Dumbest thing I did last night.

[Ricardo_NY1]

It was 7pm with a light drizzle and I had the biggest itch to get out there and detect. So I headed over to the park. I was getting a bunch of bad signals before I finally dug a clad dime. The rain starts coming down more and instead of calling it a night, I press on. And then the detector goes nuts. Of course it had to have gotten water in it. Took the batteries out, went home, dried it and still it wouldn't respond. It would beep with every tone it could, the sensitivity button became the on button and the mode button became the off button. Panicked that this coming weekend would be ruined by a fried detector, I turn the stove on a low setting and hold the panel a couple feet above the warm flame. Luckily, the detector pulled through and was back to life. Tested it and everything worked fine. What was I thinking? I could have at the least wrapped the panel in a plastic bag.

 

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[Farmercal]

I have detected in the rain many times. You just have to protect the electronics with a good plastic bag or equivalent. If you don't have anything then get out of the weather. Glas your machine is still in good shape. HH Cal

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

I know. I should've either wrapped the panel up or like you said, gotten out. I got lucky in that I still have a detector. It's not expensive, but not having it would've wrecked my weekend until I got another. Lesson learned.

 

[Sandman]

Relax, I think we all have done things like this. The first time I waded with a land detector I had to fall over and drown it. No plastic bag would have helped there. If your out in weather like that again with it wrapped in plastic and it starts talking to you, it's because of the moisture in the air inside the plastic bag. It still needs dry air.

Sandman

 

[hollowpointred]

if it ever happens again, use a hair drier instead of the stove. too much heat can be way more damaging than a bit of water. usually with most electronics, once the water has sufficiantly dried you should be good to go. ( not always though)

 

[Night Stalker]

Musta been a very strong itch LOL!​

 

[jeff of pa]

also next time Try not to Put batteries in till you are Confident it
is completly dry.

Glad everything worked out.

Jeff

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

A strong itch it was. I could've lived with this detector dying on me, as I plan to upgrade come next check, but this weekend would've been shot. I only have every other weekend to myself, and this coming one is one of them. Can't wait. Fortunately its still alive, which is cool because I can use it as a back-up or for anyone that wants to MDetect with me. Thanks for the advice guys.