Popular Post Jeff McClendon Posted September 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2022 As usual, no BS from Gigmaster. Excellent problem/diagnosis video showing where Gig's Equinox detectors all leaked and making a correlation between the similar charging port on the Manticore......... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtimehermit Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Thanks Jeff, always good info from you, and of course the Gigmaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Thanks, but I often post some whining and some wrong information too. But, thanks for reading. Just for a different viewpoint. I have two Equinox 800s that are out of warranty that were manufactured in mid to late 2018. Both have been submerged in freshwater. Neither have been submerged in saltwater. They have not leaked. They do not exhibit any cracking around the charging port area of any kind under 10X magnification........... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midalake Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Jeff McClendon said: Gig's Equinox detectors all leaked and making a correlation between the similar charging port on the Manticore......... I saw it too. It surprised me, this was the first I have seen all of this cracking around the charge ports. Maybe other can chime in if they had problems in this location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 19 minutes ago, midalake said: I saw it too. It surprised me, this was the first I have seen all of this cracking around the charge ports. Maybe other can chime in if they had problems in this location. It is not the first time that I heard of this cracking around the charging port. I have been keeping an eye on my two Noxes for awhile..... Maybe this clearly done, matter of fact video will finally at least get Minelab to say something. I would be happy with them just saying "we know about it and have fixed the issue on Manticore". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 I like Gigmaster's experimental approaches. Hinting it might carry over to the Manticore, though.... But this is what can happen when a company's attention is brought on a problem and they go radio silent (for 4 years). My benefit-of-the-doubt is that if this is the source of the failures in water (we don't know that from just one unit), ML will have figured it out, too. They are now saying the Manticore is good to 5 m, compared to what, 1.5 m with the Equinox? I gotta think they've covered this one. Then again, what should happen and what happens are often two different things. We'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for linking the video, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 I found one crack on my 800 charge port , it's never been submerged. It will be interesting to see if the Manticore has the same leak problem or not ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said: I like Gigmaster's experimental approaches. Hinting it might carry over to the Manticore, though.... But this is what can happen when a company's attention is brought on a problem and they go radio silent (for 4 years). My benefit-of-the-doubt is that if this is the source of the failures in water (we don't know that from just one unit), ML will have figured it out, too. They are now saying the Manticore is good to 5 m, compared to what, 1.5 m with the Equinox? I gotta think they've covered this one. Then again, what should happen and what happens are often two different things. We'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for linking the video, Jeff. According to Gigmaster, all FIVE of the Equinoxes he has owned developed cracks around the charging port and leaked so not just one unit. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtimehermit Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 No crack here, after almost 3 years i have only taken it in fresh water. Thanks again i was happy to check and find no cracks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Just checked mine, 4+ years old, no cracks around charging port even under magnification, has been submerged in fresh water quite a few times, in salt water a couple of times. I wonder if they used the same plastic for the Nox as the 6000 coils. 😄 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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