Death In Minelab Repair Center At Kellyco

[treasure_hunter]

I thought I posted this here but someone pointed out I haven't, my apologies..


I am posting this at my hunting partner Dave’s request; he is head engineer at Kellyco Detectors where the Minelab Repair Center is located.

It is with a heavy heart that I report Barry who was the repair tech at Kellyco repair center for almost 3 years passed away suddenly this week from a massive stroke. His brother Dave will be stepping in to cover the repair work until they can find another tech. Dave is a retired Naval Maintenance Officer and is very knowledgeable on detectors among other things, Dave trained his brother Barry to do all the repairs and mods…. The repair center will continue to function, but for the next month or so repairs will be slower as they try to catch up on the back log.

The Repair Center asks that anyone who has sent detectors in and are waiting for repairs to please have a little extra patience and understanding as they deal with the loss of a brother, co-worker and friend.

Barry and I became very good friends after I retired and I can’t believe he is gone, at my age good friends like Barry are rare and Barry was indeed a very rare person himself, he had a heart of gold, loved to help other people, it was an honor and a privilege to call him my friend.

Repair center is still repairing detectors but the backlog has caused the repair time to be about 3 weeks wait.

Until further notice they have stopped accepting any new orders for the excal mods so that they can catch up on the detector repair backlog..

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[Tom_in_CA]

thanx for getting the word out Treasure-hunter. Our condolances go out to family and friends there.

I was just checking my records, of some forays into possibly sending my detector in for repair earlier this year. And I see that it was actually Barry that I talked to on the phone. Kind enough to listen to my particular machine's issue (because I was trying to decide if it was even repairable, and whether to bother sending in , in-the-first-place) . I recall Barry listened, and gave me the scoop on whether this could be fixed (because mother boards from Explorers are no longer a spare part, since it's a discontinued model). And then Barry gave the shipping instructions if I decided to send it in.

Wasn't till I saw your post, that I went back in my notes, to see that it was actually Barry I had spoken to. That was either Dec. or January.

 

[Scaupus]

sorry to hear that. I actually asked the Minelab gal if I should put att: Barry when I sent my ctx in last week.

 

[MANDAD76]

RIP....condolences.