Scratching my head on this one!!!! [VAQUERO}

[artzstuff1]

Went out today and was swinging normal dug a few targets and all of a sudden,,the machine went nutz,,would not stop making noise,

warbleing crazy!! did not matter what I did just totally nutz!!! changed battery ,,same thing ,no powerlines close, so came home pulled the detector out of the car ,turned it on and , normal, as if nothing had happend,,this has just got me baffled !!! dont know? ,, took coil cover off and cleaned that to be sure ,, I guess I will try again tom.,,, just wondering if anyone has had that to happen,,what ever it was seems to be gone, sure was wierd!!!


Thanks

arthur

 

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[Woodland Detectors]

Hmmmm, You could very well have a break in the cable, from coil to control box.

All wires eventually encounter "wire fatigue"
Here's what I do,
Find yourself a mom and pop electronic repair store in you area.
See if they can detect a break in the cable.
In my gold machine, they usually occur in the connectors.
10-20 bucks tops
1-3 day turnaround vs. sending it back to the factory. up to a month

It's worth a look eh?

 

[vaquero44]

no under ground cables or anything like that either ?

 

[Sandman]

When this happens all of a sudden the cause is most likely electrical. http://www.fisherlab.com/hobby/davejohnson/Electrical Interference.htm

With populations increasing it was bound to happen. Might help to turn off the cell phone too.

 

[artzstuff1]

Thanks for all the replys ,, I guess I will just run it and see what happens, dont think its the cable,, but could be I guess,, ,,

I was hunting at a drained lake here in town ,around the edges,I dont think there is any under ground cables but ya never know!!

Thanks again !!!


arthur

 

[artzstuff1]

When this happens all of a sudden the cause is most likely electrical. http://www.fisherlab.com/hobby/davejohnson/Electrical Interference.htm

With populations increasing it was bound to happen. Might help to turn off the cell phone too.

Thanks for the link sandman!! very informative,,, sounds like thats the culprit for sure!!!



arthur

 

[artzstuff1]

Hmmmm, You could very well have a break in the cable, from coil to control box.

All wires eventually encounter "wire fatigue"
Here's what I do,
Find yourself a mom and pop electronic repair store in you area.
See if they can detect a break in the cable.
In my gold machine, they usually occur in the connectors.
10-20 bucks tops
1-3 day turnaround vs. sending it back to the factory. up to a month

It's worth a look eh?

Thanks 4-h,, I will test the cable and see ,,,you might be right


thanks

arthur

 

[artzstuff1]

I experienced the same issue with the Cortes...It was EMI in my case...cleared up after moving to a new area...I would just run it and see what happens.....HH...Soup

Thanks for the reply soup ,,,I will give it a whirl today and see!!! going to the same spot and see if it goes nutz again!!!


arthur

 

[extractor]

There is a park I was hunting last year, where the same thing happened to me. It got me beyond frustrated because it was between the goal post and the parking area of this large park. I know there are goodies there. The next time at that park , I asked the grounds keeper about it and he said that is power under ground power in that area.

Sandman ,, that is a good link

 

[Sandman]

It is usually the simple things that bug us. I wonder how many times I sent off a detector, paid a repair bill and the company did nothing.

 

[Keppy]

This same thing happened to me about a month ago with my Garrett GTI1500 . And what it was after about 10 minutes of driveing me crazy my cell phone was on............... Turned off the cell phone and the detector worked fine.............

 

[artzstuff1]

This same thing happened to me about a month ago with my Garrett GTI1500 . And what it was after about 10 minutes of driveing me crazy my cell phone was on............... Turned off the cell phone and the detector worked fine.............
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There was not a cell phone within 500 yds of where we were hunting,,

Thanks for the reply

arthur

 

[AKiwi]

Doing over a Tots lot at the beach and the Garrett went berserk, although the time before it was perfect and got $22 in 15mins.
In my case the Garrett doesn't tolerate salt water and after a high tide and storm, the area must have been highly mineralized.
My 2 bits....