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Originally Posted by MIJ
I think this is scandalous that Mineoro have got away with these fraudulent products, if this is true that no one has had any success using one these detectors?
Surly they would at least send a company representative out to help sort out any problems that there customers where having with using the units, especially If they where not performing the way they are advertised to.
Do you know of any one contacting a solicitor to send a letter of complaint or contacting the office of trading standards?
Has anyone requested a refund?
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Hi MIJ,
Some people say they had success with Mineoro products.
I believe takhslambos in Greece has reported some success, and hung reports great success from Brazil with his Mineoro products.
There are no doubt a few other people who say they get some good results, but most people report poor detection or no detection.
What happens to people who complain is sad.
They generally do not get any help from the factory in Brazil.
Of course, there are exceptions.
hung can easily get help when he wants it.
He has made many forum posts talking about his long telephone conversations and visits with the owner of the Mineoro factory.
He explained that he lives in Brazil, within driving range to the factory, and knows the people who work there.
But aside from hung's reports, the customer service does not seem very good.
There are some very sad stories that you can read here about dealings with Mineoro.
Neronc in Belgium sent his money and received a non-working FG-80 from Mineoro.
After a long ordeal he did not get a working locator or get his money back.
The Mineoro factory never even answered his emails.
neronc's final comments after 7 months dealing with Mineoro problems are found here:
http://www.longrangelocators.com/for...0315#post50315
The events which led up to his plight, are even sadder.
You can read about it here where hung was telling how wonderful his new FG-80 is:
http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11899
If you are serious about buying a long range locator you need to read every post in this thread.
As you read down pay attention to michael and neronc's posts.
You will see that michael decides to order an FG-80 after listening to hung's posts, even when everyone else was warning him not to...
http://www.longrangelocators.com/for...6672#post46672
You will see how michael became convinced to buy a non-working LRL against everyone's warnings.
And you will see what kinds of forum posts convinced him he should order this LRL.
This is why he could not understand when neronc was trying to sell his FG-80 later in that thread.
By the time you get to the end You will see that Kev asks hung how much the Mineoro factory is paying him...
http://www.longrangelocators.com/for...7308#post47308
The story of michael and neronc's FG-80s continues later when Carl-NC makes his own independent test of an FG-80 here:
www.longrangelocators.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12226
Read every post in this thread too. Be sure to read every word by Carl-NC, michael, and neronc.
And look at what hung says when he sees michael and neronc slowly become disillusioned as they discover Carl-NC was right.
http://www.longrangelocators.com/for...0278#post50278
I don't know neronc, but it is heartbreaking to read what happened to him.
I know michael is a good man and very trusting.
He never deserved to get led into buying that non-working piece of crap.
Later, in 2009 Michael described the performance of his old FG-80 in retrospect:
"Dear J_P about mineoros; I personally had one FG80 and used it for about one year in many of hot areas from treasure standpoint ;no result.
I even had used it near my latest treasure locations where we were strongly suspect of treasure existence.
The locations we at last found them by MDL and also tested PD there successfully.
FG80 never beeped there, remained silent. I never claimed it really works".
http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showt...6118#post96118
My advice to anyone who wants to buy a long range locator is to never spend any money at all until after you actually test it in your own hands in the locations where you want to go treasure hunting.
Make sure it is working for you, and you are satisfied in the performance before you spend any money.
Do not imagine it will work ok unless you already watched it work when you used it in a real treasure hunting scenario to recover treasure.
If you are convinced that it is helping you to find treasure, then buy it.
But
NEVER trust a factory demonstration no matter how convincing it may seem.
See what happened to Connie who trusted a demonstration put on at the Mineoro factory:
http://www.longrangelocators.com/for...6087#post96087
Morgan was at the factory at the same time Connie was. See what Morgan said about this demonstration:
http://www.longrangelocators.com/for...080#post128080
This is why I say test it out where you go hunting first, without any factory people around.
See if you feel like it is helping you to find treasure before you buy it.
If the seller won't let you try it first, then pass it up.
Make sure you see it find a few buried treasures that you recover all on your own.
Making detections is not good enough proof... dig up the treasure and hold it in your hand to convince yourself you found something.
You should be able to test out an LRL same as you can test out a conventional metal detector before buying.
Even if you need to leave a deposit or pay a rental fee to try it, this is better than spending over 5000 euros and getting stuck with a non-working piece of crap.
Best wishes,
J_P