I run on 4 & drop to 3 if needed but leave the threshold on 3 LED's. Through the booster I now have it running very stable using the boosters volume control. Today it was unbelievably stable but I was in a fairly isolated area with no spherics about today & minimal external interference. Had the odd plane go over but barely noticeable. Slow day on the gold though - only one today but the 100% record is still goingRetirement Stone said:I now run with 4 sensitivity and 4 LEDs on the threshold. Learning to ignore the erratic threshold and listening for that raised tone that indicates a target. Might try 5 and 5 Next outing.
Sometime it goes stupid, so I turn it off and on again, a reboot if you like. Seems to restore the machine.
I got a set of cheap Tenergy rechargeable batteries. The power off issue doesn't or hasn't occurred with them at all. I still use the Powerizer rechargeables though but I am now very careful when putting them in I.e. I make sure the contacts are clean, put them in slowly with the machine straight up & ensure the cap is push straight down firmly then tightened/closed. Used the Powerizers for half the day yesterday with no issues at all. The machine even rolled over & down the edge of a heap & never done the restart thing.Heatho said:I remember you upgraded batteries didnt you Matt?
mbasko said:I got a set of cheap Tenergy rechargeable batteries. The power off issue doesn't or hasn't occurred with them at all. I still use the Powerizer rechargeables though but I am now very careful when putting them in I.e. I make sure the contacts are clean, put them in slowly with the machine straight up & ensure the cap is push straight down firmly then tightened/closed. Used the Powerizers for half the day yesterday with no issues at all. The machine even rolled over & down the edge of a heap & never done the restart thing.Heatho said:I remember you upgraded batteries didnt you Matt?
I do use the Tenergy ones mostly, if they're charged - had forgotten to take them out to charge hence using the Powerizer for half a day. :lol: Good to have back ups!
Both sets last well & I get about 1.5 detecting days out of them. I'm not sure these issues are battery related - they all sound specific to area infrastructure/electric installation, EMI or spheric activity related to me?
Edit: p.s if it were my machine doing it regularly as a minimum I would be contacting Minelab to get their opinion. They aren't the big, bad wolf some make them out to be & their service department is A1. I would assume that they would prefer to know of any issues rather than not know. Even send a link to the vids & see what they say? Can't hurt & they may just have a simple fix or explanation?
Wally69 said:last week at the Annaconda sale I bought some heavy duty Hard Yakka work pants with the knee pad sockets in them.
Should double up as extra snake protection as well
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Wally69 said:last week at the Annaconda sale I bought some heavy duty Hard Yakka work pants with the knee pad sockets in them.
Should double up as extra snake protection as well
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