Minelab Produces some of the Best machines on the market to be sure but as a Company they fall short in some major ways.
There Products cost twice that of any comparable machines. Any of there products are over the top.
Lack of support for machines not even 6 years old is a Killer. I don't know of any other Manufacture that does that to their customers.
When I buy a Car I expect to be able to work on the thing. It's MY Car. You buy a Minelab they sabotage that Idea by using conformance paint on the PCB's. They won't even supply a schematic on their Obsolete Machines.
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Discontinued Products
Discontinued Products
As new technology is developed and improves upon the performance of our current product range, Minelab discontinues our older product models. These products are listed on this page alphabetical order for your reference.
We aim to service and support all of our older products for as long as possible. All products are supported for a period of at least 5 years after they are discontinued. Unfortunately with some of these older detectors it becomes impossible to source the parts required for service work and so the detectors eventually become uneconomical to repair.
If you require information about our older products, please Contact Us directly.
Minelab Product Support List
Obsolete products
no longer supported.
Released Discontinued
Eldorado MK II March 1990 August 1999
Eureka Ace Dual November 1989 December 2002
Eureka Gold December 2002 February 2017
Excalibur August 1993 April 1998
Explorer S & XS December 1999 June 2003
Explorer II May 2003 October 2006
FT 16000 February 1990 July 1994
Golden Hawk December 1998 October 2002
Goldseekers 15000 July 1984 November 1987
Gold Striker July 1994 August 1999
GP Extreme November 2000 May 2003
GP 3000 April 2003 April 2005
GP 3500 March 2005 November 2006
GT 16000 November 1987 February 1990
Musketeer February 1994 June 1997
Musketeer Colt February 1998 April 2002
Musketeer XS December 1997 April 2002
Musketeer XS Pro February 1998 April 2002
Quattro MP November 2004 September 2008
Relic Hawk October 1998 September 2001
SD 2000 April 1995 April 1996
SD 2100 April 1996 October 2001
SD 2100v2 April 2002 September 2009
SD 2100e August 1998 April 2002
SD 2200v2 April 2002 September 2009
Sovereign January 1991 November 1994
Sterling August 1993 August 1999
XT 17000 January 1993 April 1997
XT 18000 April 1997 October 2002""
I've always preferred to buy AMERICAN when ever possible. Tesoro, Whites and Garrett will work on machines twice that old or more without issues if parts can be had.
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