zed is on a fed ex back across the country to minelab america, no hassle so far except I kinda feel empty like a parent thats just sent their kid off to college and now they have a giant void to fill in their lives. Ive been out puttering with my Whites SST, a great detector, but its just not the same. I love the sheer power of the 7000 and the 6x10 coil feels small next to the gzp14 in an open area.
A second phone call on monday got me the return authorization number for minelab, that puts the detector into the system for repair and it should b back at the service center on Friday. No word from minelab on what if anything is covered under warranty, obviously they need to look it over and hopefully word from them will be reasonably quick on what the plan will be.
fyi,shipping the gpz fed ex standard ground from california to minelab america with $10,000. insurance is $145.