My Garrett MK1 (black) Pin-Pointer was causing me problems after so many years use I decided I would order the new MK 2 in the New Year.
PP duly arrived on the Friday morning so a trip out on the Saturday to a local field was planned.
I used the PP for approx 3 minutes when the low battery alarm went off. Thankfully I knew what the sound was.
A walk back to the car to replace the battery which came with the unit, PP now OK.
Once I got home I looked at the battery for the ‘use by date’ which I assumed would be stamped on the bottom, much to my surprise there were two dates.
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PD (Production Date?) 0617
ED (End Date?) 0620
A quick email to Garrett US to clarify the dates on the battery, and if correct, why were they sending out new PP's with a battery 2+ years old, nothing, tried again, nothing, eventually I had an email back to say they would send me a replacement battery. (From the US to England!)
Several emails have been sent to various people at Garrett’s and yet I still not had the answer to why a first class product had a second class power system.
The moral of the story, don't assume all batteries are new and fully charged.
PP duly arrived on the Friday morning so a trip out on the Saturday to a local field was planned.
I used the PP for approx 3 minutes when the low battery alarm went off. Thankfully I knew what the sound was.
A walk back to the car to replace the battery which came with the unit, PP now OK.
Once I got home I looked at the battery for the ‘use by date’ which I assumed would be stamped on the bottom, much to my surprise there were two dates.
Eveready
PD (Production Date?) 0617
ED (End Date?) 0620
A quick email to Garrett US to clarify the dates on the battery, and if correct, why were they sending out new PP's with a battery 2+ years old, nothing, tried again, nothing, eventually I had an email back to say they would send me a replacement battery. (From the US to England!)
Several emails have been sent to various people at Garrett’s and yet I still not had the answer to why a first class product had a second class power system.
The moral of the story, don't assume all batteries are new and fully charged.
