The M6 uses the standard Whites drop-in battery pack which takes 8 AA batteries. The new
circuitry produces almost 40 hours of use from alkaline batteries and the optional Whites
rechargeable pack can also be used if desired. A standard stereo headphone jack is provided
on the rear of the control housing and as always, headphone use will extend battery life and
ensure weak signals are not missed.
FIELD TEST
Timing on field tests always seems to be inopportune for some reason or another and the M6s
arrival was no different. At the tail-end of recovering from a broken right shoulder received in
a car accident, I was a bit limited in how much swinging I could do so I improvised. Playing
on his sympathy regarding my condition, I enlisted my 16-year old son Paul to swing the
detector while I made various adjustments and took notes (actually I found this is to be a great
way to detect!). Thanks to an unusually warm winter in the Southeast, we were able to get out
throughout December and January in weather that approached 70F at times.
Since the M6 is geared primarily for coin and beach hunting, we took it to a few local parks
and schools which were still in active use thanks to the warm weather. After a brief tutorial, I
had Paul see how simple it was to adjust and operate as its simplicity was one of the M6's big
selling points. Ground balancing has always been an adjustment that Paul has struggled with
so when I told him that the M6 had a ground balance circuit, his eyes started to roll. What he
found however was that it couldnt have been easier! A few pumps up-&-down and he was off.
We tried both of the audio search modes and in less-trashy areas, I personally preferred the
single tone and a quick glance to the LCD screen when a target was detected while Paul
preferred the Tone-ID mode at all times.
Some people have stated on the Internet forums that there is a difference in detection depth
between the two modes; however, in checking every signal we could not discern any
noticeable difference between them. Having used notch-type discrimination detectors
extensively, the M6 took a little while getting used to with the conventional non-notch system
especially in trashy sites; however, we found that by using the Tone-ID mode combined with
watching the VDI & depth readings, a slightly slower sweep speed, locking the AutoTrac
circuit (center position) and in extremely trashy areas, switching to a smaller coil (an Eclipse
5.3 coil borrowed from a friend) resulted in some nice finds from sites others (and myself)
had long since given up on.
Due to work constraints I was not able to take off between Christmas and New Years, so I
stayed home while the rest of the family went to visit relatives in Charleston, SC. The warm
weather afforded them the opportunity to spend time at Folley Beach and the M6 went along
with them.
Paul, my wife and her 80-year old aunt all took turns using the M6. Having used single-
frequency VLF detectors on the black sand salt water beaches of the Carolinas before, they
fully expected to be forced to stay in the dry sand or put up with consistent falsing and
popping once they reached the wet sand region (which is usually where the good finds come
from). Using the BEACH position of the AutoTrac toggle switch, Paul pumped the coil up-&-
down a few times and started hunting in the wet sand area being swept by an occasional wave
or two.
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