Whites Prizm 5G as a first detector?

[silvernd]

I have a friend that wants to sell a barely used one for $200-$225. From what I've seen online that seems like an ok price, but I thought I'd ask the experts here. Until now I'd been planning on getting started with a Tesoro Compadre. Should I go with the Whites instead?

 

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[fella]

I had the Coinmaster Pro and was not very fond of it. The 5G was quite a step up from the CMP in the Prizm line as far as price (2x) but I don't know all the differences. I know the 5G has manual ground balance which is a big plus.

I like my Compadre...but...it doesn't have a sensitivity or ground balance adjustments. I would imagine the 5G is the superior unit in performance based on those two things alone plus it retailed for $550 compared to the Compadre at $160.

I think for the price of $200-250 you really couldn't go wrong. If you do go that route, look into a 4x6 coil for it too. It's a coin slayer in the tot lots and other trashy areas.

Good luck in whichever direction you go.

 

[christo000]

Ya its a good price good machine quite a step up from the compare, when I got back into detecting I grabbed s prism 4 used it for quite a while so I was looking at other prism's as well they have more coil options now then they did to. I think ull b a lot more happier with the the prism

 

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