This MD Must Be JUNK!

[SirJoey]

Well, now I KNOW I made a mistake buying this one. Finally tried to locate the 9 items I buried myself a few days ago, & guess how many I found? NONE! Buried a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, pulltab, bolt, nail, washer, & a socket, NONE of which I can detect with this thing! What a tremendous waste of money that I'm now gonna be making payments on for months.

Even with wet ground, which is supposed to increase conductivity, & even with my sensitivity cranked ALL THE WAY UP, & discrim low, I STILL could not find even a single thing which I myself buried just a few days ago, & nothing is more than 4" deep!

Apparently, this thing will only detect large objects or small ones that are practically laying on the surface. Pretty discouraging when U can't even find something that U know FOR A FACT is there! What a bummer.

And I thought this was supposed to be a good one. What a joke! Wonder what I can get for this thing on eBay...



"The Lord is my shepherd"

 

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[pyledriver]

Is it the White's Classic 5 you have mentioned in your info? I've seen one of these in action and the problems you describe make me think it needs to go in for service. I'd say take advantage of the warranty or even call White's and see what they have to say.

Now this is not meant to insult in ANY way, but...is the coil connected well? Batteries good?

 

[SirJoey]

Now this is not meant to insult in ANY way, but...is the coil connected well? Batteries good?

Thanx, & no offence taken! Yeah, it's a new unit, new batteries & all. It WILL detect, but apparently only large objects, or small ones which are on or close to the surface. I'm just disgusted, & this sweltering heat & smothering humidity only compounds the problem! I can only stand it out there for a few minutes at a time!










"The Lord is my shepherd"

 

[pyledriver]

Well, it sounds like a pep talk but, chin up! The heat has me detecting nights right now and even that is borderline tolerable. It does seem that the detector has some sort of issue though, did you get it from a dealer? Not sure how this works but if it's new enough maybe you could return it as defective?

That detector should be able to pick up any coin at the depth you listed. Does it have an all metal mode or is it a disc. only machine? Is there any other metal that might be in the ground near your targets? Something that the machine is disc'ing out which somehow might affect it reading the target you're looking for?

 

[locolarry]

I'd re-read the instructions, first, to be sure it was tuned properly...no change?, I'd call Whites and talk to them about it!
Maybe they'll exchange it for you, send it back insured or call the cc company and withhold payment/
Whites is a good brand, maybe yours is 1 in 100 bad outa the box

 

[Dwight S]

Call White's or go to the White's web site and register on the Forum under the Information pull-down; I'm sure you can find some help. That machine should do at least what you're trying to do if not a few inches deeper.

 

[Iron Patch]

Circumstances of the sale? It sounds like you got a lemon.

 

[Iron Patch]

Also, I bet you could find a video on youtube showing the same unit in action. To fail on 4" is a big fail.

 

[m bryan]

Have you air tested it?

 

[diggummup]

3 words---- TAKE IT BACK!