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I currently own a Whites Classic 4 ID, this detector is extremely easy to use and I have really enjoyed learning how to detect with it. This is the second detector I have owned; the first was an entry level Garrett detector. The Garrett detector was a very fine detector; it was very simple to operate and really got me hooked on metal detecting. With the Garrett detector I found all kinds of clad coins at my city parks.

However, I wanted a detector with more features and was fortunate enough to attend a Gold Prospectors show in Ft. Worth. After looking at all the different brands available I chose the White's Prism. My job keeps me very busy with little time to detect, but luckily I have a lake close by and can go there at lunch or in the evening after work. One of my first finds with the Prism detector was a small pistol. The lake level was down several feet and I was giving the Prism a shakedown when it went crazy. At first I thought it was me not knowing how to use it properly. I started digging and about one foot down found the small pistol; it was extremely corroded with no readable numbers or markings, possibly a .32 caliber. Since I live in the south and water snakes are quite common the pistol probably fell out of someone’s boat as they worked the beach.

Since then, I have found lots of clad coins around the city parks, and even though I have owned a detector for over 4 years now I am still very new at detecting. I subscribe to the Lost Treasure magazine, and read many articles off the internet concerning treasure finds trying to learn all I can to improve my skills with the detector. I really enjoy the time I get to detect and look forward to much more hunting in the future.

LIKE LOOKING FOR CIVIL WAR ITEMS, COINS, JEWELRY, ETC. DONT OWN ONE BUT HAVE USED A FRIENDS EVERY NOW AND THEN

I have been detecting for 42 years and the White's Classic 4 ID is my third detector. As new detectors became available I try to stay with the latest ones, however when the old technology works I keep the detector. I spend most of my time searching for coins, and jewelry in my local parks, and school yards. I am a Realtor and always ask my listing clients if I may detect their property and offer them one of my detectors to use themselves. On weekends I detect abandoned old houses or commercial buildings. That's where I find older coins and many collectible relics.

I have found thousands of coins. Some are valuable, most are common but a few had dates that made them worth far more then their face value. I stopped counting all the rings I found but one ring alone paid for this metal detector. Last summer I found a beautiful wedding set with a marquee diamond in the center with three round brilliants on each side of the marquee. the setting was fourteen carat yellow gold. That ring appraised for thirty five hundred dollars. My daughter also uses this detector as it is the easiest for her (turn on and go).

I would recommend this detector because it is very easy to use for beginners as well as even experienced treasure hunters. This is the lightest detector I own. It is always good advice to buy the best you can afford so you are not frustrated with some of the cheap "TOYS" being sold in sporting good stores and department stores.

I started using White's metal detectors 20+ years ago.

I have been able to find many coins and rings. I even found a diamond solitaire engagement ring once. I also like metal detecting for anything. I love the surprise when the detector sounds off and I dig up whatever is there. I found the Whites easy to use, with a little practice. I hope to be able to upgrade to a newer model in the future, when I retire from working. I think that I will have more time then. One time, during the winter, I lost the battery holder for the detector. I called up Whites and asked them how much a new one would be and if they were available. They said that they were and sent me one without cost. Now that's a company that I will deal with again and again.

I really like the Classic 4 ID. It's a good detector for the money. It works good for me. I found lots of coins with it and some rings after I learned how to use it. But all in all, I like this one best. I guess it's whatever you get used to, but it did find a lot of coins and I was able to learn not to dig up trash. I saw a few other detectors but like the White's best.

I currently own a White’s Coinmaster 2D that I purchased back in the early 1970s. This is my back-up unit even though I have owned more expensive units (Whites Classic 4 ID) they did not offer any real big advantages over the 2D. This detector is very easy to set up and use and has served me well for all of these years. It is easy to adjust the discriminator to eliminate unwanted junk (pull tabs, tinfoil, etc.) The weight of this unit is easy to handle but the addition of an armrest (like on the new units) would help eliminate fatigue when using the unit for more than an hour or so. I have found a lot of coins and other things using metal detectors. I now use this 2D mainly for locating spent cartridge cases on my personal shooting range. With the cost of metals increasing almost daily this use has recovered the cost of the detector many times over. I have sold my others because I want to get a Gold Master.

My most memorable finds are a ring that a friend of my sister had lost in my parent’s yard. This ring had been out there for about ten years and when my sister told me about it I went to the car and got my Whites and found it in about thirty minutes. It was down about six inches but gave a strong signal.

I carry the White’s in the car all the time, for those times when you see an area you just have to check out. That is what happened with another memorable find, a sleeve button from a World War One army uniform. While driving around on an old military base I found an old railroad station and just had to check it out. I found the button in the crack between two concrete slabs; add to that a few old coins that were also found and I had a very good hunt.

Another, was when a friend and I were deer hunting and he thought his wedding ring went out with the dishwater. It took me about two hours to find it, and saved him from the wrath of his better half. I got a nice steak dinner for that one.

I could go on and on with stories about using my metal detectors, but space is limited. The bottom line is I cannot imagine not having a metal detector. I have decided to go prospecting for gold in the western states and will be purchasing a new model for that purpose. Wish me luck, because I’m out of here.

Hello, I would like to find some information on metal detecting areas in Southern Nevada. Also I would like to find some information on rules and regulations on metal detecting on public lands in Nevada. Are there any restrictions on digging or panning on public lands? Do you need any permits to prospect on public lands? Is it legal to metal detect on public lands that have been leased for grazing? Do you need to contact the person holding the grazing rights? How do you find out who actually leases public lands for grazing? I like to metal detect because it gets me out and walks, which heave knows I can use. Thanks.....

I've been metal detecting for close to 20 years. I purchased a Whites Classic 4 ID a number of years ago. It was very reasonably priced, and at that time went metal detecting about twice a month. Once I starting using the Classic, I'd get out whenever I could.

At one time, I lived near one of the largest preserved Civil War battlefields. I found numerous items around my home every time I took it out. The Whites Classic was perfect for me. It was very easy to use and understand. It is light weight enough for me to use for hours, even with my disabilities that affect my strength. I could dig anything that set it off.

I'm very rough on metal detectors, and the Classic put up with all the bumps. This includes dropping it more than a few times. One time I found an old map, a reading magnifying glass, and a perfect Confederate amulet. I have found enough old bullets to fill almost ten coffee cans, parts of horses' bridles, belt buckles, buttons and hundreds of old coins. My oldest coin I found was an 1868 silver dollar, but the magnifying glass was so exciting. I dragged that metal detector back and forth over 350 acres.

I have taken it to the beach many times, and found it very easy to discriminate different minerals. I'm fairly mechanically challenged, but was able to adjust the controls and understand the settings very easily. It was great tuning out all the pop tops and metal "trash.” I think my favorite find at the beach was a gold and diamond ring.
I now live in the Shenandoah Valley, a beautiful place full of history. I've just barely scratched the surface here. I think the Classic is a wonderful detector for anyone to start with. Even though I've been detecting for years, the Classic has never let me down. The Whites Classic 4 ID just like a good friend.

Let me start by saying I have been interested in metal detecting since the late 70's. A friend of the family had an old Radio Shack Metal Detector and he would take it to the river banks where we would go camping or just around the area, trying to locate coins and whatever else he could find. I do recall he found a nice Seiko wristwatch on the shore of the river but don't recall much else. I only remember that because my father wore the watch for years after losing his in the same river when he was swimming.

Presently, I’ am currently serving in the Army and was deployed to a foreign land for diplomatic reasons in October 2006. During our time in this foreign land, I celebrated a long-distance anniversary and my wonderful wife decided to purchase the White's Classic 4 ID for me to enjoy upon my return to this great nation. I got back to the States in early December 2007, and immediately pulled out my newest hobby-maker and started to figure it out. This is a real turn on and go machine. The ease and use of this machine is amazing for a beginning dectectorist; or for one who has been doing it for a couple of years. It has the new 950 coil which has amazed me at how deep it goes. It has a preset sensitivity mark on the knob as well as a discrimination range very easy to understand. Probably the best aspect of the detector is the way it vibrates with a good signal compared to a weaker signal. Working with the detector, you get a feel for a target that is either not as deep or is a better quality metal, such as silver, gold or copper/brass.

It doesn’t take long to understand what your detector is reading in the ground. Pull tabs normally have a second beep as you sweep the coil over it. The Classic 4 ID also has a very well-positioned all-metal trigger located just in front of the handle grip, making a quick check of an area for pinpointing a whole lot easier. You can also push it forward for continuous all-metal searching.

I started searching mulch playgrounds to get used to the feel of this great machine and its ability to differentiate between targets and depths. After a couple of hours, I was even getting better at identifying the target based on its beeps and vibration on a target. The battery life was impressive. It does use eight AA batteries, but the extra weight is offset by the amount of time you get out of the detector. I eventually moved away from the playgrounds and started searching fields. The easy sweep of the coil and the eventual signals made coverage of large areas quick and easy. The balance of the machine works well with an easy stride and actually helped me to detect longer without the usual upper arm fatigue or super slow walking. Sweep speed of the coil is slow to medium speed, giving quick response to signals almost right on top of the target, very little to no lag time. This helps in pinpointing the target, reducing the need for digging large holes. In the fields I was searching I found quite a few pull tabs but knew what I was digging before I dug them, easily differentiating between pull tabs and good signals. Aluminum cans do sound off well, but the size of the target gives it away. By the time I had open fields understood, I had gathered quite a collection of finds including two kids’ rings of .925 silver, one was a designer ring by James Avery. I had also accumulated over $20.00 in clad coins. I was quickly reminded that you can’t find old stuff unless you put yourself in a location where it can be found. After a couple of tries, I located my first Wheat-back penny, a 1941D along with a 1941 G.I. dog tag, with a little research I was able to date it to early 1941 and found out he was drafted! I am still trying to locate living relatives or the Soldier himself. The next area I decided to search were woods located near my house. My 12 year old son and I decided to search the woods both just to get out of the house and to experience some fun climbing trees and just messing around. The first thing that happened was as we entered the woods, my son found a license plate from 1959, just lying on the leaves. So I decided to pull my Classic 4 out of the back pack I was carrying it in and start searching. I almost immediately found a 1993 quarter, and it was just under the leaves like it was dropped last week! The next signal was also strong, just not as strong, right beside where I found the quarter. I dug up a Wheatie, 1936, at about 8” deep! Grinning from ear to ear, I rechecked the hole and got another signal about 6” away from the hole and dug another Wheatie, 1941D! As I swept the hole again, I got another signal just to the side of that hole that rang like the quarter did. My son and I dug around the 8” depth and got our (and mine) first silver coin: a 1942S war nickel! I rechecked the hole and there was nothing else. I stood up and swept the coil about two feet from there and found an Army hat badge that said US CAL 160. After a little research on the wonderful I-net, I found out it stood for the California National Guard 160th Infantry, which apparently came to Texas in 1942! We had to leave shortly after that, but on the way out of the woods, we found a 2005 nickel and some very old shotgun shell bases from the old paper shell days. It was a great time made even better with the Classic 4 ID! Spending time with my son and developing a new hobby at the same time in the great outdoors.

Thanks to Whites and Kellyco Detectors.

As a newbie, the White's Classic was the first professional (high-quality) metal detector I have had the chance to use.

I lived in Key West, Florida, where I taught science. Island life provided ample access to beaches on this third largest coral reef in the world. Key West history provides incredible rewards for the dedicated and lucky beach-comber. The 1800s through the early 1900s were a time of shipwrecks and wreckers salvaging said wrecks. Some unscrupulous wreckers actually extinguished lighthouse lamps and paraded horses and donkies along the beaches with lanterns strapped to their bodies. Unlucky ship captains simply ran aground in the very shallow waters of the Florida Keys, damaging their ships and scattering cargo and treasure along the sea floor. The yearly tropical storms and hurricanes stir up the sea floor and cover parts of the islands in piles of sand, drawing in the wonders from the sea floor.

One particularly famous ship wreck from an earlier century is the Atochia, carrying thousands of pounds of treasure taken from the people of the new world. The ship encountered a hurricane during its voyage from the Americas to Spain and sank 35 miles off of the Marquesas. As the ship broke up, treasure scattered along the coral lines sea floor, and appears sporadically on the beaches of the Florida Keys.

Living in this amazing place, I realized I needed a metal detector. I started with a simple one purchased for just over $100. The performance was disappointing. It buzzed ofter where nothing was to be discovered. I was finally fortunate enough to borrow a White's metal detector, the first quality machine I was able to use. Its ability to effectively discriminate between metals simply amazed me. As a new, relatively inexperienced user of metal detectors, I found the White's to work highly effectively.

I look forward to purchasing one to continue my relaxing searches for treasures on exotic beaches. I have yet to find any sunken treasure or pieces of eight washed ashore, but I am confident that with a quality White's detector there are many surprises to be discovered.