GM 2000 - Any Bad Ones Yet?

[Mike C...]

Has anyone got a bad unit yet or have herd of any ? just curious 🤐

[phrunt]

I've been keeping an eye on that and have yet to see a single problem.  Perhaps lessons have been learnt from the past as progressively models have become more reliable since The Great Lemon Fiasco of 2021 with the GPX 6000 release.  Failure rate on Manticores seems very low too.   It appears Minelab have gone back to the rock solid machines of the past like the earlier GPX and GPZ. 

[Shojo510]

There was one machine at Rye Patch that had a problem with the headphones output, might have been a user error as they were using alternate headphones. Not sure how that resolved you would have to ask @Gerry in Idaho

[Shojo510]

8 hours ago, phrunt said:

I've been keeping an eye on that and have yet to see a single problem.  Perhaps lessons have been learnt from the past as progressively models have become more reliable since The Great Lemon Fiasco of 2021 with the GPX 6000 release.  Failure rate on Manticores seems very low too.   It appears Minelab have gone back to the rock solid machines of the past like the earlier GPX and GPZ. 

The no falsing of the coil on impacts is nice. 

[Mike C...]

Thanks for the replies reason I ask is because mine was dead on arrival 😕 but I contacted ML and they sent me a next day air label to ship it back back and they will send me a new one as soon as they get it-hopefully its a good one 🙌

[Gerry in Idaho]

13 hours ago, Mike C... said:

Has anyone got a bad unit yet or have herd of any ? just curious 🤐

I have seen these issues so far, read below.

1 customer at Rye Patch using a different set of headphones plugged in and when he removed them, the external speaker quit working.  I have yet to find out if it was fixed and or what the problem was

2 customers have had a bad battery.  Realize the battery is the same as the GM-1000 battery and so maybe a couple really old ones.

Another customer had a bad coil.  He was able to check the coil on another GM-2000 to confirm it was the bad coil and nothing else.

Different customer had a great running unit that found plenty gold, then after a week, it started screaming as from EMI or something weird and numbers jumping all over the place and would not even do a FP.

Then, we had your unit DOA.

So far approx 30 to 35 units I - Gerry's Detectors has sold.  Also realize, my Field Staff/I each own our own and have already been using them.  We're more easily able to catch a bad unit vs most dealers who just sell them or have yet to use them in the Field.

I really don't want to throw a battery issue as a detector problem as rechargeable batteries are one of those Hit or Miss things.

So 4 units that are not battery related out of approx 30/35 units sold from me.

I personally feel that's a high number of issues but at the same time, so far you're the only one on DP?

The good thing for my customers, Minelab Repairs in USA has been right on top of it and trying their best to help keep my customers happy.  Realize, they (the repair folks in USA) are just the workers and have no fault of making the product.

What I wonder about is the folks who purchase and don't know what a good one is from a bad one?

I do recommend that each person who purchases a unit, to immediately open box and assemble detector.  Step outdoors, Power it on to make sure it does so.  After that, go ahead and charge both batteries until they quit blinking.

Then go out in the field and check it out, hopefully against one that operates properly.

Do not try to test your detector indoors as there is much EMI and it will sound crazy at time.

Maybe Rob & Ron will chime in and let us know if they had any customers with bad units?  I'm certain they sold just as many, so I would expect they seen/heard of some.

New product is one of those things that is tempting.  If you get one sooner than most and it operates fine, you'll be able to reap the rewards in those old worked out areas before others get there.  If you decide to wait for bugs to get worked out, it could be a year of mist opportunity. Since I have confidence in Minelabs Repair Facility folks and also realize it comes with a 3 year warranty, I'm not going to be waiting around.

Good luck everyone.

 

 

[Nikko]

5 minutes ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

1 customer at Rye Patch using a different set of headphones plugged in and when he removed them, the external speaker quit working.  I have yet to find out if it was fixed and or what the problem was

That was a very odd one.  I spent a bit of time looking at that machine that day.  I looked inside the headphone jack to confirm the contacts were not damaged (stuck, thus telling the detector there were headphones plugged in).  Everything looked good compared to my unit.  I tried different jacks from my camera audio equipment bag to try and trick it into knowing the headphones were unplugged with no luck.  There must be something on the board that failed.  I wish I had a multimeter on site to test the resistance of both sets of headphones.

The individual from CO who I spent time with (guy who found 5 pieces) had a machine with a noticeably less stable threshold compared to other units, but it didn't stop him from finding gold.  I think he put more nuggets in his jar than anyone else on the trip, and he was brand new to it.

I have experienced zero issues with mine so far but have only taken it out once since Rye patch.

[phrunt]

I stand corrected.

[RONS DETECTORS MINELAB]

On 12/1/2025 at 11:10 AM, Gerry in Idaho said:

Maybe Rob & Ron will chime in and let us know if they had any customers with bad units?  I'm certain they sold just as many, so I would expect they seen/heard of some.

So far so good from the people that I have sold them to, but not sure if all these customers have had a chance to really put them to the test yet. Probably still a little early to tell except for the ones that have already been mentioned in the other post.

 

Ron