Description
A detector finds targets. A kit recovers them. The gap between a beep and a find in your hand is where new detectorists stall: no pinpointer means ten minutes on your knees per hole, and no pack means gear scattered across the truck bed. The XP ICON Adventure Pack closes that gap on day one, one box, all XP, nothing to figure out later.
At a glance: XP ICON Fast Multi Frequency metal detector, about 735 g (1.62 lb) without the remote on the stem per XP, with ICON28 11 in (28 cm) coil, WSA XL ST over-ear wireless headphones, MI-6 pinpointer and XP Backpack 240. Waterproof to 5 ft (1.5 m) standard, 16 ft (5 m) with BH-02 and waveguide. Made in France.
What is in the Adventure Pack
Four factory-boxed XP products, sanctioned by XP's US distribution as one pack: the XP ICON (remote, ICON28 coil, S-Telescopic Lite stem), the WSA XL ST headphones at 250 g (8.8 oz), the MI-6 pinpointer, and the XP Backpack 240 to carry it all. Priced at the sum of its parts, so the convenience is free; the point is completeness, not a discount gimmick.
Why a pack beats piecemeal
The two-item XP ICON bundle leaves recovery gear for a second order, and second orders happen after the first frustrating hunt, not before. The MI-6 is not a generic probe either: it is XP's connected pinpointer, built to pair with the ICON remote, and if you set it down in tall grass the remote makes it ring and flash from up to 82 ft (25 m) away, even switched off, even weeks later. That one feature has paid for more pinpointers than any spec sheet. The headphones are the over-ear WSA XL ST, the model whose closed cups keep faint, deep targets audible in wind; XP's lighter on-ear WSA ST headphones exist for travel-light hunters, but for a complete kit we pack the comfortable ones. If you want the same kit around the stronger machine, the XP ICON X Adventure Pack is this box with the X inside.
Specifications and what they mean in the field
| Spec | Figure (XP-published) | What it does for you |
|---|---|---|
| Detection | FMF simultaneous multi-frequency plus 2 single frequencies (4 and 14 kHz) | Parks, fields and beaches on one machine, no coil swap |
| Programs | 3 factory + 3 user slots; factory programs reset to stock at every power-on | Beginner-proof: experiments never break the machine |
| Target ID | 28-segment Multi-Notch, ferrous bottle cap rejection, All-metal key, 5 reactivity levels | Dig fewer bottle caps from your first hunt |
| Weight | About 735 g (1.62 lb) fully equipped, without the remote on the stem; remote about 110 g (3.9 oz) | Light enough for all-day first hunts |
| Coil | ICON28 FMF, 11 in (28 cm), about 370 g (13 oz) with cover | The proven general-purpose size |
| Recovery | MI-6 connected pinpointer; lost-gear finder rings and flashes it within 82 ft (25 m) | Faster holes, and the most-lost tool in detecting finds itself |
| Carry | XP Backpack 240; stem telescopes to 22.8 in (58 cm) folded | The whole kit travels in one bag, on your back |
| Battery | About 11 h for remote, headphones and coil; about 3 h charge; one 3-output cable charges all three at once | One USB brick runs the whole weekend |
| Warranty | Detector and headphones: 5-year parts and labor warranty with registration; pinpointer, batteries and accessories 2 years | Every piece covered, terms stated in writing |
Waterproof, stated precisely
The ICON carries an IP68 rating, waterproof 5 m / 16 ft, and the 5 m ceiling is real with conditions XP prints and most listings skip. With the standard cap the remote is rated to 5 ft (1.5 m) for up to 30 minutes: rain, creeks and surf wading are covered as shipped. Going deeper requires the BH-02 bone conduction headphones, whose waterproof connector replaces the cap, plus the waveguide for the radio link; so equipped the ICON works as a true underwater metal detector to 16 ft (5 m). The WSA XL ST headphones in this pack are dry-land audio, not dive gear.
Who it is for
Gift buyers who want one box that is genuinely complete, first-timers who would rather start with a fully wireless metal detector bundle plus recovery gear than discover what is missing mid-hunt, and families outfitting a shared hobby. One plain limit: no ICON factory program is a dedicated gold prospecting program. For gold, XP's in-brand paths are the DEUS II Gold package and XP gold pans, or step to an XP DEUS 2 bundle if the flagship is calling.
History Seekers is a small American business and an authorized XP dealer. Everyone here detects, top down, for gold, relics, coins and jewelry, and prior field experience is a hiring requirement, not a coincidence. The person answering your Adventure Pack question may be the one packing your order for the UPS run. We publish XP's real figures, conditions included, because we swing this gear ourselves, and the story is more important than the artifact.