billdean

The morning of October 31st

My 6000 has been at Detector Center going on 2 weeks now with no word when it will be fix! I was thinking when I sent it in for repairs it would be a quick turn-a-around. Not so! I am a little pi-sed about this whole deal now! Not only does it need the speaker fix but a coil fix as well! They say they have greater than normal repairs going on now.

I never had an issue with airplanes myself. My friends 6000 he keeps telling me he has issues with airplanes, helicopter and 4 wheelers. He says he can hear 4 wheelers approaching a 1/4 mile away. He only uses headphone.

Thanks again Jeff! Kicking myself now! I forgot all about the factory reset. I sent it in to Minelab for an estaminet of repairs. 🤦‍♂️

Thanks Jeff……I am not really up to speed on the Nox but I think I am getting better with it. I have read and re-read the manual and I think it is finally sinking in! It’s not as easy as the monster for sure.

Mine has been in their shop since Monday morning and they have not touched it yet.

Well I emailed the Dectector Center today asking how long might the repairs take. This is their response. “Unfortunately, our repair technicians are experiencing a higher than normal volume of repairs at this time. They take much care in giving the proper attention to each machine that comes in for repair. After diagnosing the problem, you’ll be receiving a call from one of our technicians. I apologize for any inconvenience and thank you in advance for your patience.”

I sent the coil also, as I think I may have a bad one. They received it Monday morning the 31st. I hate being without it! I hope it is a short turn around.

Thanks rob!

Does anyone one know how long the turn around time is for getting repairs to the 6000, or for that matter any detector from the Detector Center in Pennsylvania. I sure wish I had mine back and repaired right now!

I shipped my 6000 out last week hoping to get the speaker shield done. Now I am forced to use my Nox 800 as my primary gold machine. I have been going over Steves tips for using it, and I can’t completely understand a certain portion of setting it up in the field 2 mode to hunt for nuggets by tone. I was hoping someone could help me understand it better. I have been using it with gold 1 and 2 and have know problems here. I have looked at the manual but I am still unsure what really to do here. “If trash is minimal then set the tone break lower than normal, so that 0 and several negative numbers read as non-ferrous.” I believe the tone break default are 1 and 20, at least for 2 tones.

Thanks Phrunt…….There is actually someone alive out there. I will give it a try.

My Monster 1000 has finally gone bad. I was thinking it might be the coil so I put on the other one but does the same thing It is so unstable I just can’t use it anymore. It has always been knock sensitive but this is not that. Once turned on the slightest movement makes it go off and it never shuts up. I have put in a repair order to Minelab and they said send it in. I have had it for 4 or 5 years so its not under warranty. I just don’t know if is worth repairing. The cost to ship it there and back plus the repair cost. Has anyone had any dealing with Minelab with out of warranty products? I have a Nox also. I kind of like using the Monster as a pin pointer though.

Thanks phrunt……you guys are getting way to technical for me! I kind of like plug and play! I am not much into taking stuff apart and re-engineering it, but I am sure this is helpful to others.

Yes i had tried all the positions but the cheap adapter just never worked right. I would really like to use an adapter that i did not have to fool with. Thank you for your input!

I have had my sun rays for 3 or 4 years. They are the red knobs. Unfortunately I have never used them do to the 1/4” jack. I had bought an adapter but it never worked right.

Thanks Steve…..

I was hoping maybe someone could provide a link to the type adapter that I would need. My sun rays have a 1/4” jack.

Thanks GotAU…….I finally got the video posted!

I have been trying to use my Sun Ray head phones with my 6000. I purchased an adapter to convert the 1/4” plug to eighth inch but I only get 1/2 the volume. Are there different adapter for a 1/4” plug that might make it work correctly? Anyone else use Sun Ray head phones with the 6000?

If I understand all this correctly I would have a defective machine also. I purchased it in December of last year from Gerry. Not that it is his fault! I have always wore the head phones but yesterday I had forgot them. It does get really unstable without them. I was going to post a video from my iPhone but can’t figure out how to do it. I will try this:

I have been using a shotgun trap pouch that I had for trap shooting. It has served its purpose for about 5 years now, though I aways wanted a bigger one. It was never deep enough. Now that I have seen this thread I have decided to try a real metal detecting pouch. I have a few to pick from now. I just hunt for gold and treasures on land.

Yes…..I run in normal mode here

It takes 5 to 8 hour to charge the battery. It's only taking that amount of amperage out of the charge source. I am not sure really what the amp hour capacity of the battery is, but again its not much, probably around 5 to 6 amp. You could charge that battery many times from one car battery. I fail to see an issue here.

Thanks Jonathan. That help me understand it much better.