Menu
What's new
Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!

Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

old 250 Won't start?????

R

Roper

New member
Hi,

My truck machine, the one I carry all of the time, is an old 250 and has gotten to where it refuses to turn on dependably with any of.the three coils. Hasn't been dropped or beaten up. It is kept in shock absorb foam in the truck. Batteries are hot and reasonably new, good connections. I took it apart and used contact cleaner and compressed air without success.

Am thinking of sending it in for a diagnostic and wonder if anyone else has had this problem and perhaps there is an easy fix?

Being basically cheap, I'd hate to pay a hundred bucks for shipping and repair on a two hundred dollar machine. Might be time for another machine, but I hate to go through the process of buying several until I find one I like then selling off the ones I don't like.

Your comments appreciated.

Thanks,
Roper
 
You only need to send the head to Garrett. This will save on shipping. Should be 10.00 or less Priority mail.
 
If you had it contained in foam it could have gotten to hot. Email Melinda at Melinda.Harper@garrett.com and tell her the problem and see what it might cost to fix it. Whoknows, they might do it for free.

Bill
 
Hi,

Sent an e-mail, no reply as yet.

I thought the foam would act as an insulator, but not the first time thinking got me into trouble.

Perhaps they have an upgraded unit in the works and I can use the same coils.

Thanks,

Roper
 
First, stop abusing your detector! Second Garrett has fantastic service and I bet the repair would be less than 40 bucks and quite possibly free. Contact them, tell them your situation, you'll have your 250 back in no time, good as new.

Ship it priority mail. Just send what Garrett asks for. Five or six pounds will be less than 15 bucks from anywhere in the country. Shipping from NY would be $11.80 in its original box with light packing peanuts.
 
Hi, I'll have the kid look at it with the big magnifier for possible cracks. My old eyes aren't what they once were.

Thanks, Roper
 
Hi,

the kid found a broken battery connector. Young eyes. Garrett wanted 40 plus parts plus shipping so paid the kid twenty and got out ahead. Works fine now. Thanks, Roper
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top