Being a Minelab dealer I know Minelab can not sell you a coil as you have to order it from a dealer, at least this is what Minelab tells me. Now if this is the case than i would check with the dealer you bought it from as it looks to me he sent the wrong coil and not Minelab. If this is true I can not see how this is Minelabs fault the dealer sent the wrong coil, by the way what was the coil that was sent to you ?? Was it one for the Sovereign or one of the other Minelabs?
Not trying to say it wasn't Minelabs fault, but like to know more about this for my personal records.
I have seen the Iso rod problem myself since the XS2 were made and then it was very few of them, but since the XS2a,Elite and the GT I only seen one and that one the GT was dropped and the iso rod come lose and we just on some glue where it had come lose and it was fine after that.
Looking at the whole picture now if this Minelab was brand new and had a problem with the detector itself Minelab is suppose to handle it, if it is not the detector itself the dealer is suppose to handle it from what I understand of all the dealer bulletins I get, so where is your dealer in this picture about the iso rod on the lower shaft as he should have told you about the glue repair and ordered you in a new shaft, then contacted Minelab for a replacement??
Just curious what is happening here, maybe I don't understand the dealer bulletins and hope another dealer will step up to clarify this.