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DeepTech

Looking for guidance.....Tesoro head phone jack question

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sbmsp

New member
Hi,
I just got my 1st Tesoro, a Cortes, in trade the other day. I didn't know that they made machines so light!!!! Anyhoooo, I head out to a new area, an old park and my one and only coin find with the Cortes is a first for me, a seated 1854 dime in great condition. I dig it, manage not to scar it up and say Holy Crap, drive on, what else is here!!!! This is where the story turns.... sparse on other finds but then after about 1/2 an hour I notice it's too quiet and I see the readout registering something. I look and the headphone jack is loose. I shake it and it crackles so I hand tighten it maybe a turn and a half and then nothing. No headphone OR speaker sounds. That is where I am, jonesing to fire this baby up for another hunt and being SOL for a new to me detector.
I'm thinking, OK must have twisted/pulled one, maybe a couple wires when I tightened the jack, I can fix that. I removed the faceplate last p.m. and stopped myself when I found the board was somehow secured.

So here's my question - I've fixed far more than I've destroyed with a soldering iron but should I just suck up the shipping/time for repair on this one or is the board easy to move to check for the quick fix? The detector was new enough that I got the warranty card which I sent off today so that wouldn't be an issue.

Thanks for any input,
Steve
 
Send it to Tesoro and let them fixi it. All it will likely cost you will be shipping (one way). Since you got it on a trade it needs to be checked and tuned up if needed.. It will all be done for free most likely, and you get to know your machine is ship shape. You can't beat that!! HH, Charlie
 
I did a modification to a Silver Sabre umax and was able to completely remove the innards and do a bit of soldering. However, that's a simpler, non ID machine. If this were my problem, I'd bite the bullet and send it in to Tesoro in order to not void the warranty. Their turn around time is usually in the week to 10 day range and they'll make sure all is as it should be.
BB
 
Thanks for the replies, I'm going to ship it tomorrow, better safe than sorry. Too big an investment for a "project"!
HH'ing,
Steve
 
I am a look/see kinda guy, I would go a little deeper to have a look. Its probably couple wires touching or pulled loose.
 
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