A plug extension for a Garrett.

[Tassie Daz]

Hi all. Im just putting this out there to see what you all think. Ive got 2 Garrett coils that have broken pins.

Heres my plan.
Is it possible to use the plug off my 4" coil and attach, say a Minelab 4 pin, both a plug and socket to make an adapter? I could then attach a plug end to the 4" and the 2 other coils I have so as to use them.

Im sure there are the electronic savy prospectors on here who will know. TIA.

Hope ya all had a great Christmas and New Year. Ill be over soon so leave a little bit of the yella stuff for me, please?

 

[Tassie Daz]

What I have learnt from this exercise is that both headphones and coils on Garrett detectors are throwaways. If you break pins on any plugs, if you break wires in the headphones, none are repairable. I thought Garrett Aust was good to just give me new headphones a few years ago, but turns out noone knows or wants to know how to fix them.

Its easier just to bin em and get a new one. Thats annoying really because theres nothing wrong with the coil just the plug.

That might be something to consider for any new detector purchaser.

 

[Tassie Daz]

What I have learnt from this exercise is that both headphones and coils on Garrett detectors are throwaways. If you break pins on any plugs, if you break wires in the headphones, none are repairable. I thought Garrett Aust was good to just give me new headphones a few years ago, but turns out noone knows or wants to know how to fix them.

Its easier just to bin em and get a new one. Thats annoying really because theres nothing wrong with the coil just the plug.

That might be something to consider for any new detector purchaser. Its probably not so important for an AT Pro or Gold, but the ATX coils are $900 to replace because noone else does alternatives.

 

[mbasko]

Its easier just to bin em and get a new one.

Unfortunately it's the way with a lot of things now Daz

 

[Gravity]

Hi Daz,

I have a Garrett Headphone Adapter Kit see Link, I got this for my then ATX but never ended up using it. Cant remember what I paid for it but happy with an offer if it's something you can use. http://www.garrettaustralia.com.au/garrett-1-4-headphone-adapter/

Cheers
John

 

[old hand]

Can you make up a short extension lead it may work from memory back in the VLF days we used a lead when we wanted to hip mount the detector regards john :Y: