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650.00 to repair it with no warranty. I bought a new one with my military discount   

Phrunt does there have to be any other devise between the head phones and the 6000 to get them to work?

Will the ML-80 headphones work with the GPX 6000? I have a pair that came with my Equinox that have never been used. I would like to send in my regular 6000 headphones (ML-100?) to the repair center and really don’t want to use my 6000 without a wireless set. I have tried searching for my question with no luck. I would think it has been ash before.

13 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Billy, What did you find out about the detector battery or detector failure? If battery is dead,  it should be under warranty.  Keep me updated and sorry to hear of your issues. 

Hey Gerry….I found a guy in Quartzsite with a 6000 and my machine power up just fine with his battery. So it was the battery. I noticed a little green corrosion on the battery itself. Phunt and Jeff helped me out with how to clean it, all though it took about 3 good cleanings to get it working again. I ended up scraping the contacts a little bit, cleaned with alcohol, and used a pencil eraser. I had stored the battery separate from the machine and some how it must of got moisture in it. I took the 6000 out yesterday for a test run and it worked great the 2 hours I was out there. 

2 minutes ago, Northeast said:

Hi Bill, 

I had 2 batteries for my 6000 and one day the machine just wouldn't work.  Tried the other battery and it powered up fine.  Cleaned everything on the first battery, recharged it (only took 10 minutes so it was obviously almost full) and re-inserted it and it was still dead.  And apart from the connectors there is really nothing else that can be checked without pulling things apart and voiding warranty (and I would have had no idea what I was looking at anyway 🙂 ) 

Called Minelab here in Australia and they advised there was nothing more I could try.   Got it replaced under warranty.  

My guess is your battery has just had a fatal, unexplained failure.   Hopefully you can get someone local to you to try their battery and confirm that is the case.  

Cheers, N.E.  

Thanks…..i do believe i have someone with a 6000 that going to help me tomorrow morning. 

Thanks Phrunt……….no it won’t destroy my trip. I have a monster and the 800 that i can use. I have had nothing but trouble with my 6000 though. Last year it was the coil and the audio update. I sent it in last year and from start to finish it was around 3 to 4 weeks I could not use it.

Phrunt yes I have checked the pins and cleaned everything up good. I used an eraser on everything I could. Still no luck!

My 6000 won’t power up. Yes the battery has been charged and checked with the 12v volt charger and the 110V charger. I have checked the voltage of the battery and it is 8 volts, but I am not sure what it really should be. I am in Quartzsite, Az. If anyone is here and would be willing to help, by let me try your battery in my 6000 it sure would help me out. Miner Depot is not open yet and won’t be for another week. If it is something other than the battery I would like to ship it off to Minelab repair as soon as I can, or get another battery headed this way.

it was about 12" deep

Thanks everyone! That sure was exciting! When I get it clean up I will post another pic of it. 

I hunted all morning without anything to show for it. About 1:00pm I meant up with some friends for lunch and talk over the mornings hunt. Nobody had found anything. We all took off in different direction again. I ended up in a very small wash leading into a slightly bigger one. It was about 30 feet long and 2 feet wide and maybe a foot deep. I had never detected there before so I though I would try it until dark about 2 or 3 hours away by now. There were some old tailing piles there. Wasn't long I got my first target. I dug it up and it was about 1/2 a gramer. Then 5 minutes later another one. This went on for a few more nuggets. Seven in total I believe. Then I did a coil sweep on the topside of the wash. My 6000 sounded off different. It seemed to give me a low high tone. I scraped the bigger rocks away and still had the same tone. Went down another 5" until I could hear it with my Equinox. the equinox was giving be a Constance 15 for the target ID . I was thinking big lead or maybe a tin can. I finally got in out of the hole and into my scoop but what is it.
after washing it off a little I see it is gold, big gold for sure. it came in at just under 13 grams  with the 7 others I was over a 1/2 ounce for the afternoon. Best day in my life!!!

Thanks jasong! I wonder why it sounds non-furious, Gold/aluminum on a metal detector?

I friend of mine found this rock. He seems to think it has some value. On his monster 1000, and Equinox 800 it reads as having some gold in it, or it at least has some non-ferious properties to it. It just looks like lava rock to me. It is very light for it size, less than a few ounces. It was found a little west of Phoenix, Arizona. Any ideas?

If the gold was more plentiful I would be posting more, but I do like seeing everyone else's posts.

8 hours ago, GotAU? said:

Why do you think the specimens look black, were they iron oxide covered or is that a photo issue? Cleaned up nicely though, good work.

I am not sure. It’s the only one like this I have ever found in that area. It appears to be in really iron stained quarts. No photo issue. When I first found it, I was thinking it was a chunk of lead, then I seen a little glint of gold, or so I thought. I took out my water bottle and washed it off a little, and it started to reveil more of the gold. 

Well, I think I have that little area cleaned out now. I thought I would put all the pictures in one thread. So far its been a great start to the season. Many more miles to hunt. I hope I can keep it going, but I know all to well what happens when one area drys up. Just hope to keep that skunk away for awhile longer. If I did my math right it is a total of 15.35 grams! The biggest being 10.01 grams and the smallest, well I am not sure it even weighed anything. 

I think I remember seeing these before but never give much thought on what they were. Looks like a good place to get warmed up when out detecting!

I think I am ready to say that the fix for my 6000 is wonderful! It is much more stable now. It just settles down and hunts! Here is a couple hours of work today. I will get a better picture when I get it cleaned up. 10.01 grams! 😃

I had a couple hours to try the 6000 out today after the repair to the audio and coil. So far it is much better than when I sent it in! In the next few days I will have more of a chance to try it out but so far I like what I see. Here is a small .250 nugget on a couple hour hunt today.

2 hours ago, Swegin said:

What does a new unused Monster go for?  A 6000 is $6000 - 15% = $5100 - a gold monster($500-600) Now you have a 6000 or $4600 or so.  Something to think about maybe.

 

I believe a new Monster at 5 or $600.00 is pretty cheap! I have been looking at them and there about $950.00 new.

10 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

I was notified today that the speaker upgrade repair was completed and my GPX6000 battery/power compartment is on its way back to me with return postage paid by Minelab. 

Yes…..mine was returned postage paid also! They sent mine back Fed X.

I am glad to report that my 6000 is on it’s way back to me. They found that my 11” coil was extremely touch sensitive and replaced it with a new GPX 11” Mono. They also did the external speaker fix, which they call an “Audio Modification” and are shipping it back to me today. It took exactly 2 weeks to the day. It sure seemed much longer then that!

14 minutes ago, GotAU? said:

Where there any issues with the coil you sent back to them?

I believe so yes. Just the tiniest bump and it would go off like crazy. It would finally calm down but it took awhile and then it would do it again. I just couldn’t use it.

Having only one detector now I have been forced to learn how to use it for hunting gold. I have had the Nox 800 for about 2 years, and have not really used it that much. A little on coins in the summer months when I am back in Michigan, but never while in Arizona hunting gold. It has been a real learning experience with many many hours in the field the last 3 weeks with little to show for it. I am hunting one of the most pounded area in western Arizona and maybe the US. I have read and re-read many articles on gold hunting with the Nox but by far what has help me the most was a series of 3 articles produced by Steve Herschbach back in 2014 “Finding gold with a VLF” published in ICMJ magazine. It is very good reading for those who have not read it. After apply Steves principles things started to come around for me. I have hated being without my Monster and my GPX6000 but maybe it was for the better. I surely am becoming more capable with any detector I pick up now but I am still learning everyday out in the field. That will probably never end. Some days are still great even though my best detectors are in for repairs. I don’t have any fancy pictures but here is a couple of my finds with the Nox.

50 minutes ago, GotAU? said:

Just over a week? That’s normal. Don’t go by the updates on the notes, they didn’t update mine until the day they shipped it - it was just a little over a week also.  

I haven’t had any updates on the notes, but I keep checking anyways.