GTA ULTRA 1000 Garrett

[bigjoe-fl]

I have a gta ultra 1000 and I beleave my eliptical coil is bought the farm anybody give me a idea how to test and does anyone have one they would like to sell.

 

[Uncle Willy]

What is it doing or not doing?

Bill

 

[Paul(NWO)]

if you really can determine if it is bad you can send it back to Garrett, let them know first. When they decide it's bad they will send you a new round coil for free. Well all you have to pay for is the shipping there. They no longer make an eliptical for our machines. I really liked my eliptical.

 

[bigjoe-fl]

It does not seam to detect any coins that i threw around just gives all kinds of sounds and id is incorrect

 

[jeff@middlesex]

So if you throw some coins on the ground it will not make a sound on them?

 

[bigjoe-fl]

not the normal bell tone and the id is off nickle for guarter pulltab for dime just all wrong.

 

[OnEbayIm"chileheadplumber"]

I dont claim to be a pro, but I do use a GTA Ultra 1000 exclusively. If its registering all wrong its gotta be screwed up, because mine is VERY good with discernment. I would recommend before you do anything else, that you try your test again with OLD change. IE: 1970s, 80s, and early 90s. The newer 2000+ stuff reads as all kinds of stuff. On a test scan my GTA 1000 read an old nickle as a nickle, but read a new nickle as trash. It read an old quarter as a quarter, but a new quarter as pulltab. etc. It read my wife's new 14K gold earrings as trash/foil! But it does really well, and I like my machine. It just that the new change is getting cheaper!
just my two cents.

 

[jeff@middlesex]

n/t

 

[Stingraymb]

I thought my stock coil was screwing up on my 250 - whenever it was connected I received continuous tones, IDs running up and down the scale, just going nuts. Connected to the sniper coil, the detector worked fine. I sent the stock coil back, Garrett promptly sent me a new one - same thing. The problem was in the detector. I sent it and the new coil back and the detector was repaired.

 

[Skillet]

The stock coil for my 1000 developed a crack during a water hunt and got all screwy on me. Garrett replaced it with a "refurbished" coil for about $20.

You might try listing a 'WTB' on the classifieds and check "the bay" as well... one will turn up for you if you're persistent.

Good Luck!
Skillet

 

[Uncle Willy]

Contact Mary Penson at Garrett. maryp@garrett.com
Sounds like your coil might be defective. Have you checked it for hairline cracks, especially around the seam?

Bill