Whites classic ID 5 - a beach hunter?

[GuerillaBill]

I ran into Horace at Nokomis beach yesterday and he showed me a men's gold wedding band he had just found with his Whites Classic ID.

He said he'd been using his Classic ID for years (and it showed), and he said he had found a lot of rings with it on the beaches (I see him there almost every time I go).

Later that day I ran into two men who were also using a Classic ID on the beach, finding things in the wet sand.

And on Thursday of last week, I talked to people who were using a Whites Classic ID on the treasure coast, and they had found a few interesting items with it that day.

All of these people seemed to be very happy with their beach finds - even in wet sand with the Whites Classic ID.

I've been looking for another detector, and now the Kellyco has the Whites Classic ID 5 on sale for under $300, I'm wondering if this would make a good and easy to use backup detector.

Anyone have any experience with these on beaches and wet sand?

Bill

 

[Sandman]

The Classic ID 5 is a fair detector for the dry sand and some wet sand at some beaches if adjusted right. It is not as good as a Excal or Sov GT at the beach as these also have DD coils something the Classic does not. The coil still has to be over the item to tell you something it there and this detector works, but not as well as others.