White's Prizm III Reviews, Price and Specifications

All-Purpose Land Metal Detector

Retail Price: $ 299.95

Available Reviews: 6

Avg. Rating (4.2 Stars)

Specifications:

• Depth Reading
• Target I.D.
• 5-Range Discrimination
• Adjustable Sensitivity
• PinPoint/All-Metal Mode
• 8-inch waterproof search coil
• Rugged, water resistant control box
• Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Low Battery Alert

Reviews:

Whites Prism 3

by Chris Jacobs in Maquoketa is. -

First one I owned, have used others but like this one. Targets are pretty accurate. It is so simple to use - pretty much turn on and go. I have not seemed to find many old coins. I did at first so I believe it is where I am going. First coin was a 1902 Indian Head penny. I seem to find silver rings and coins pretty good. But no gold rings and I am thinking because it pops up with tabs. And after digging tabs for a while, you wish there was a way to tell tabs from gold rings. Maybe by sound, but I have not heard any difference. I also want to find an adapter to try different searchcoils. I have coils but they will not connect to my Prizm 3.

Aug 31, 2022

Sensitvity

by Old Virginia in RVA -

I had the same problems with the sensitivity. Cut it back some. High iron soil will make the sensitivity go wild. Cut it back till there is little up and down sounds. All soils are different. In Virginia we have it all. Mountains to sand, and you have to adjust the sensitivity. You might lose some depth but not that much.

Mar 13, 2015

White's Prizm III works for me sometimes too good.

by Jt from historic church hill in Richmond, Va in Richmond, Va -

This detector, like most instruments, has a learning curve. With this, it is so sensitive for use in perfect soil conditions that in less than perfect soil (mineralized), you must reduce the sensitivety setting or you will be wasting your time. Just fight the urge thinking max sensitivity gives max deph, and reduce it. And you with faith will be finding all sorts of old stuff. I recently found a hard times token dated around 1837 or so. I have found pennys so deep it surprised me with very little sensitivity. For this detector's superior depth, I wait till after a good rain so it's easier to dig deeper. This is an excellent machine ang gets better the more I use it. Different areas = different sens.

Oct 27, 2011

Hey Jay S, put in new batteries

by Rick M in (Plymouth, MA USA) -

One time I put one battery incorrectly and the other I messed up and put in backwards, and it did just as your describing, Jay S. Once I figured that out, it was right as rain. Same day I found a 925 silver Tiffany's "Please return to Tiffany's New York." My first silver. Funny thing is that my wife's name is Tiffani! So either you got two junk detectors, or your having battery issues, or someone's sabotaged your detectors. GRRR... Ive rarely had any issues in my 2 years with this detector.

May 13, 2010

This is a Toy

by Pat in Arizona -

As the other review implies, the target indicator bounces around constanly, making it hard to determine what you are digging. Dimes show up as either pull tabs or pennies. After having used this detector for about 5 hours, I am ready to put it on Ebay with no reserve. I was hunting with my brother, who was using a cheapo $30.00 detector and he was having better sucess finding things than I was. I have owned several White Brand Detectors over the past 20 years and all I can say is the company is trying make a quick profit on Junk. Don't waste your money.

Feb 28, 2009

No More Prizms for Me

by Jay. S in El Paso TX. -

This was my second White's Prizm series detector. The first was stolen from me. The first one was a Prizm 2, and after about six months of use, it would not turn off, and the target indicator would bounce around constanly. I currently have Prizm 3 and do not use it since this one also has a constantly moving and beeping target indicator. No matter where you are, it beeps, and the target and depth indicator constantly move, it's frustrating to say the least.

Feb 12, 2009