Critterhunter
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Looks like the thought that used SE Pros, GT's, and parts for Sovereigns might go up now that Minelab canned them might turn out to be true? 
Saw a Digisearch meter sold in the accessories forum, used but said to be in great shape, but just the same that's a hefty price for these things only...what...about a year or so since Minelab stopped making the meters? Most of us know the GT and SE were just canned at the end of last month, along with the 8 and 10" Tornado coils for the Sovereign/Excalibur, so I'd expect the same deal on these machines and those coils as well when new stock starts drying up. Didn't these meters go for $175 new, which to me was still rather steep for just a simple volt meter put in a fancy housing with a coil cable attached.
Hey Ron, you are for sure doing one heck of a service for people trying to find a meter. The one you sent me works fantastic and just as well as my Digisearch meter, along with being more easy to mount anywhere due to no V-clip required, or the hefty heavy long coil cable. I weighed it and it's even less weight than the Digisearch (every ounce counts when trying to build light), and also I tested some readings on various low, middle, and high conductors and it reads exactly the same VDI #s as my Digisearch meter.
The Digisearch is starting to get fussy with it's tuning pot. Even when I'm sure I haven't bumped it between hunts it often needs some re-calibration. I always let the GT warm up for about five minutes before seeing if that needs done, because often a meter might read a hair off 180 until it's got up to steady state of operation (parts warming up). The pot is starting to develop a dead spot in it and is a little harder to turn than it should. Sooner or later I'll take it apart and clean that pot with some contact cleaner, but I also plan to turn the internal rough adjustment pot a little so that the external pot will now adjust in a slightly different spot. That alone should fix the dead spot where it's hard to tweak to 180 without it going to high or low on me.
PS- I don't usually use a coin to calibrate, but instead just make the machine reset (thumping the coil on the ground, or often a higher sensitivity will cause it to reset on it's own), and then calibrate to negative -505 when it's showing the negative number. When it's set that way it'll go 180 on a dime/quarter. Your meter also displays the same negative number on a reset of the machine (threshold resets when this happens). Thus far haven't had to touch the pot on your meter since I set it the very first time I used it.
Saw a Digisearch meter sold in the accessories forum, used but said to be in great shape, but just the same that's a hefty price for these things only...what...about a year or so since Minelab stopped making the meters? Most of us know the GT and SE were just canned at the end of last month, along with the 8 and 10" Tornado coils for the Sovereign/Excalibur, so I'd expect the same deal on these machines and those coils as well when new stock starts drying up. Didn't these meters go for $175 new, which to me was still rather steep for just a simple volt meter put in a fancy housing with a coil cable attached.
Hey Ron, you are for sure doing one heck of a service for people trying to find a meter. The one you sent me works fantastic and just as well as my Digisearch meter, along with being more easy to mount anywhere due to no V-clip required, or the hefty heavy long coil cable. I weighed it and it's even less weight than the Digisearch (every ounce counts when trying to build light), and also I tested some readings on various low, middle, and high conductors and it reads exactly the same VDI #s as my Digisearch meter.
The Digisearch is starting to get fussy with it's tuning pot. Even when I'm sure I haven't bumped it between hunts it often needs some re-calibration. I always let the GT warm up for about five minutes before seeing if that needs done, because often a meter might read a hair off 180 until it's got up to steady state of operation (parts warming up). The pot is starting to develop a dead spot in it and is a little harder to turn than it should. Sooner or later I'll take it apart and clean that pot with some contact cleaner, but I also plan to turn the internal rough adjustment pot a little so that the external pot will now adjust in a slightly different spot. That alone should fix the dead spot where it's hard to tweak to 180 without it going to high or low on me.
PS- I don't usually use a coin to calibrate, but instead just make the machine reset (thumping the coil on the ground, or often a higher sensitivity will cause it to reset on it's own), and then calibrate to negative -505 when it's showing the negative number. When it's set that way it'll go 180 on a dime/quarter. Your meter also displays the same negative number on a reset of the machine (threshold resets when this happens). Thus far haven't had to touch the pot on your meter since I set it the very first time I used it.
The view out the window is something else too. You are living the life my friend. 