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WHITES DFX TESTS
Comments I used an XLT in the late 1990’s and like most people at that time ‘upgraded’ to the DFX , and like most people went back to the XLT, knowing what I know now they were both fairly useless. But I did like the readout and the info it gave you, Main problem with them both, as is problem will most Whites detectors, the Concentric coils make the detector garbage anywhere near iron The DFX is probably one of the whose detectors ever made, finds wise. Thousands of permutations (settings wise) , most of which are totally pointless. You never knew if the settings were correct for the particular field you were detecting on, the sweep speed had to be bang on otherwise if you swung too slow or too fast you would miss the target, I cringe to think of the amount of stuff I left in the ground, I had some good sites is those days. Pros Great build quality, nice readout Good if you have a very clean site with no iron (at all) If a DD coil is attached it’s a lot better, but I would never want to use one again. Cons It will miss the target if a piece of iron is anywhere near it in most cases. It would not pick up any of the cut quarter Hammered pennies on my test bed, and the iron tests were as bad as it gets. |
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DEPTH TESTS The depth tests are set up to gauge the power of the detector, all iron is removed from the hole. Various size items are buried at good depths |
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COIL SIZE |
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Standard 950 -9.5’’ Coil |
Detech 13’’ Ultimate Coil |
12’’ -300 Coil |
5.3’’ Coil |
Detech EQ2 6’’ Coil |
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CAN A CARTWHEEL PENNY BURIED AT 16’’ GIVE A SIGNAL |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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GEORGE 111 HALFPENNY MAXIMUM DEPTH |
10’’ |
9’’ |
10’’ |
7’’ |
8’’ |
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5 PENCE MAXIMUM DEPTH |
8’’ |
9’’ |
8’’ |
7’’ |
7’’ |
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CUT ¼ OF HAMMERED PENNY MAXIMUM DEPTH |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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CAN A HOARD OF 100 MIXED COINS BURIED AT 18’’ GIVE A SIGNAL |
NO |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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DISCRIM TESTS The tests below are to see if the detector is capable of giving a signal on a non ferrous target while iron is placed on top of it and around it at different depths |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT |
NO |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN A GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS SITTING ON TOP OF COIN |
YES |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY 20 NAILS ALL AROUND IT BURIED AT 2’’ |
HALF |
NO |
NO |
YES |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED COIN BURIED AT 2’’ A LARGE/RUSTY IRON HOOK IS BURIED 3’’ BELOW IT |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY NEXT TO 4’’ BOLT BURIED AT 2’’ |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 2’’ 2 NAILS ALSO BURIED AT 2’’-NAILS 4’’ APART COIN BETWEEN THEM |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 5’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT-4’’ APART |
NO |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ WITH 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT 4’’ APART |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 6’’ WITH 4 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT 4 NAILS AT 7’’ DIRECTLY BELOW IT AND 4 NAILS ON THE SAME LEVEL |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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COKE/SENSITIVITY A few low conductive targets will give the same signal as Coke , so if you are rejecting Coke you may miss them |
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CAN IT FIND A GOLD CHAIN WHEN COKE IS REJECTED |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE CUT ¼ WHEN COKE IS REJECTED |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN A GOLD CHAIN BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS NOT REJECTED |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN A LOW COND CUT ¼ BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS NOT REJECTED |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE VERY THIN SILVER EARRING BURIED AT 2’’ |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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PERFORMANCE POINTS |
21.5 |
23 |
21 |
15 |
17 |
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