I am very glad to have found the forum again!I had just found it a couple of days before it (poof) it was gone.I really liked the friendly, as well as helpful atmosphere that I found with this forum.I just bought a whites xlt a week ago and have been hard at it.I used to mt years ago and somehow just forgot how fun it was.I used to go with my dad in the early 60`s and when I had 3 kids they all loved to go with me.After they grew up, I just put the old detector away.Now I have a grand child that loves to find "TREASURE" in the ground and am back at it again for good.I even joined my local metal detecting club so the future looks bright for more fun for us.Thanks for the forum!---We did find about $6.00 in clad and a small ring this week--martyc