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Woodsmike

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Does anyone keep their metal detector in their car during the summer months, I don't mean storing it long term in the car but mostly for after work hunts
 
I've kept mine in the trunk for after work hunts. You never know when a park will jump out at you screaming "SILVER"


but if it's going to be 85+ I take it out, just in case
 
The few times I have left it in the car is to put in in a carry bag and in the trunk. My car is silver is it does not attract the heat like a black car. If the temp starts to exceed 110 degrees I would definitively be concerned.
 
I keep mine in a dark green f 150 and have for the last 8 years in the summer. People worry to much. You vehicle is a rolling electronic piece of equipment. Does that give electronic problems?
 
Thanks for the replies I didn't think it would be a big problem but wasn't sure
 
I think the only thing to worry about is taking a really hot coil and putting it in cool water.. I think I cracked a coil doing that. I now splash some water at my coil to cool it before I actually dunk it..

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I wouldn't leave a multi frequency machine in a hot car. I lost more than one tuned search coil from my Whites V3i after first getting it. I am overly protective with my machines after that.

It's the resins which re-flow that kills a multi freq coil, and the inside of a car, in Texas sun, gets very hot. Maybe a single frequency unit is perfectly safe. I simply presumed all manufacturers had done environmental tests for heat.

I have begun using thermal bags for my coils during summer trips, with a frozen bottle of water inside. I will get thirsty anyway. Piece of mind.
 
It is the heat that can damage the display, that is the problem. I dont leave mine in my car in the summer.

I had thought of a way of using a large ice chest with thouse flat plastic ice packs and some towels to keep the detector cool and out of the heat, but I dont hunt much in the summer anyway.
 
I will put my ace 250 in the trunk if I need to in the summer but not any other detectors. I want them protected from high heat. High to me is 90 or above.
 
happycamper08 said:
I keep mine in a dark green f 150 and have for the last 8 years in the summer. People worry to much. You vehicle is a rolling electronic piece of equipment. Does that give electronic problems?
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Well, your car's electronics are designed for that sort of heat...a detector isn't.
 
If the ATP was that sensitive I'm sure they wouldn't have built it in a sealed flat black box. They actually couldn't build it hotter if they tried...

Just some food for thought..

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In some of the manuals I remember reading that the temperature range was up to 120 or 130 degrees. Depending where you live, that temperature is easily reached.
 
happycamper08 said:
What makes you think detectors don't have a heat rating on the electronics?
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They do...but I doubt that it's quite as high as something specifically designed to be in extreme heat.

Maybe they are, but according to the manual, the operating temperature is +14°F to +122°F
 
All accessories might be a consideration, coils especially. Then there are these $100-plus pinpointers. My first Garretts pointers have dropped sensitivity over time. Maybe heating back when I didn't know better? I have begun to even bring in my wireless HPs now. That's knee jerk possibly, yet at $55 a pop, best to be safe.

All this stuff ain't cheap!
 
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