XT 18000

[mirkaba]

I have an old Minelab Xt 18000 that I love. I have found a lot of gold with it. The battery cover latch has worn out. I recently bought another XT 18000 sight unseen and it came without a battery cover.
So now I have 2 vintage machines without battery covers. It sucks that you cannot get parts for an old one-thousand-dollar machine. If anyone knows where a person might find parts please let me know thanks..............Bob

 

[Confetrit]

Do you by chance know anyone that is a machinist that could possibly fabricate one for you? Best of luck to you.

 

[mirkaba]

Do you by chance know anyone that is a machinist that could possibly fabricate one for you? Best of luck to you.

The XT 18000 has a plastic control box . The battery cover is also plastic. If it were metal I could fabricate a cover but I am at a loss when dealing with plastic. The worn-out cover I have is being held in place with a screw. It works but just isn't right. Thanks for the input.

 

[Confetrit]

The XT 18000 has a plastic control box . The battery cover is also plastic. If it were metal I could fabricate a cover but I am at a loss when dealing with plastic. The worn-out cover I have is being held in place with a screw. It works but just isn't right. Thanks for the input.

The Best of luck to you.

 

[autopilot42]

Go to someone with a 3 d printer should be easy

 

[Odanscoils]

I have an old Minelab Xt 18000 that I love. I have found a lot of gold with it. The battery cover latch has worn out. I recently bought another XT 18000 sight unseen and it came without a battery cover.
So now I have 2 vintage machines without battery covers. It sucks that you cannot get parts for an old one-thousand-dollar machine. If anyone knows where a person might find parts please let me know thanks..............Bob

If anything like the Sovereign battery.
I believe you could make one out of metal.

 

[autopilot42]

Is the xt a 45 kHz machine

 

[Smigo]

Is the xt a 45 kHz machine

Three to choose from 6.4, 20 and 60.

 

[autopilot42]

Thank you sounds like a good machine.

Three to choose from 6.4, 20 and 60.

 

[Smigo]

It is. I used all from Xt1600 to the 1800
Best depth I found testing in bad Aussie ground and on undug targets I detected comparing Ft1600, 1700 and 1800 was this. 20khz with the 10" DD. That combo went actually deeper than the lower khz 6.4 which Minelab says is the deepest on bigger targets. That combo nails more detectable targets than the other settings and coil combos. True.