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Whites XLT battery charging

Whites Metal Detectors,

The Whites XLT instructions say go for 22 hours for the initial charge (ie completely uncharged batteries), but it doesn’t say how long for subsequent charges.  So how long do you do it?

After your initial charge, there is no need to fully discharge your battery as it wont develop a memory. I have had mine 3 and a half years, and although my battery does not last as long as it used to, I still get 4 – 6 hours out of it depending on the settings used.

This is so long as whites have not changed the batteries that are supplied along with the detector

As for re-charging the battery. This will depend on how flat it is. If mine is quite low I put it on charge the night before I am going detecting (10pm) and leave it till the morning. But sometimes I might only need to top it up for an hour or two.

Advice for new Whites XLT owners?

Whites Metal Detectors,

So you’ve just picked up a Whites XLT metal detector and are eager to start making your first finds?

Start studying the Whites XLT manual and Bob Bailey’s program book.

I use bobs programmes 1,2 & 3 (the most sensitive being 1, as you can probably guess by the settings) all on farm land.  Theres very little to adjust on field after you loaded one of these in, just pre-amp gain and AC sensitivity if the machine is a little unstable (the book tells you what to look for).  Remember to ground balance after changing these.

A friend of mine also has just got a Whites XLT he had a morning on the standard relic programme, and changed to BASIC3 for the afternoon and noticed a much better finds rate. Its a fiver well spent.

I cant vouch for the beach programmes as I havnt been on the beach. Also if you detect on parks I guess you may want to add a bit more discrimination to bobs programmes.

My advice would be to start using BASIC3 or BASIC4, if you end up on clubs sites that have been searched a lot move to BASIC1 and BASIC2.