Is the Minelab X-Terra Voyager the Chinese Metal Detector SUNPOW OT-MD09?
I waited until the Minelab logo appeared on the XP shaft! But the shaft turned out to be fake (the logo is real). Continue reading
Recovery speed: Minelab Vanquish 340 Nail Board Test
A nail board test is not always a simple trick. You just can’t up and swing your machine over the images of nails and coins. Any test must provide you with some information, approve or reject something… Let’s have a look at a Minelab Vanquish 340 nail board test. It’s a really difficult test for metal detectors! Continue reading
Minelab Vanquish teardown. In pictures (you must see it!)
Here’s a pictorial review of the Minelab Vanquish teardown. Let me remind: it’s a super new product 2019! Want to see what’s inside the unique device? An interesting survey and a must-see for everybody who wants to buy this detector. Continue reading
Minelab WM-08 Teardown + signal problem solution
Sometimes users impose inefficiency – because of the sound latency – as a charge upon the Minelab WM-08 wireless module. First, have you seen the electronics inside? The WM-08 circuitry is more complicated than that of the XP Deus. Second, the problem lies not in latency but in signal loss (that is mistakenly taken for the delay). Third, read the manual. Here below are the pictures of disassembling the Minelab WM-08 wireless module. Plus, what problems can occur and how to solve them. Continue reading
Minelab Equinox 600/800: software updates. New firmware worse than the old?
Minelab have released a software upgrade for their Minelab Equinox 600 and Minelab Equinox 800 metal detectors. According to the manufacturer, the biggest problem – silver target indication, because of which the Equinox owners even threatened to sue Minelab – has now been solved. This issue became a hot topic in summer 2018: the Minelab Equinox users complained that their devices couldn’t see (or properly identify) silver finds, e.g. coins. Continue reading
