ferrite ring

so my darling children broke my ferrite ring the other day and I just wanted to no if it is still usable broken or does it have to be intact, any help welcome, cheers joe,

If its broken in two bits, use some type of appropriate glue to glue the two sides together & once dry solid, put the ferite in a small plastic bag to suit Joe & use it like that. As long as the ferrite remains as a whole (& not half of) so that the GPZ registers its full ferritic strength & adjusts itself accordingly, I see no problem.
If you intend on buying new, get the original Minelab ferrite, designed specifically for the GPZ 7000.

Cheers Kon.

I broke mine into several pieces.....put them together and used silicon glue....works fine...the detector tunes just as it should.
fred

cheers guys I will do until a new one arrives, have been swinging the 5000 in the meantime thanks for the help

Joe, Wrap your new one in bubble wrap and secure it with some sticky tape or as Kon says, a small plastic bag, they survive being dropped like this.

sounds like a plan mate aslo keeping away from the kids may help

Got told by minelab dealer that once broken they were no good anymore.
20 bucks is not a big deal incase that is true.

hoolahoopa wrote:Got told by minelab dealer that once broken they were no good anymore.
20 bucks is not a big deal incase that is true.

Minelab is correct a ferrite or Iron toroid will not have the same effect if broken unless you can maintain the conductivity through it which would be extremely hard, I bought 4 off of ebay for $40 bucks when I broke mine. (come as 2 for $20)... The broken toroid will still have an effect on the detector but not the same as an unbroken one...