Whites Beach Hunter 300
Price: $1000
Avg. Score: 
4
Based on 20 reviews
4Based on 20 reviews
Avg. Durability:
4.71
Avg. Ease of use:
4.00
Paul from baltimore
January 08, 2017
Actually I think the best way is just get out there and do it. Yep
experience is the way! I have Tesoro Stingray, Tesoro Vaquero and bought a
Whites 300 at a yard sale like brand new. Love them all and each one has
its own personality. My 300 found dimes on the beach at the surf 12" deep.
Pretty cool. What a GREAT HOBBY...
Max Depth: 14 inches on US quarter
Overall Rating
Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Paul from
Maryland
31
Had to comment again.
November 20, 2016
I have already posted on this review site but feel I need to add a few more
comments. I have been using the detector for a long while now and have
found more gold, silver and coins than any other detector I've used,
including minelab's beach machines.
WHEN LEARNED PROPERLY, this machine is about as good as it gets on a beach. Why do people moan about the led's....... they are there to give you a clue to what the target is, NOT a definitive answer. A yellow light does NOT mean that you have found gold, it means that you have found a target that falls within the range of gold. No detector anywhere can tell you that you have found gold. I'm afraid that aluminium falls in the gold range so if a detectorist isn't prepared to dig ally, they shouldn't expect to find any gold.
The led's on this machine should be read like this, a red led means you have gone over iron, a red led mixed with any other colour led means you have gone over iron or there is iron and a good target mixed in the same hole......Digging a signal like this may sometimes pay dividends but is usually junk.
The yellow and geen/blue led's show you that you have gone over a non ferous object, yellow being the most common led to indicate gold, but also indicates aluminium, some coins, foil etc.
The blue light can indicate silver or again some coins. A mix of yellow and green can indicate heavyweight jewellry or again, larger pieces of aluminium.
Very large pieces of iron or unusual shaped pieces can fool the machine into giving a non ferous signal, like it can on most machines. The best way to hunt with the machine is to use discrim for more recent losses, ie coinshooting for shallow targets when people have just left the beach and use all metal for the deeper targets such as deep jewellry.
Discrim mode will give you less depth but more accurate target id whereas all metal will give almost pi type depth but with less accurate target id. All you have to do in this mode is dig everything that isn't red..... Yes you will dig some junk but the extra depth is worth the trade off and will get you finds others have missed.
I get tired of people dismissing machines because they haven't taken the time to learn them properly......If you are after a quick fix where you don't dig any junk at all but still expect to find the good stuff, metal detecting isn't for you. No machine can give the accuracy some people expect, detecting is still hard work and you have to dig junk as well as good stuff.
The BHID is a top detector that in the right hands is capable of cleaning up on the beach and has better performance than other top machines.....I know as I have owned and tested many different models. Its one downside is that it does take some work to get competent with and for some I guess, this is just too much.
Overall Rating
Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
No, not really.
Neil from
ENGLAND
174
Oceangator
July 29, 2016
Sorry Mr. Aussie, I also have had all the problems that Floridaman had...
Lights not representing what they should...
Overall Rating
Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
I have no clue...
Lisa Knatz from
New Jersey
35
Bh300
July 29, 2016
After a few years of water detecting and numerous water units. I have
finally come to the conclusion that the BEACH Hunter 300 is by far the if
not best dual frequency water unit out there. That's a hard claim to name
indeed. I've run the excal, the cz20 and the BH300 all 3 are tops but each
one performs a bit different then the other to a point.
The cz is almost the same unit as the BH300 minus 2 khz and a heavier built control box, depth is pretty much the same. The excal is by far the choice of many water hunters but when it comes to an issue being repaired. Not many places will fix but kellyco, and a few guys that do mods for a hefty price. The BH300 is by far the best all around unit for the money, and warranty. Fresh and salt water and land hunting its capable of doing it all.
Many fantastic finds have been popping up with the BH300. And I thank whites again for a great unit as many of my finds have been with the BH300.
Do yourself a favor get a unit that works and will keep on working right next to the other big names. Good luck. Ray, Sam Wagaman....
Max Depth: 14 inches on US quarter
Overall Rating
Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Ray, Sam Wagaman from
Pa. Fl.
161
Great machine
June 23, 2015
For those that complain about BHID LIGHTS jumping back and forth make sure
all your batteries are good. I had some batteries that were not all good
and will cause the BHID go crazy. Good batteries are a must. This detector
has really been working good for me after I figured everything out. Not
hard to use at all. I bought a used one with older 950 style coil and I do
like it. May God bless!
Max Depth: 8 inches on US quarter
Overall Rating
Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
TW from
South east
61
People are just crazy !
November 06, 2014
I have owned several bhid but the truth is that you will dig plenty of
garbage with any machine You may dig 10,000 pulltabs to one ring ! Go out
and put in your time ! And stop complaining that all you found was 20
pulltabs 6 bottle caps and a quarter in an hrs hunt When I hunt and I hunt
often its a min of 4 hrs and never complain, give the machine a chance you
freaking bunch of whiny yuppies! As a mater a fact take up another hobby so
I have more gold for me! Btw I have other machines other than whites!
Max Depth: 8 inches on US quarter
Overall Rating
Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
I have no clue...
Whites Beach Hunter from
New York/ South Carolina
1513
Brilliant machine.
February 11, 2014
I bought this detector as the logical next step to my M6 so I could do a
bit of wading. After a few initial problems I can honestly say that this
detector is a great machine. It's not the sort of machine you can just
switch on and go, it does need some patience and a bit of perseverence to
get used to it and get the most out of it.
Ground balancing can be tricky at certain beaches but if it is too difficult, the ground balance knob can be left at it's centre position which will give excellent results. In all metal, the threshold can become a bit unstable but this is down to how sensitive the machine is and how it responds to ground conditions. The machine is very sensitive to tiny objects and very deep in the all metal mode..... It won't miss many targets once you start to get used to what it is telling you. The more you put in with this machine, the more it will reward you....... And it will reward you big time........You just have to work at it.
Overall Rating
Durability
Ease of Use
Would you recommend this to a new user?
No, not really.
Neil from
England
185
Beach 300 tips: love it!
February 01, 2013
I have enjoyed using the Whites Beach 300 and certainly recommend it but
thought two tips might help. - On Monday I went to a Yorktown Va park and worked the beach as I had done before. Lots of cannonball fragments and few modern coins later my detector seemed to be showing false tones and lights. Checking connections did not seem to help and the battery strength was green. Since the batteries are the same ones that had come with the unit over a year ago, I exchanged them with a brand new set, Energizer Lithium supposedly able to last 9 times longer. The problem with false reads continued.
Back at the house I tried trouble shooting and another set of batteries (Energizer Alkaline). They worked perfectly and the false tones disappeared. I checked the voltage on all three sets of batteries and learned that each of the oldest batteries carried only 1. 3 volts, the Lithium 1. 75 volts, and the Alkaline 1. 6 volts. I concluded that my detector false reads were simply due to the batteries that were either too weak or too strong.
- A few weeks ago I ordered a Vibra Quatic 2 in the hopes of probing close to seawall rocks and ledges, and when digging deeper targets in the watery/shifting sand to confirm target location. I found it was nearly impossible to use the VQ2 while even arms distance from the Beach 300. Both units would give false signals and to turn the VQ2 off, then back on again wasted time. I exchanged that pinpointer for a Garret Pro Pointer and love it. No interference with the Whites Beach 300. While not fully waterproof the 4 inches at the pointing end is, so the GPP meets my need. KellyCodetectors were helpful and prompt in making the exchange.
Happy Hunting! Charlie
Overall Rating
Charlie from
Chesapeake Va
99
Ben's treasures
January 22, 2013
I solved the flotation issue with a piece of 1/2 inch PVC pipe 22" long and
two end caps and a quart of sand. Be sure to pickup pvc pipe clue. Glue
one cap on and then fill with sand and glue the other end on. Then take
two velcro straps and strap it tight to the shaft. Be sure to strap it to
the side of the shaft so there is no water drag. Problem solved
Overall Rating
Ben from
Minnesota And Arizona
86
Beach Sweeper
September 13, 2012
Using the BHID for two years now. It is a good machine. It will sweep the
beach of coins outperforming most other machines that I have seen. It will
go deep, sometimes too deep. It is heavy on dry sand. When the LED is
green you almost always have a keeper. Large aluminum will fool it. I
have detected beer cans 3ft deep. Bottle caps and pull tabs will give a
yellow LED but the tone will give them away. A mixed yellow green LED is
gold or jewelry almost always. It takes time to learn the machine. It is
rugged, well built and weather proof. It is a dry sand, wet sand, shallow
water producer, worth the price.
Overall Rating
Pete from
Cape Cod
277