Tony N (Michigan)
Active member
Sent my Explorer XS to MSR in England for repair. Years ago, some bozos at another U.S. repair facility, which I won't name, screwed the screws
holding down the faceplate and cracked the plastic that holds the screws. I never noticed until one of the screws started falling out.
Now you may be asking, Why would I send that old detector in for repair?
Well, actually, it is a very good detector with the coil that came with it, that found me lots of coins at great depths.
In one park I was swinging it like a whipsaw, full blast and, believe it or not, when I'd get a deep hit, I'd stop, go over it and dig out coins at 8 to 10 or so inches.
Most people say you have to go super slow with a Minelab. That's not always the case. If there isn't much trash, I can usually boogie pretty well, at least with my XS.
Now, when my detecting friend Stan was alive. We went to this park and a dark storm was coming our way. I thought the electricity in the air might excite the coins in the ground a little.
So in this one spot I was moving the coil as slow as a turtle and popping out really deep silver with my XS. It's all about your environment. They were just giving that very, very soft sweet silver whistle. You could just barely hear it.
When I first started detecting with the XS, I came here, many years ago, often complaining, complaining, complaining. Finally, someone told me to send the detector in because it was so hot it was picking up all the electrical interference when
I'd detect in a town. That really helped to get that fixed. So MSR is going to put on a new plastic faceplate and keypad and keypad connector and check to make sure everything is working good.
holding down the faceplate and cracked the plastic that holds the screws. I never noticed until one of the screws started falling out.
Now you may be asking, Why would I send that old detector in for repair?
Well, actually, it is a very good detector with the coil that came with it, that found me lots of coins at great depths.
In one park I was swinging it like a whipsaw, full blast and, believe it or not, when I'd get a deep hit, I'd stop, go over it and dig out coins at 8 to 10 or so inches.
Most people say you have to go super slow with a Minelab. That's not always the case. If there isn't much trash, I can usually boogie pretty well, at least with my XS.
Now, when my detecting friend Stan was alive. We went to this park and a dark storm was coming our way. I thought the electricity in the air might excite the coins in the ground a little.
So in this one spot I was moving the coil as slow as a turtle and popping out really deep silver with my XS. It's all about your environment. They were just giving that very, very soft sweet silver whistle. You could just barely hear it.
When I first started detecting with the XS, I came here, many years ago, often complaining, complaining, complaining. Finally, someone told me to send the detector in because it was so hot it was picking up all the electrical interference when
I'd detect in a town. That really helped to get that fixed. So MSR is going to put on a new plastic faceplate and keypad and keypad connector and check to make sure everything is working good.
