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Can x terra coils open?
- Thread starter MEV
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mapper65
Member
If you were experimenting with settings at the beach, you may want to review your normal settings or do a factory reset on your detector. I had a 6" MF coil that all of the sudden jumped all over the place and it had never seen water except for some wet grass. I never used it enough to have to clean it with water. They replaced it under warranty and then I sold it.
The only true way to find out what's going on with it is send it to Minelab but from what they told me with the two coils that I sent them, they don't repair coils if they are defective. Maybe something has changed since we sent one back a few months ago but that's what they told me. If it's under warranty and it becomes defective they will replace it as long as you didn't damage it. It may pay you to pull the coil cover off of the bottom and make sure the actual coil shell is not cracked but for the most part with the coil cover on you won't get too much water if any between the actual coil and the cover if you get it slightly wet. Also, you may have gotten sand between the coil and the coil cover which possibly could cause what you are seeing. I typically clean mine once or twice a year depending on use.
I've put just about everyone one of my coils in the laundry tub and uses a sprayer like you may have on your kitchen sink to clean my coils. I try to be careful around where the cable goes into the coil. Typically if you are going to damage one with water, that's where it's going to happen.
I doubt getting it wet for one second would have damaged it even if you got just a little water in the strain relief.
We sent back a 5x10 coil that we've never thought was never right from day one and it literally had less than 15 hours use on it. That was the coil my Mom got when she bought her 705 new and when it just didn't seem right she bought a 6" Coiltek coil and used that and had much better luck but still not what we were expecting from the new coil. After sending the controller and the 5x10 coil back they said the 5x10 coil was "nearly out of spec" so they replaced it. The controller also needed some work. We have to give her credit, she found a 1740's King George that was really deep using a detector that needed repaired. After the repair she's finding 4 times the coins that she used to. Definitely would pay to at least let Minelab look at your coil and/or detector.
The only true way to find out what's going on with it is send it to Minelab but from what they told me with the two coils that I sent them, they don't repair coils if they are defective. Maybe something has changed since we sent one back a few months ago but that's what they told me. If it's under warranty and it becomes defective they will replace it as long as you didn't damage it. It may pay you to pull the coil cover off of the bottom and make sure the actual coil shell is not cracked but for the most part with the coil cover on you won't get too much water if any between the actual coil and the cover if you get it slightly wet. Also, you may have gotten sand between the coil and the coil cover which possibly could cause what you are seeing. I typically clean mine once or twice a year depending on use.
I've put just about everyone one of my coils in the laundry tub and uses a sprayer like you may have on your kitchen sink to clean my coils. I try to be careful around where the cable goes into the coil. Typically if you are going to damage one with water, that's where it's going to happen.
I doubt getting it wet for one second would have damaged it even if you got just a little water in the strain relief.
We sent back a 5x10 coil that we've never thought was never right from day one and it literally had less than 15 hours use on it. That was the coil my Mom got when she bought her 705 new and when it just didn't seem right she bought a 6" Coiltek coil and used that and had much better luck but still not what we were expecting from the new coil. After sending the controller and the 5x10 coil back they said the 5x10 coil was "nearly out of spec" so they replaced it. The controller also needed some work. We have to give her credit, she found a 1740's King George that was really deep using a detector that needed repaired. After the repair she's finding 4 times the coins that she used to. Definitely would pay to at least let Minelab look at your coil and/or detector.
pulltaber
Member
It sounds like it may have been damaged before you got to beach.getting wet for one second is not going to hurt it even if it is the 10.5 inch dd which is supposed to be only water resistant ,which means you can get wet but not submerge more than about 12 inch for very long.If its the 6 inch it is fully submersible up to control box
7centsworth
Well-known member
If it is salt water. All coils jump around in the wet sand at a salt water beach.