Birdseed
Member
Hello from Tasmania, first post to the Safari forum.
Bought our Safari just over 12 months ago. When first switched on after assembly it went straight into "Overload" with the typical reverberating signal. no matter what I did, it would not reset. I was close to the aluminiun siding of our caravan when I fist switched on but moving out into wide open spaces with detector held high in the are still gave "Overload" on switch on. Made a quick call to Minelab who were helpfull but at a loss to explain. Next morning was a hard frost, -2 deg C. Thought I would try the Safari again and, yes you guessed it, perfect start-up. Well for the next 4 weeks it would operate for a day or two then go back to the overload state again. As you can imagine, not a good way to start a detecting holiday. Had the Sovereign GT so all was not lost. On arriving back in Melbourne we returned the Safari to the dealer, where it went straight into "Overload" state, so it was packed up and returned to the factory. Three weeks later Minelab returned it to Tasmania with a note saing no faults could be found. On switching on, yes you guessed it again. "OVERLOAD". This happend only once, it's been faultless since. But my nerves tighten every time I switch it on. While writing this, I have suddenly had the thought that shortly after the detector was returned from Minelab I changed over to the optional N/Mh rechargable battery pack. Hmmm food for thought.
Has anyone else experienced similar problems with a Safari?? My warranty expires in about 10 months and I would like to be sure I have a good unit by then.
Cheers and good finds
Pete
Bought our Safari just over 12 months ago. When first switched on after assembly it went straight into "Overload" with the typical reverberating signal. no matter what I did, it would not reset. I was close to the aluminiun siding of our caravan when I fist switched on but moving out into wide open spaces with detector held high in the are still gave "Overload" on switch on. Made a quick call to Minelab who were helpfull but at a loss to explain. Next morning was a hard frost, -2 deg C. Thought I would try the Safari again and, yes you guessed it, perfect start-up. Well for the next 4 weeks it would operate for a day or two then go back to the overload state again. As you can imagine, not a good way to start a detecting holiday. Had the Sovereign GT so all was not lost. On arriving back in Melbourne we returned the Safari to the dealer, where it went straight into "Overload" state, so it was packed up and returned to the factory. Three weeks later Minelab returned it to Tasmania with a note saing no faults could be found. On switching on, yes you guessed it again. "OVERLOAD". This happend only once, it's been faultless since. But my nerves tighten every time I switch it on. While writing this, I have suddenly had the thought that shortly after the detector was returned from Minelab I changed over to the optional N/Mh rechargable battery pack. Hmmm food for thought.
Has anyone else experienced similar problems with a Safari?? My warranty expires in about 10 months and I would like to be sure I have a good unit by then.
Cheers and good finds
Pete