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Davo you won't have an issue with Minelab regards repair ........................ merely a formality, just a pain in the butt is all
Cool, that's good to know.Davo you won't have an issue with Minelab regards repair ........................ merely a formality, just a pain in the butt is all
Hello everyone,
I purchased a GPX6000 a couple of weeks ago and have been having lots of fun. However, since yesterday I have been having lots of trouble with noise as you can see in the following video:
I am out in the middle of the bush in Linton, Victoria, and there are no power lines nearby.
I have tried the following but to no avail:
Noice cancel
Ground balance
Using auto and manual sensitivity at different levels
Factory reset
Moving to other areas (hundreds of metres apart)
When this happened yesterday, I placed the DD coil on and it behaved the exact same way as the above video. I put this down to the wet ground or clouds and called it a day. However, since it happened again today, I am having doubts. When I changed to a DD coil today, it didn't go as crazy as yesterday but is still making way too much noise as you can see in the video:
It's not the greatest video to show what I have been experiencing, but it should give a rough idea of what I'm dealing with.
Later on after about 30 minutes of use, it started going crazy with noise again like in the first video and I had to keep pressing the noise cancellation to keep it in check. I tried setting it Conductive Ground Cancel with the DD, but it didn't help.
The weather has been bad here. In fact, there was a light hail in the late afternoon. Can the weather make these machines go crazy like in the first video? I am just trying to figure out if there is something wrong with the machine. I'm just very confused because it has been wet/cloudy for many of the days since I bought the detector, but it is only in the last 2 that I'm having these issues. By the way, I found gold in the exact same area in the first video, so many of my days have been spent there with no issues whatsoever till yesterday and today. It's no longer enjoyable because of this, so hopefully I can figure it out.
Any help or guidance will be much appreciated. I'm new to this game, so please talk to me like I'm 5 if you're kind enough to offer help.
Regards, David.
Hello Chet. Yeah, I was hoping that I would just be able to get a replacement when I went in, especially considering I only bought it 2 and a half weeks ago. If I had it for a year or two, then I would totally understand that it gets sent off and I play the waiting game. Hopefully I'll get a call on Monday.A year ago a friend had this same problem right out of the box. We tried coils and batteries from my detector on his and it still did the same crazy thing. Minelab send him a new one and he hasn’t had any problems since.
Have a good day,
Chet
Hello Peter, I'll let you know what they say once I get it/one back and the process is done.If they know what is causing the problem and repaired the problem may not reoccur. If it's swapped you may get the problem back again at some stage.
I hope by now they know what is causing the 6000 problems, there are probably plenty out there that we don't hear about.
I would like to know before pulling the trigger on one. Just saying. Cheers.
Yep... from the sounds in the video I'm sure it caught COVID somewhere down the track.Thanks Dickie, but I already handed it in to my dealer today. It's being sent to Adelaide for testing. My dealer passed on this thread to the Minelab guy who test them, so hopefully I'll get a replacement. It doesn't play up until it's been used for a while, but I think the videos I made are pretty convincing that it's sick.
Hello Peter. I got the machine back yesterday, used it today and all is well again. On the service report, Minelab just wrote the defect was ‘intermittent noisy connection’ and they replaced the control box.If they know what is causing the problem and repaired the problem may not reoccur. If it's swapped you may get the problem back again at some stage.
I hope by now they know what is causing the 6000 problems, there are probably plenty out there that we don't hear about.
I would like to know before pulling the trigger on one. Just saying. Cheers.
Thanks to the tips on the site I sent my GPX6000 away for the audio fix and told them about my coil being noisy is I lightly bumped grass/rock or if you touch the cable coming out of the coil to the control box. They asked me to the return items to be checked. Coil replaced. I've yet to get out on the hunt again. BazProbably due to any faults with cars could result in serious injury/injuries or fatality/fatalities.
Detector faults are annoying but fairly benign - not potentially lethal.
No real need to issue a national recall which really would only clog up Minelab's Service Centre IMO. Doubt they could replace each in service GPX6000 with fully checked units in any sort of acceptable timeframe to users anyway either? People would then be up in arms about that!
I tend to think (assume) Minelab have decided to just service/repair these issues as they occur, keeping in mind not every unit has had issues but it does seem to be appearing more than with other newly released models? There never seems to be any issue with their warranty service/repair/replacement other than the annoying wait.
Hopefully Minelab are applying the blowtorch to Plexus Corp to pick their game up with the manufacturing quality control.
Take it back and ask for a replacement Bjay.Didn’t think I’d get any time in this morning. Popped the battery in went to turn it on and nothing. Pulled it out made sure contacts were clean, back in turned on all good then shut down. This happened a few times then all good she’s working fine. May have to go back to mine lab for a look see if it happens again.
Even the battery not lasting does not sound right.Yeah mate haven’t had it long but it’s second hand. They gave me a new battery as the one it came with wasn’t lasting as long as it should, this one seems better. I just check it every few days to see how it goes. Once had a fault with my 5000 making weird noises and nothing on the screen,never happened again. Anyway it’s still under warranty so all good.
Didn’t think I’d get any time in this morning. Popped the battery in went to turn it on and nothing. Pulled it out made sure contacts were clean, back in turned on all good then shut down. This happened a few times then all good she’s working fine. May have to go back to mine lab for a look see if it happens again.
Didn’t think I’d get any time in this morning. Popped the battery in went to turn it on and nothing. Pulled it out made sure contacts were clean, back in turned on all good then shut down. This happened a few times then all good she’s working fine. May have to go back to mine lab for a look see if it happens again.
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