Talked to bill today he got it fixed ,and it was 60.00 total even thou it was about three weeks i would still buy a minelabe as it is the deepest machine i ever owned i really like the 5khz it punches thru minearalized ground WELL i can get a buried dime in my bad ground at 10" and a quarter at 11" that just amazes me i probly could have returned it for a vaquero but i just felt like i would not have been happy so i wanted to fix it this things going to do very well , once you tasted minelabe your hooked at least I am so the coustomer sevice is slow just get a back up machine later Gunnar MN