Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum, and to ownership of a Minelab detector(the 800 turned up today in the post:). Woohoo....I think)
I have used Minelab equipemnt in the past, back in the mid 90's we ran a fleet of 60 odd minelab mine detectors in Cambodia. But those versions (the predecessor to the F3) were several iterations of complexity behind todays generation of detectors.
Anyways, I unboxed it, connected the magnetic charge cable up to a usb charger, and sure enough about an hour later the green flashing led stopped flashing and stayed on, indicating a fully charged battery.
Press to turn on. Nothing. Not a flicker. Pressed and held momentarily, pressed and held for 1 second, pressed and held for 5 seconds, NOTHING
Is there a trick I am missing? Does this happen frequently? Or am I just the unlucky one to purchase a late-friday-afternoon-just-before-a-long-weekend assembled one thats a dud??
TIA