robbor Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Ive been talking to my uncle who went nugget hunting with someone 20+ years ago and he swears they used some sort of whites detector with a coil that was only maybe 2" in diameter. Anyone ever hear of or seen these?He said they found alot of really tiny cold in one tailing pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGTFDA Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I recall seeing something like that in the past but it was designed as a pinpointer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 My pin pointer is a Coiltek 3" mono with a 18" handle.....it's great for really deep nuggets....I only carry it when I'musing my Coiltek 19" DD Rd or the NF 25" Rd mono....and it only works with the Minelab SD-GP-GPX detectors....When I'm digging a deep nugget I make the first foot of the hole the same size as the coil I'm using.....then I getthe pin pointer out and it sure saves a lot of digging.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim straight Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 robbor... Your uncle has a great memory. The White's detector was a 6000 D series one thatbecame available about 1980... It was Pete Pederson who manufactured the probe. It wasa first back then... It was primarily intended to be a pinpointer for those coin hunting, but thosewho used the 6000 D series one for nugget hunting found the probe sensitive to small placergold...The probe was unique as it attached to the stem by several cllips and it was wired tothe control box by a special selective switch that activated the probe and deactivated thesearch coil... It could also be used directly with the 6000 D series one without hooking up thesearch coil.But the pin-pointer/probe was a rod only about 2-inches in diameter. It was designed for theseries one and didn't work too well on the series two. Pete is alive and well. He was anauthorized White's dealer for many years and also designed sand scoops and other speciallizeddigging and retrieving tools and recently sold his store, Pedersen's Metal Detectors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdlady Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Will coils fit and work on any detector.. Like if you found one at a garage sale for a buck,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Au Seeker Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Will coils fit and work on any detector.. Like if you found one at a garage sale for a buck,,,In general no, with most detectors it has to be made for your detector, that being said there're some detectors do share coils with other detectors from the same maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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