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A while back (6 years) I saw an old Bounty Hunter my mate had I perfect condition and I thought about it for a while and kept putting it off and I saw the Whites museum and looked at the state of some of the machines that they had, So I have kept and eye out this last few month for one of the old " Blue Box Machines" well last week I found one that looked in good condition, I checked out the photos and it looked like new, and I bid on it and won,
I did some major searching and I was told by those in the know that there is a sort of Cult following In the U.S. with these machines and are well favoured by Civil war Relic hunters , because of there extreme Depth and the Ground Balance can handle anything you can throw at it, This machine is the Las of the "Blue Box" models because after it they switched over to what is called the SL models which we know as the Whites Black Box models, So I have a coil list chart that lists every machine that Whites has ever made and this Machine is one of the few that can except all the factory coils
Anyway, It turns out that the owner had bought it Brand New and stored it in his Loft / Attic, Well it turned up Friday morning and he was absolutely spot on with his description, it is in Show room condition, In the Original Box with the Factory manual and with the Coil cover and there is not a mark on it, And the best bit it comes with the later 950 Doughnut Coil. A Quick phone call to Whites in Scotland and they told me it was made in July 1989,
Well I wanted to fire it up and get at it, So when it cooled down I went and bought some batteries and fired it up and sure as hell it jumped in to life, First thing on my mind? Were all them Power stories True ? And A quick read of the manual I spied the words 30% Boost/Power increase
Now I'm starting to fall in love at this point :8 :8
BUGGA ME,
A quick Air test to see if the Coil worked and to see how sensitive it is Said it All, Flat out and No EMI, Even in the Disc mode this thing will Eat Anything that is out there, Click in to the Extra 30% mode and this thing is like No Other,
It has the normal Disc Mode, a normal All Metal Mode, and a TR Disc Mode ( non motion ) and a MAX All Metal Mode, In any of these modes it will destroy any top of the line machine that is Currently on the Market using standard Coils. Put is in the MAX G.E.B. AM mode at it will easily match PI machines in all but the very worst of soils, The Ground Balance control is a Stacked knob affair where you have the outer one that goes from 1 to 10 and then the inner one is a multi turn type, So who am I to restrict this machine to just one Coil so with a quick phone call I ordered all the coils for it from the 6 inch up to the MAX 1500 (15") concentric coil (VLF Mono),
People have said that the old machines were heavy and hard to swing etc and I must admit they are Fugitives from Weight Watchers weighing in at 5.7 pounds (without batteries) which sounds a lot but this machine is so well balanced that it sits at the perfect angle balancing on One Finger on the top of the handle. Swinging it is effortless.
Anyway, This is The Whites 5900 Di Pro Plus, Enjoy,,,
John
I did some major searching and I was told by those in the know that there is a sort of Cult following In the U.S. with these machines and are well favoured by Civil war Relic hunters , because of there extreme Depth and the Ground Balance can handle anything you can throw at it, This machine is the Las of the "Blue Box" models because after it they switched over to what is called the SL models which we know as the Whites Black Box models, So I have a coil list chart that lists every machine that Whites has ever made and this Machine is one of the few that can except all the factory coils
Anyway, It turns out that the owner had bought it Brand New and stored it in his Loft / Attic, Well it turned up Friday morning and he was absolutely spot on with his description, it is in Show room condition, In the Original Box with the Factory manual and with the Coil cover and there is not a mark on it, And the best bit it comes with the later 950 Doughnut Coil. A Quick phone call to Whites in Scotland and they told me it was made in July 1989,
Well I wanted to fire it up and get at it, So when it cooled down I went and bought some batteries and fired it up and sure as hell it jumped in to life, First thing on my mind? Were all them Power stories True ? And A quick read of the manual I spied the words 30% Boost/Power increase
BUGGA ME,
It has the normal Disc Mode, a normal All Metal Mode, and a TR Disc Mode ( non motion ) and a MAX All Metal Mode, In any of these modes it will destroy any top of the line machine that is Currently on the Market using standard Coils. Put is in the MAX G.E.B. AM mode at it will easily match PI machines in all but the very worst of soils, The Ground Balance control is a Stacked knob affair where you have the outer one that goes from 1 to 10 and then the inner one is a multi turn type, So who am I to restrict this machine to just one Coil so with a quick phone call I ordered all the coils for it from the 6 inch up to the MAX 1500 (15") concentric coil (VLF Mono),
People have said that the old machines were heavy and hard to swing etc and I must admit they are Fugitives from Weight Watchers weighing in at 5.7 pounds (without batteries) which sounds a lot but this machine is so well balanced that it sits at the perfect angle balancing on One Finger on the top of the handle. Swinging it is effortless.
Anyway, This is The Whites 5900 Di Pro Plus, Enjoy,,,
John





