PAWN STARS BACKFIRE!!!

[gimper]

recently i posted about getting a deal on pawn shop cz-6 quicksilver and not knowing that it lacked an external speaker by fishers design and telling the pawn shop guy i would have to send it in and have repaired. Well....... i guess ill have to send it in after all it wont make a sound out of headset cant hear a chirp! needle works! changed batteries-different headset-tapped unit (lightly) unplugged headset several times wiggled control knobs couldnt even make a crackle .if all you have is a internal speaker and it quits your really screwed!!! to me thats a design flaw if you dont have audible speaker also like most others. any quick fixes out there besides ups time? well i did find a 1905 toasted ih before it shot craps.

 

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[Rawhide]

Sounds like it was handled rough, maybe dropped. Never had one apart, I'd say send it in and know how much your willing to pay to have it fixed.

 

[prolab69]

getting it at a pawn shop is a place you want to make sure everything works before walking out the door with it, the headphone socket not working could have gotten you a better price, and the headphone jack is usually only 2 wires.
sounds like an easy fix, those jacks are common enough to find at any radio shack or computer shop. unless your somewhat mechanically inclined maybe attempt to do it yourself rather pay to have it done, as long as your careful and with a good work space it should only take 20mins... " i would not suggest doing this on a machine still under warrantee tho. good luck!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Used=surprise, some times good some times bad. If it's just the speaker wires your good. Hopefully you get it fixed quick and little money. HH.

 

[Mzjavert]

Okay, I am going to assume that the headphones work with another MD. Like mentioned above if it's the headphone jack or the wires going to the jack...this is an exceedingly simply repair for someone who knows their way around a soldering iron. If the knobs have to come off to take the case apart, that looks like that would be the most time consuming part of the repair. It shouldn't be hard to find someone local to do the repair.

 

[lastleg]

That particular model was great for silent searching as only the operator could hear the signals.
I have one that I still use with the small coil for trashy sites and it is deep. I found a seated dime
that was at least 8'' with ferrous signals all around. Contact Fisher for advise.

 

[roaddust66]

I just found an almost brand new tesoro uMax Silver in a pawnshop. cheap too and it looks new. i have not turned on my Tejon since bringing this little orphan detector home !