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Got it from my dealer. When he decided to cancel business with White's he still had some parts left in stock and he asked me a good price for parts for my White's detectors. That's it. BTW - welcome aboard.

Hi Jim. Thanks for the flowers. Ordered this opening tools, made by iFixit, from amazon.

Today I managed the LCD-change on the DFX. As I mentioned I had some bad luck in the past while opening those display pods just by prying the tabs of the display cover. The upper tab, right above the White’s Spectrum DFX logo, is very fragile and always broke as one of the lower tabs did also. This time I first heated the plastic with an adjustable heat gun. 80°C was not warm enough so I used 100°C and with the opening tool used on the two bottom tabs it opened up very easily. It just needed a little pry to the upper tab and it was over the hump. Now disconnecting the wires, changing the LCD, reconnect all contacts and closing the display pod was done in a breeze. The new LCD works as it should. Thanks a lot for your help, Steve.👍 BTW, till now I got no response from centrevilleelectronicsnw. But what else would they recommend?😁 If anyone will use this tips be aware to damage your detector. What worked here for me in my contitions may not work for you on different conditions. Doing some pictures of the connections may help to reassemble all. Remember, all you do to your gear is done at your own risk.😉

Thank you, Steve. Think I'll start with the two bottom tabs where the foam rubber sticks to. In the past I had bad luck doing so, this time I'll do some heating first with an air gun so the plastic will be more flexible. I have two old display pods for some training. Next sunday seems good...

Thanks for your reply, Bill. I'll give it a try.

Thanks for the report, Palzynski. A few days back I decided, if my Whites MF detectors break (DFX / VX3) the Apex will definitely be the next one. (or if they become to heavy...😪) And congrats on those nice coins.👍 WTG

Would be nice to know as I have to change the LCD on my DFX. Thanks in advance for your help.

Welcome aboard. You hit the right place to ask and Steve knows for sure. Happy Hunting

Welcome to the forum bluemask. As long as you can swing your detector you are not old. Hope to see some pictures of your finds in the future. Happy Hunting🖼️

Hi pinpointa. First off, I'd e-mail both centreville service centers again and give them some time to respond. From the measurements and the price I'd give amazon a chance with this ones: --> https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B06XJ18PRS/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=mdr+rf865r+rf865rk&qid=1619887826&sr=8-1 Not knowing what the problem is with your pads, I think it is the plastic skin become cracky and some parts will peel off. What I did was I peeled off every part from the ear cushions with a pair of tweezers and still use them with no problems. Hope this was helpful.

Have two of the green pouches which came with the ML detectors... and always use one while detecting.

Wish I'D live closer. That's a good deal for sure. But shipping and import duties will eat up the deal...😪

I think this is about the plastic quality and the process how it is manufactured. I had the same issues with the plastic housing of the meter pod of my VX3 and the plastic parts of my SpectraSound headphones and the MXT display pod. After some failings to glue these plastics I came across the Epoxy Structural Adhesive >>Scotch Weld DP 410<<. That really did the job and gave new strength to the plastic parts. Right now I have this on all my cracked White's detector plastic parts.

Hello Skullgolddiver. You did a great job.👍 Just want to share one thing we did in the past when we serviced sewer laser. Those laser had a condensate outlet device. That only was a larger screw with a gasket ring. When the laser was serviced, closed and sealed we had to prove tightness. And for that we had one of those screws with an glued in bicycle valve. So a little pressure with a bicycle tire inflator (hand-operated) was given to the housing and then the whole laser was submerged. When bubbles came out you could see it was leaky and where it was, so you could seal again. If I had a detector for underwater usage I'd glue in a valve also. May be first add a srew joint which can be replaced if something happens to the valve. Doing this way I always had a little pressure to the detector housing that would prevent water flooding.

Hi. Those sandy beaches are so easy to dig it's a pleasure. Welcome aboard.😎

I know that this is used to protect those historic areas here. Very effective. And when it comes to archeological research they remove the cover layer with the scrap metal and do their job, as the first layer of soil has to be removed anyway. Effective, cheap, and very annoying for the tomb raider.

?? That is some kind of easy. If it was my property I'd pepper it with scrap metal. May be there is a milling company close to you. Asking them for scrap metals made of brass, copper, iron, aluminum, etc...and what they want for, and then sow this. Will be fun to watch them...lOl 👀😜😂🤣 oops...forgot this...: Welcome aboard, WhiteRabbit.😊

Hello Cipher. Those 3d printed batt. packs are great for sure. And they are on a budget, compared to other solutions. The first Li-ion pack I build myself, as many of us did. Works as it should, but the 3d printed one is a lot more trustworthy 😉. So I ordered one and have to agree, it is a very well build battery pack which I really like. Into this pack protected and unprotected 18650 cells can be used, but I recommend the protected ones as you never know when the detector will really shut down at low voltage. And to me there is a big advantage to get the cells out for charging. In the past I had some issues with battery pack which had the cells soldered in a row. The charger showed them fully charged but when inserted to the detector the voltage dropped immediantely to the low bat. level. When the pack was metered the voltage seemed to be okay, but a measurement with a attached burden showed that one ore more cells were faulty. And for charging there are so many chargers in the market... this is what I use. It's a great thread you started, thanks.

Hello Mike. All the Best to your wife and you. Prayers are sent and may she get well soon.

Hmm... Hello Jim. This "event" is the auto switch off. They mentioned this in the DFX300 manual pg.3. First when I heard about this Auto-Feature it was for the XLT, so may be they (White's) had this in some other detectors, too.?

WOW! Now if that will not be a good detecting year. Congrats on this unique find.👍

Reverse voltage protection I think. A thermistor would be mountetd to the cells to get the temperature directly from the part at risk.

What a bummer. I'd contact the dealer to get it right.

I really like this one --> White's Li-Ion battery pack. You can use 3 18650 batteries of your choice, I prefer protected ones. Get a charger for the 18650's and you're done.

Now, that you're asking this question here to the public shows that you know there is something wrong wigth your idea. My idea would be to ask the bereaved if they have a need for. But I think they will not. You see, I'm not the right one for forgiveness. I'd say let all R.I.P. . May be a priest can be more helpful... -IMHO