BH.Platinum,Detector head it's self has a little movement to it, is there something wrong?????

[AV64]

I have noticed that the platinum detector head it's self has a little movement to it, it seems a little wobbley when plugging in the headphones or useing your thumb to togle the buttons. you can almost twist it back and forth and side to side for some reason if you really wanted to, i mean not a masive amount but you know what i meen. doe's any one else notice this with there BH.Platinum or is there somthing wrong with mine.????????? PLEASE LET ME KNOW, ANY ONE.

 

[Dude]

Mine does it also just as you describe.It never really concerned me because it stays right where it belongs.

 

[AV64]

Thank's Dude, I thought i had a bum unit. I wonder if any one else has this wobbley problem.

 

[bugeyed]

I have noticed that the platinum detector head it's self has a little movement to it, it seems a little wobbley when plugging in the headphones or useing your thumb to togle the buttons. you can almost twist it back and forth and side to side for some reason if you really wanted to, i mean not a masive amount but you know what i meen. doe's any one else notice this with there BH.Platinum or is there somthing wrong with mine.????????? PLEASE LET ME KNOW, ANY ONE.

Mine has some flex to it, but no indication that it is loose. Does yours wiggle independent of the handle? If so, the 2 screws inside may be loose or the one at the top of the handle. That screw is under the rubber, on the side of the grip.
BTW, I took my Platinum apart & ran wires from the headphone jack, down the handle, into the tube & put a 1/8" jack in the plastic cap at the end of the tube. There is a channel in the handle to run the wire, ('cause the Teknetics Omega routs the phone wire there) so I just had to drill a hole in the tube under the handle to route the wires. Now my headphone wire is out of the way & more manageable.

Cheers,
kev

 

[ldweber51]

Hello,

No problem at all with my Platinum. The unit is good & tight. Sure, if i wanted to force it will move slightly but no movement with or without headphones connected or when i push buttons.

Larry...

 

[wasp]

When I was shopping for mine at Cabelas I noticed that the display unit and the first boxed one I opened before purchasing had head movement like it was loose....kinda slightly wobbly feeling. The one I ended up purchasing was tight.

 

[coinjumper]

The one I had was wobbly too just how its made I guess, I had a bum unit it would just stop detecting at times. Realized the ground was a little too quiet thats when I realized that it wasnt picking up anything, hated that because i really liked the machine.

 

[AV64]

I don't know wether to send them back to BH or just deal with it. In my mind it just should not be like that, you pay good money for somthing you want it to be right. but this unit works great with no problems i dont know if i want to take a chance on sending them back and getting somthing worse. i am up in the air.???????

 

[ldweber51]

The BH does have a 5 year warranty on it. With the MD season just starting for most of us i guess I would try to get by and hope for the best, then send it in for repair or replacement come winter

 

[AV64]

I was thinking the same thing. just hope i get the same unit back because it hits coins really deep and it has not given me any trouble so far.

 

[bugeyed]

I don't know wether to send them back to BH or just deal with it. In my mind it just should not be like that, you pay good money for somthing you want it to be right. but this unit works great with no problems i dont know if i want to take a chance on sending them back and getting somthing worse. i am up in the air.???????

I'll try this again. Last response disappeared!!
Is your module moving independent of the handle? Can you see where it's moving? The easy thing to do is tighten the screw in the handle. Just pull down the rubber a bit to expose the screw, maybe 1/2"?. You have 3 pieces involved. One is the main module & that attaches to an adapter with 2 internal screws (only accessible if you open up the housing) & that adapter slides into the handle & is held in place with the screw that I mentioned earlier. You can see the adapter & tell where the looseness is. You may have to pull the rubber grip down to get a good look. Unless you are very handy, I would caution against cracking open the main housing. Nothing complicated, but you have to be careful that the lens & keypad don't fall out. No big deal, but you've been warned.

Cheers,
kev

 

[AV64]

bugeyed, the screws are tight on the handle, inside is a different story i can't tell unles i open it up. thanks, Art......

 

[bugeyed]

bugeyed, the screws are tight on the handle, inside is a different story i can't tell unles i open it up. thanks, Art......

If you remove that top screw in the handle, you should be able to slide the housing/adapter out of the handle to have a look at it. It may be cracked & may be reparable. If the adapter portion is loose in relation to the housing, the only thing you can do is open it up & tighten the 2 screws inside. That's the tough call.

Good luck,
kev

 

[AV64]

bugeyed, It rotaits back and forth about 3/16 '' of an inch but doe's not go any further than that which tells me that if it were cracked it would move even more. it is more than likely loose with a screw problem,a lot of others said there's were loose to. sence you had your's apart will the screws show them selfs right off the bat when you take the back plate off. let me know. thanks Art.....

 

[bugeyed]

bugeyed, It rotaits back and forth about 3/16 '' of an inch but doe's not go any further than that which tells me that if it were cracked it would move even more. it is more than likely loose with a screw problem,a lot of others said there's were loose to. sence you had your's apart will the screws show them selfs right off the bat when you take the back plate off. let me know. thanks Art.....

AV64, The screws are holding the "adapter" to the back cover. When you open the housing, try to carefully keep the front half together with the circuit board in one piece. I will try to explain it better. When you first crack it open, try to put your fingers inside so as to keep the circuit board & front cover in one piece. The front half is a sandwich of the ckt board, keyboard & plastic lens. These parts just fit together without screws & there are wires attached to the back half (headphone jack & coil jack) that make it more difficult to separate the halves. Just try your best to keep the front sandwich together & move it so you can see the screw heads at the bottom of the back half. The wires keep you from separating the haves by much, so go slowly until you can see what you are working with. The only reason I say to try to keep the front half together is to keep dust from getting on the back of the lens. Otherwise, it's easy to see how the sandwich fits back together. It's not hard to get all the parts to fit back together, so there's not much that can go wrong, if you pay attention!

Good luck,
kev

 

[AV64]

Thanks bugeyed, no problem at all, went smooooooth, HA. HA. I don't know why they are not tight from the factory, there QC. must be sliping. but then again there is nothing out there that is made like the old day's. thanks again.

 

[bugeyed]

Thanks bugeyed, no problem at all, went smooooooth, HA. HA. I don't know why they are not tight from the factory, there QC. must be sliping. but then again there is nothing out there that is made like the old day's. thanks again.

So it was those 2 screws? Glad it wasn't broken. Hopefully the plastic is strong enough to hold up.
Now that you are an expert at disassembling this unit, you may try my headphone jack relocation project. I posted it here somewhere. I may re-do mine & connect the wires differently, so the new jack mutes the speaker, but on second thought, with my configuration, I can have the speaker work with the earbuds, if I want. At any rate I think I will run different wire than I did, for other reasons.

Cheers,
kev

 

[AV64]

That sounds great let me know how you make out if you go with different wire. keep me up to date with your project.

 

[bugeyed]

That sounds great let me know how you make out if you go with different wire. keep me up to date with your project.

Sure thing. The only reason for me to go back in is to use smaller gauge, less stiff wire. The cable I used makes it difficult to push the excess into the tube to attach the plastic plug in the end of the tube. I will take pictures if I get around to doing it.

Cheers,
kev

 

[AV64]

Sound's good.