Recent content by matros

I'm keen to try one of these out.

Haha no I didn't. I know exactly where it is though so maybe I'll return one!

Out this morning and discovered a large piece of iron about 300mm deep. Gave up on the dig as I ran out of time and well and truly wedged in there with boulders. Absolutely no idea what is was but looks like it's probably better off buried. Hopefully someone can confirm that for me. I did give a...

Ok thanks for the information. I was hoping that wasn't the case. Hopefully someone might have imported one back in the day and have it locked away. If not I'll look out for one from overseas. Too late on the Nicads, just had new ones installed. I'll keep in mind for next time though.

An update to this. The battery acid made it's way inside the control unit and repairing seems very unlikely now. If anyone has a spare control unit for sale please let me know. Failing that I will have headphones and 2 search coils for the the sea hunter up for grabs.

Hi All, I managed to pick up a Garrett Sea Hunter XL500 PI. I've replaced Nicads and it's working well on the beach. After a few hours searching, it seemed like I could be covering more ground on land with a larger search coil (currently have the standard 7.5inch). I've looked around and...

Thanks for the responses guys. Another member already diverted me to Phil. I spoke with him for a while and he told me to clean the springs to start with. He told me to send to him if I got stuck but I was trying to avoid that as I didn't want to burden him with it. I will get in touch again...

So I purchased the rotary tool as per the above link and cleaned the springs with the wire brush as best as I could as the attached picture. Still no joy on getting this work. Garrett have said not worth the fix, likely too costly. Does anyone have any final thoughts before I write this off?

An update to this thread. I've had some advice to clean the corrosion for the springs in the bottom of the battery recess. Seems nearly impossible. Anyone one got any tip? Thanks

Excellent thanks, definitely sealed somehow then. Sounds like it has to be sent to US for proper repair or opened and repaired locally but will likely no longer be waterproof. If anyone knows of anyone in Victoria who could be up for the job, please let me know.

Hi All, I've got a sea hunter mark 2 that has never been used but was working on first unpacking and test. I stupidly left batteries in and some corrosion has taken place and it is not longer working. Garrett tell me the unit is nitrogen sealed and will have to be posted to US for repair...