Lost a friend

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Well after more than ten years and thousands of hours my Whites DFX has been placed in the mail to go back to Sweet Home Or. :crying01:

After all this time , the machine has seen some rough abuse at times . Spills , falls , hours out in the frigid below freezing temps , caught in torrential downpours and high humidity heat year after year and this is the first time its needed anything. I give Whites huge amounts of credit :notworthy: for building such a durable and dependable machine .It has paid for itself many many times over .

When you have a machine for quite a while you really know it inside and out and know when its not "feelin well" , well "she" has been under the weather for quite a few months now acting very erratic and falsing at times but always when aircraft get within a certain range (and that seems like almost everywhere we went every ten minutes of a hunt) .She never did this from the get go and has gotten a lot worse from when i first started noticing , I've been using it despite this because the weather has been good but i felt as though i was at a disadvantage or handicap.

So I wrote a brief list of the few issues it had packed it up well and hopefully i can get it back soon.

Dan

[groundhog53946]

Good luck and hoping for the best. I've not had one for anywhere near that long but even after a season with my f2 I felt a bond to it and understand it pretty well so I can only imagine the confidence you must have in your machine

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[Full Metal Digger]

Nothing an e-trac can't fix! LOL. Hope your machine comes back to you as good as new. HH, Dave.

[OxShoeDrew]

Are you using the TDI in the mean time? Oh wait....we can't hunt now :lol:
You have a great relationship with your DFX. I hope it doesn't need much work and is back in time for the great spring season!

[Digger Don]

Well after more than ten years and thousands of hours my Whites DFX has been placed in the mail to go back to Sweet Home Or. :crying01:

After all this time , the machine has seen some rough abuse at times . Spills , falls , hours out in the frigid below freezing temps , caught in torrential downpours and high humidity heat year after year and this is the first time its needed anything. I give Whites huge amounts of credit :notworthy: for building such a durable and dependable machine .It has paid for itself many many times over .

When you have a machine for quite a while you really know it inside and out and know when its not "feelin well" , well "she" has been under the weather for quite a few months now acting very erratic and falsing at times but always when aircraft get within a certain range (and that seems like almost everywhere we went every ten minutes of a hunt) .She never did this from the get go and has gotten a lot worse from when i first started noticing , I've been using it despite this because the weather has been good but i felt as though i was at a disadvantage or handicap.

So I wrote a brief list of the few issues it had packed it up well and hopefully i can get it back soon.

Dan
It will be ok Dan. She'll be home soon.

[Ill Digger]

It's ok Dan. She'll be fine. :lol:
I'd be more concerned about the shipping process. Going from coast to coast , careless handling...
All the stories I've heard over the years, from folks having to have their "babies" worked on, have all had a happy ending!
So I'm sure you'll be just as happy as all the others as soon as you have your baby back in your loving little hands! :smitten:

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Good luck and hoping for the best. I've not had one for anywhere near that long but even after a season with my f2 I felt a bond to it and understand it pretty well so I can only imagine the confidence you must have in your machine

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Between having the machine and doing the same type of detecting for so long i can usually tell what i found before i uncover it , I 've amazed a few people who must of thought i was psychic :lol: its the weird target sounds and vdi's that are the ones that interest me most!!


Nothing an e-trac can't fix! LOL. Hope your machine comes back to you as good as new. HH, Dave.

Dave one of these days i might "break down" and give in to the dark side but not anytime soon !!;)


Are you using the TDI in the mean time? Oh wait....we can't hunt now :lol:
You have a great relationship with your DFX. I hope it doesn't need much work and is back in time for the great spring season!

Drew i sent it in because of the amount of snow and colder weather on the way but now i hear we might get temps in the 40's by wednesday. :girlcry: The tdi has found coppers at 15 inches before so a little snow wouldn't bother me :lol:


It will be ok Dan. She'll be home soon.

Don in a few months I'll be getting a new machine , although I haven't finally decided on which one yet from the couple of finalists . So i also wanted the dfx to be in top shape just in case i do decide to sell it down the road . The good people at Sweet Home are awesome and I have no doubt it will be like a new machine when it comes home .


It's ok Dan. She'll be fine. :lol:
I'd be more concerned about the shipping process. Going from coast to coast , careless handling...
All the stories I've heard over the years, from folks having to have their "babies" worked on, have all had a happy ending!
So I'm sure you'll be just as happy as all the others as soon as you have your baby back in your loving little hands! :smitten:

Tim , the machine was acting "funny" way back when you were out here but was more on an off for bad days . I was glad it was manageable for the two hunts with you.

[Ill Digger]

Tim , the machine was acting "funny" way back when you were out here but was more on an off for bad days . I was glad it was manageable for the two hunts with you.
Seemed to work just fine while I was there! [emoji15]


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[Lodge Scent]

I feel your pain Dan. I hated to send mine in few years back for some work but it came back good as new. Whites customer care is second to none. The DFX is a rugged machine ! I'll be using the DFX this spring when things melt at my daughter's house. She wants to use my "fancy" Deus. I'm going to program the DFX as close as I can to the way I set up the Deus (fast and noisy) and see what happens :)

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well I got an update as to my wayward machine and it apparently needed a lot of care .... here is a list of what the service tech replaced or did .

Replaced worn toggle switch
Replaced bad window,keypad
Replaced bad front pod and lcd
Replaced worn cam Tested and inspected

:wow::shocked05::shocked04: boy was i "handicapped" from its performance !!!

so now i'd like to direct this quote to my friends and hunting partner Trooper Bri , HEAVYMETALNUT and Thiltzy.
its from the famous Emmet "Doc" Brown

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious " " . :lol::rofl:

hopefully I'll have it back before next weekend , its been sheer :twirlingeyes::overreaction::hairpulling: without it !

Dan