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Hi all,
Since Minelab SD aren't supported anymore and that the Minelab's technicians I spoke to over the phone think of themselves or their guru (Bruce Candy) being more clever than Nikola tesla himself; I though I would ask other knowledgeable people about coils compatibility.
The question I had for them was what are the compatible millihenrie and Ohm value to operate on a SD 2100 and SD2200 without damaging the box, since the doco does not have the minimum specs required on these electronics devises and equipment (with is today questionable in terms of compulsory standards etc)..
The answer from a minelab dude, after telling me arrogantly that they do not service those detectors, was "you are asking me a design information which is confidential"....how on earth an electronic equipment spec is revealing a design secret??? Dude all your design are patented and readily and freely available online for who knows where to look...(and if you start reading them Bruce Candy invented **** all! he based his design on 1970's patents and let's face it Minelab have not discovered the various law of physics that governs the magnetic fields etc...so give us a break). With this attitude you are only encouraging China(to anme a few) to reverse-engineer your product (and you white paint makes every one laugh).
When asked about the Tune pot spec, they even got it wrong and told it was a 10 turn 100K, where in fact it is a 15 turn 100K, anyway, minelab wake up to yourselves...
So they do not want to service them, they do not want to tell you what is compatible on your machine if you need to replace a coil (btw coils aren't rocket science, so for those who fork ouit 600$ for a minelab mono, you better look on this forum as they are plenty of clever, smart and helpful people out there helping out), and they are extremeley [edantic and arrogant when it comes down to assisting a client that has bought a minelab product...you can now sit on your loyalty program...
Any how I thought it would be great if someone could post here a simple table with coils compatibility, there are plenty of second hand coils and different brands, but minelab owners manual tell you nothing about compatibility ...(it is a secret technology apparently
My understanding is that the coils that run on SD are at 300 mH (with a couple of % tolerance) and 0.4 Ohm(no more than 1 Ohm)
if anyone could contribute and add on here a compatibility chart that would be greatly appreciated
All the best to all
fabs
Since Minelab SD aren't supported anymore and that the Minelab's technicians I spoke to over the phone think of themselves or their guru (Bruce Candy) being more clever than Nikola tesla himself; I though I would ask other knowledgeable people about coils compatibility.
The question I had for them was what are the compatible millihenrie and Ohm value to operate on a SD 2100 and SD2200 without damaging the box, since the doco does not have the minimum specs required on these electronics devises and equipment (with is today questionable in terms of compulsory standards etc)..
The answer from a minelab dude, after telling me arrogantly that they do not service those detectors, was "you are asking me a design information which is confidential"....how on earth an electronic equipment spec is revealing a design secret??? Dude all your design are patented and readily and freely available online for who knows where to look...(and if you start reading them Bruce Candy invented **** all! he based his design on 1970's patents and let's face it Minelab have not discovered the various law of physics that governs the magnetic fields etc...so give us a break). With this attitude you are only encouraging China(to anme a few) to reverse-engineer your product (and you white paint makes every one laugh).
When asked about the Tune pot spec, they even got it wrong and told it was a 10 turn 100K, where in fact it is a 15 turn 100K, anyway, minelab wake up to yourselves...
So they do not want to service them, they do not want to tell you what is compatible on your machine if you need to replace a coil (btw coils aren't rocket science, so for those who fork ouit 600$ for a minelab mono, you better look on this forum as they are plenty of clever, smart and helpful people out there helping out), and they are extremeley [edantic and arrogant when it comes down to assisting a client that has bought a minelab product...you can now sit on your loyalty program...
Any how I thought it would be great if someone could post here a simple table with coils compatibility, there are plenty of second hand coils and different brands, but minelab owners manual tell you nothing about compatibility ...(it is a secret technology apparently
My understanding is that the coils that run on SD are at 300 mH (with a couple of % tolerance) and 0.4 Ohm(no more than 1 Ohm)
if anyone could contribute and add on here a compatibility chart that would be greatly appreciated
All the best to all
fabs
must have slipped their minds 
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