Skippy SH13
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Today, I drove across town at lunch to hit a park I usually detect once a month. I pulled out the AT Pro, connected up the Z-Lync heard the beeps and started swinging...
That's the start, now let me preface with the fact that Saturday, I noted it was about 80 degrees outside, but much hotter in my truck, so I decided to remove my metal detector, because the case seemed really hot. Was time for a batter recharge anyway... I keep spares charged, so I pulled the old ones, and tossed in new ones, and as always, before I close the cap on the AT Pro, I turn it on, to be sure I installed the battery case the correct way (I did).
I closed everything up, replaced the Pro Pointer AT 9Volt (also rechargeable), and set them against the toolbox for easy grabbing today, as I walked to the truck to go to work.
So... I get to the park grass, and I'm swinging, and thinking, "What the heck? This place is ALWAYS trashy." There's not a single signal while I'm swinging. Dead silence. I pushed the sensitivity button up and down to test the detector was on (yep), but still nothing. I then tossed my digger on the ground and swiped over it, expecting the familiar blast of BEEEP in my ears.
NOTHING. Dead silence. Horrifyingly horrible silence. At this point I look down to my display and there's NOTHING SHOWING. I push buttons, and I can hear the settings change. I even tilt the screen just enough and I can see the LCD display is barely registering.
My mind vomited on my emotions.
Completely dejected, I continued to inspect, performed a factory reset, swung repeatedly over my digger. NOTHING. NOTHING would bring my AT Pro back!
I walked back to the truck, and on a whim, I pulled out a fresh set of batteries, and tossed them in.
PRESTO! Full functionality. Then it dawned on me. I'll bet I bumped the machine's On button before I went inside, and all night Saturday, and all day Sunday, the machine was ON. Probably was on when I put it into my truck on Monday, but was beyond signal recognition.
Interesting that I could still get a nice signal from the machine for button pushes but not from the coil.
Ah well. The horrible experience turned out not too bad. Was a great day for quarters, cleared $5 in the hour I was out. No rings, but I'll take $5 in quarters over a dead system!
Just to make this searchable for others searching the solution:
AT Pro screen is blank
AT Pro beeps at button but no signal from coil
AT Pro button push beep but no signals
AT Pro screen doesn't show up
Cheers! Skippy
That's the start, now let me preface with the fact that Saturday, I noted it was about 80 degrees outside, but much hotter in my truck, so I decided to remove my metal detector, because the case seemed really hot. Was time for a batter recharge anyway... I keep spares charged, so I pulled the old ones, and tossed in new ones, and as always, before I close the cap on the AT Pro, I turn it on, to be sure I installed the battery case the correct way (I did).
I closed everything up, replaced the Pro Pointer AT 9Volt (also rechargeable), and set them against the toolbox for easy grabbing today, as I walked to the truck to go to work.
So... I get to the park grass, and I'm swinging, and thinking, "What the heck? This place is ALWAYS trashy." There's not a single signal while I'm swinging. Dead silence. I pushed the sensitivity button up and down to test the detector was on (yep), but still nothing. I then tossed my digger on the ground and swiped over it, expecting the familiar blast of BEEEP in my ears.
NOTHING. Dead silence. Horrifyingly horrible silence. At this point I look down to my display and there's NOTHING SHOWING. I push buttons, and I can hear the settings change. I even tilt the screen just enough and I can see the LCD display is barely registering.
My mind vomited on my emotions.
Completely dejected, I continued to inspect, performed a factory reset, swung repeatedly over my digger. NOTHING. NOTHING would bring my AT Pro back!
I walked back to the truck, and on a whim, I pulled out a fresh set of batteries, and tossed them in.
PRESTO! Full functionality. Then it dawned on me. I'll bet I bumped the machine's On button before I went inside, and all night Saturday, and all day Sunday, the machine was ON. Probably was on when I put it into my truck on Monday, but was beyond signal recognition.
Interesting that I could still get a nice signal from the machine for button pushes but not from the coil.
Ah well. The horrible experience turned out not too bad. Was a great day for quarters, cleared $5 in the hour I was out. No rings, but I'll take $5 in quarters over a dead system!
Just to make this searchable for others searching the solution:
AT Pro screen is blank
AT Pro beeps at button but no signal from coil
AT Pro button push beep but no signals
AT Pro screen doesn't show up
Cheers! Skippy
