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Minelab Fix For The GM 1000


Ridge Runner

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Chuck, if the issue does not occur in mild soil and only in bad mineralization, then that would more likely be a mineralization and sensitivity settings problem. Touch sensitivity is a hardware problem and should occur in any soil. If there is not a hardware problem the issue will not duplicate in the shop. There is ground that requires a PI detector and where a hot VLF is going to give problems.

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Wondering if it is an issue with the auto ground balancing being out of wack, hence causing the touch sensitivity.  I know the Deus (and other VLF's) get very touchy if the ground balance is set too low, falsing on grass etc.  Especially if it can be replicated on both coils.

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Quoting from Minelab's brochure:

The advanced GOLD MONSTER 1000 uses an intermediate 45 kHz frequency AND a high speed 24-bit signal processor. This primary combination greatly boosts sensitivity to gold beyond that of other single frequency VLF detectors over a wide range of nugget sizes, without introducing excess noise and false signals.  

Well it looks like they got that last part kind of wrong; since the falsing seems to be happening mainly at higher sensitivity levels, I suspect that the current coil technology can't handle the Monsters boosted sensitivity, and that a new coil design is needed to fix the issue.

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Good point Steve.  Since my GM has the falsing, I'll be sending it into Minelab, but not until they figure out exactly what the problem is caused by; I'm having too much fun finding gold with it to send it in just yet. ?

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It sounds that some who didn't have trouble at first may have now. The only trouble we the ones that bought the GM 1000 can talk all day on what it may be the cause. The repair center has to find the cause and the action to cure the problem.

The kick in the butt is with the ones that don't have trouble now but as sure as grass is green they will.

I had got one of the first 200 TDI's and at first it worked great but later I started having trouble. I sent it in and they sent it back and I'm sure they tested it but couldn't find the trouble. I turn it on and had the same trouble. I sent it back again and got it back but the trouble still wasn't fixed. The third time Jimmy S. called White's said send him a new one. That fixed my problem and never had it again. On this I was the only one but with GM 1000 to too many having the same problem.

Like one guy on here got that new one with the same trouble.

Minelab has to find what's causing the trouble soon. Just think how many may be going out the door and will be coming back. You that want the Equinox may have to wait on the recall of all the GM's. If just the coil would be a easy fix but the electronics in the GM may be another story.

Chuck

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Hang on to your seat this a funny one.

  I just got a text from Minelab repair center saying my repair on my GM 1000 was complete. Whoever said I could pick it up anytime. I ask them if they would be so kind to ship it back to me. I told them it was a long drive for me. I did ask what they had done to it but no reply as of yet.

Is that not odd?

Chuck

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26 minutes ago, Ridge Runner said:

Hang on to your seat this a funny one.

  I just got a text from Minelab repair center saying my repair on my GM 1000 was complete. Whoever said I could pick it up anytime. I ask them if they would be so kind to ship it back to me. I told them it was a long drive for me. I did ask what they had done to it but no reply as of yet.

Is that not odd?

Chuck

Yes indeedy, that is odd.----Let's just hope they got it FIXED this time!

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