1978 White Coinmaster 6000/D

[Bigshooter 67]

I am pretty new to this forum, I just got motivated again by buying a Tesoro Compadre, already found many awesome finds. My old neighbor, 80ish year old cowboy spotted me shooting in my yard. After many cool stories he wants me to figure out his old White's Coinmaster ( circa 1978). built in battery pack and all. Have to make a charger of some sort, (ni-cad cells still good). Ground balance capable, and many awesome functions, seems too work great. Any input would be appreciated! Still have the original manual. Dale

 

[Bigshooter 67]

This is a novelty project, I am ordering a Tejon shortly unless I talk myself out of it!!

 

[vpnavy]

FWIW - you can find a bunch of information on your MD by jumping over to Metal Detecting > Forum > Brands > White's board. Here are a few hits...

• Info needed on old Whites Coinmaster 6000/D (Dec 26, 2007)
• White's coinmaster 6000D (Jun 10, 2005)
• Coinmaster 6000 Di series 3 (Oct 24, 2010)
• User Manual Coinmaster 6000/Di: Free! (Nov 25, 2012)

 

[Tom_in_CA]

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I am pretty new to this forum, I just got motivated again by buying a Tesoro Compadre, already found many awesome finds. My old neighbor, 80ish year old cowboy spotted me shooting in my yard. After many cool stories he wants me to figure out his old White's Coinmaster ( circa 1978). built in battery pack and all. Have to make a charger of some sort, (ni-cad cells still good). Ground balance capable, and many awesome functions, seems too work great. Any input would be appreciated! Still have the original manual. Dale

Well, if you still have the original manual, then start with reading those instructions That was a very fast motion machine. Ie.: the faster you swung, the deeper you got. And seeing as how it's a heavy machine, some guys hip-mounted theirs, in order to be able to swing faster. But that only led to frayed worn out chords. Doh! They were good for their era, but are dinasours today. Well, at least in places where you're trying to compete with today's machines, or places that have already been hard-hit, etc... Naturally if a place is abundant with targets, then of course this'll find stuff.

It was also prone to masking, since the sweep speed was so fast. Today's machines have slowed the speed down so much, that we're better able to get around/between junk targets better.

The 6000d was good on high conductors, but not so good on low conductors. So what that means is, even if you had that thing set for the lowest levels of disc. (just enough to knock out nails only), you would find a dime deeper than a nickel, EVEN THOUGH the nickel is a physically larger coin .... if that makes sense.

 

[Davers]

Tom in CA has given you good advice ,but if you enjoy projects like fixer uppers go for it ,I think you will be happy in the end . Good luck & let us know if you get that old Whites up & running...Happy Hunting & God Bless