence, but being retired from Alaska’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division, I called Dan (last name withheld) with the Alaska Railroad Security Police, explained the situation and forwarded the emails to him explaining the incident. After submitting the request and agreeing to the date and time, it had to be between the times passenger and freight trains are coming and going into the yard. I just happened to luck out the weather was sunny and warm. I hadn’t been over the fence 5 minutes when someone passing by stopped and asked me what I was doing. They called Security and found out that I was okay. I had a number of people watching me and asking me questions.

Prior to going to the site, I had set up a White’s MXT with a Eclipse Double DD Shooter Coil and tested it on some rings I had found in Hawaii while water hunting and also figuring that there would be other debris which could be masked using a larger coil. After checking both sides of the fence and finding a few coins, I climbed down the wall and started working the area. I found everything from cigarette packs, nuts and bolts from the wall and soda pop cans that had floated down the small drainage. Rather than trust the readout, I isolated and removed all the targets as not to miss the ring. After about 30 minutes, I got a sharp and loud hit, looking at the meter I knew it was the Platinum ring; it gave plus 18-Nickle/Ring. Reaching down into the mud and water I found the ring in 6 inches of mud. When I pulled it out and washed it off in the stream my heart went to about 150 beats per minute, as I raised up the ring to show folks standing on the trail, they started clapping and asking the usual questions about my metal detector and about other items I had found. After climbing up the bank and getting on my cell to let Alaska Railroad knows that I was off the site, I called Tracy and asked her jokingly, was it silver with a couple of diamonds. She said no it’s Platinum with 13 diamonds. I then told her it must be her ring I found. All I could hear on her end was a loud squeal and then happiness in her voice saying thank you, thank you.

Getting it back to her was no problem she was on duty and flying into Anchorage on Alaska Airline’s redeye flight and going out the next day. We made arrangements to meet her later in the morning at the Captain Cook Hotel. After introducing ourselves (Cathy and I) we presented her engagement ring. She asked what she owed us and I said nothing - the smile on her face said it all.

Dennis L.

Eagle River, AK