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[montanagold]

When I was out detecting today I had stopped to chat with the owner of the house, I turned me detector off and had it by my side. I talked with him and his wife for about 10 minutes and then turned on the Trac and started detecting. Got a good quarter hit and looked down at the screen and noticed that it was completely black, but the detector was working fine. It slowly came back after about 5 minutes or so. Has anyone had this happen? I don't know if it was because I was in the sun or not. I have had the occasional problem where I will be detecting for a while and I look down and the little coil icon over the depth indicator and the circling dots over the sensitivity are nothing but a black box, but that goes away. Anyway didn't know if anyone else had this problem. Thanks

 

[Crispy Critter]

Doesn't sound good. Did the battery have a good charge? If I may ask, how long have you had your machine? Did you buy it new?

 

[montanagold]

Got it new in Nov, Batteries were fully charged. Its OK now just trying to see if this is a known problem.

 

[LabradorBob]

Never had that happen,although here a while back at an old church i was swinging the coil
and just over this one little area spot,my detector would make a noise and it would say Voltage too high.
and then shut down.did it three times.Never had any more happenings after i moved on.
I wonder what was in the ground there.

LabradorBob

 

[NebTrac]

Never had that happen,although here a while back at an old church i was swinging the coil
and just over this one little area spot,my detector would make a noise and it would say Voltage too high.
and then shut down.did it three times.Never had any more happenings after i moved on.
I wonder what was in the ground there.

LabradorBob

Well, It was at an old church Bob....

I've actually had the same thing happen to me but it was when I only got the Sunray switch about part was back for a split second. Kinda like I just didn't get it to switch back off too quickly.

NebTrac

 

[onemore]

I have gotten the Voltage Too High when I first put in brand new Lithium batteries (sometimes use them when traveling long distances and no ability to recharge).

After it runs for a minute or so, then it stabilizes and works fine.

 

[bugg]

I had it sitting out in the sun. The screen went black. It slowly came back. I keep it in the shade now, it hasn't happened since. Sounds like a mild dose of heat stroke.