My buddies XS.:cry:

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Well, my buddy Lee got his XS back from Minelab's repair place in Chicago yesterday and it still doesn't work. He made a list of four things that were causing his problems and they fixed three of them. I'd like to say that 75% fixed is good, but when you get your detector back it should be working at 100%. Lee was not a happy camper and I stopped by his business office this morning and he gave Minelab a call. He talked with a technician and described what it was doing and we even turned his detector on so the guy could listen to the noise it was making over the phone. When you waved a coin under the coil it was making a weird long response sound and also making a chirping sound. It wasn't your usual sound that he got, but just a really weird sound and you knew it wasn't right. We tried a different coil which I knew was good and even tried bypassing his X-! probe and it still made that weird sound. Bottom line is the tech said he would email my buddy a UPS priority sticker of some kind and if Lee gets it mailed back tomorrow then he guaranteed that he would have it back by the 23rd. Our club is having a hunt that day and Lee wants his XS back so bad so he can try and beat my butt at this hunt. His backup White's just isn't cutting the mustard. Guess we'll see if they keep their word and hopefully they will get it fixed this time.

Eddie

 

[dewcon4414]

I had a similar experience once with the Whites i was using... its a little frustrating having to send it back in. Sounds like it got stuck on audio response LONG and the tech didnt recognize it as being a problem. Hopefully Chi town is closer than Vegas.

Dew

 

[stasys]

Edie I suspect that xs is ok just Audio sound is not on normal like your friend used but on Audio1 long or Audio 2 smooth. go to menu, response and check where is it. if its on normal you have problem ,but I feal its on audio 1 long. good luck,Stasys

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Thanks for the suggestion, but when we first turned on his machine we went to factory preset so it was in normal response. It has to be some kind of circuit board problem and hopefully Minelab can fix it. My guess is that they will just go ahead and put a new circuit board in which is about $400 from what I heard.

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Like I said in my other post, I'm thinking a new circuit board is in order. I'm in Washington state and they no longer do any Minelab repair work in Vegas, so Chicago is a lot further from us west coast fellows.

 

[stasys]

Eddie try one time more, maybe you not switched on factory preset? looks very similar to Audio long how I hunt, but easy I can be wrong..Good luck

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

It's too late. Lee has already sent it back to Minelab, but I did call them and told the gal that I spoke with to put a note on his machine when they get it and see if maybe it's stuck in audio 1 or 2. Thanks again.

Eddie