treasurebum
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[size=medium]In a previous thread, dated Aug 24th, 2006 Guvner said, and I quote:
"Sandy Burton, the head of Minelabs Customer Service has asked that we put up a reminder about keeping the coil cover cleaned out by removing it occasionally to remove dirt between the coil and the cover as this material can become magnetized and start to cause falsing that otherwise wouldnt be there. This has turned out to be one of the main reasons people call in thinking theyre having a problem with their machines."
Because the above thread was closed, there was no alternative but to quote Guvner here, so I could add my two cents.
I would like to point out, five years later this should still be a concern to all Metal Detectorist and regardless of which brand detector you swing.
The specific brand isn't important, but I just received a used Minelab Safari two days ago that I had purchased. Part of the deal was that it had been hardly used and was in excellent condition. Looking at a number of pictures as well as inspecting once I received it, it indeed appeared well maintained or at least, very well cleaned prior to shipping.
I did notice a little dust where the coil cover attaches to the coil and my attempt to wipe it off was greeted by a "gritty sound" I pulled the coil cover partially back and it appeared to have been missed in the cleaning or possibly, never emptied/cleaned by the previous owner. My point is, had I not noticed, I may have gone for the initial trial run and become discourage due to falsing that could have been avoided.
The old saying goes, "Take care of your equipment and your equipment will take care of you"[/size]
"Sandy Burton, the head of Minelabs Customer Service has asked that we put up a reminder about keeping the coil cover cleaned out by removing it occasionally to remove dirt between the coil and the cover as this material can become magnetized and start to cause falsing that otherwise wouldnt be there. This has turned out to be one of the main reasons people call in thinking theyre having a problem with their machines."
Because the above thread was closed, there was no alternative but to quote Guvner here, so I could add my two cents.
I would like to point out, five years later this should still be a concern to all Metal Detectorist and regardless of which brand detector you swing.
The specific brand isn't important, but I just received a used Minelab Safari two days ago that I had purchased. Part of the deal was that it had been hardly used and was in excellent condition. Looking at a number of pictures as well as inspecting once I received it, it indeed appeared well maintained or at least, very well cleaned prior to shipping.
I did notice a little dust where the coil cover attaches to the coil and my attempt to wipe it off was greeted by a "gritty sound" I pulled the coil cover partially back and it appeared to have been missed in the cleaning or possibly, never emptied/cleaned by the previous owner. My point is, had I not noticed, I may have gone for the initial trial run and become discourage due to falsing that could have been avoided.
The old saying goes, "Take care of your equipment and your equipment will take care of you"[/size]