Sunday, May 1st. 2005 - Fruit Farm nr. Halstead, Essex.

Metal Detector - Whites XLT 1.1 Spectrum Headphone Set - Highland innovations - 3 Channel Wireless Detector Program - Bob Baileys 'Basic 1' Anyone that knows Bob Baileys 'Basic 1' program, will also know all about the different sounds it gives as well, this is the main reason I chose this program. For those that do not know about this program and the XLT, then it can be compared with the Explorer I & II, it has the sounds of a 'Clanger' (childrens program) in serious pain, if you don't know what a 'Clanger' is, ask mum and dad..... Anyway, it was a fine sunny day and I walked down to the furthest away field, didn't want to be disturbed, and plugged the Wireless Transmitter into the XLT; this must be done without any box cover on, as the brass eyelet prevents the transmitter unit from being fully inserted . Checked that the Headphones Volume control was down low, then switched the Transmitter on, then the Headphones. Tuning them into the Transmitter was extremely simple to do, and I am pleased to say that there was NO background hisses, hums or crackles. This was especially good, as I was underneath Electric Pylon Cables which go the whole length of this field. The only thing that was effected by these, was the XLT, there was no interference to the Wireless Units. Switched the XLT on, and in the time it took the Program to sound the usual start up Ding Dong, I had the Volume set at a good level. The first thing I noticed was a difference in the overall sound, it appeared to be slightly muffled, so was nicely surprised when I tested it over a coin I bought with me, and the Good, Solid Beep sounded out, next a piece of Iron, very good Phut! noise which seemed to be filtered, which was very pleasant. So far, it appeared that this Wireless setup was going to be very good. Set off detecting, and straight away I noticed the difference, all those usual blips,phuts,whistles and general 'clanger' noises were being muffled, which was very nice indeed, then suddenly a resounding Solid BLEEP!, can't be mistaken, anybody with an XLT will know what I am talking about, Switched to Pinpoint, and found this sound was also clear & solid, got the location and recovered a very good conditioned 1920 George Silver 3d, from around 4 inches.........a little further along and again the unmistakeable solid BLEEP!, this time a new 5p, only about 1" down........next item was Bronze, again the Clear Solid Bleep!, this time around 6" deep, as yet this find has not been fully identified, but suggestions are leaning towards a Griffin's Head, possible the end of a knife handle, I will let you know what it turns out to be. I continued to detect for the rest of the morning and found the usual suspects, buttons, shotgun cartridges, lumps of lead and the odd rusty nail...lol..Altogether a good days detecting, and a good test for this Wireless System, which passed with flying colours. I found the Wireless Headphones, to be Comfortable, Light and easy to operate, and they did their job brilliantly. The Transmitter unit is a nice size and has no weight to it at all, plugged into the XLT, I didn't even know it was there. A few of things I liked with this unit was the Off/On switch, a good easily operated toggle type, as is the Channel Selector switch, the Red LCD Power Light, and the fact that it is an easy to plug in Rechargeable Unit. Overall Transmitter Design = 10/10 Overall Headphone Design = 9/10 Overall Ease of Use = 10/10 Overall Performance = 10/10 I would recommend this Wireless System to anybody. It is such a relief not having my ears yanked off everytime I have to put the detector down to dig for something, the freedom is something else, I could not go back to wired headphones again. Many thanks for all the help and support. Best Regards

Cliff