How do you store your detectors

[Rick in Pa]

Just curious how others store their detectors when not in use. I am using an older wood gun cabinet with glass doors. Not safe enough for storing weapons, but works nice for my detectors. I keep detectors and coils in upper section and have plenty of storage underneath for other equipment. Merry Christmas.

Sorry, but my pic keeps getting posted sideways instead of upright. not sure how to correct the problem

 

[Steve O]

My detectors have several homes, non of which are the best way to store them. They are either in the cold/hot garage, in the cold/hot extended cab of my P.U. or in the closet in my office, mostly the former.
The extra coils stay in the trucks cab. Haven't had any problems, yet, knock on wood.
I also don't clean them like they should be....maybe twice a year....shame on me!

 

[Rick in Pa]

I also have a Compadre that stays in my van most of the year. I guess it might be smart to bring it in until Spring.

 

[mudpuppy]

Thats a great looking set up Rick! I'm like you and SteveO ...mine are in my truck year round just in case...The F70 has been in there for coming on 3 years, the AtPro since July when I got it...also all the batteries, waders, scoops, extra screwdrivers, clothes, shoes and socks...everything I need is in there somewhere..the bed of the truck gets shoveled out once or twice a year, and is full of all the scrap items, lead, copper, brass, pulltabs, golf balls, and the usual miscellaneous treasures and junk!...the truck is a 2001, and I have never once washed or waxed the outside of it, I do keep it mechanically sound however..every once in a while I'll do an inventory of the cab, remove everything, and take a leaf blower and shop vac to it..I have had no issues at all with the equipment treated in such a horrible fashion as far as sensitive electronics are concerned. I wipe off the F70 screen every so often when I'm hunting in a drizzle with my shirt sleeve, other than that, no other maintenance has been performed. I have a dream vehicle with an organized system in mind for extended road trips someday..
Mud

 

[Tom Slick]

I use pegboard as shown in my avtar pic. Your gun cabinet idea is classy.

 

[jimmyk]

Never thought about storing them on their sides. How did you get that cabinet fastened to the wall?

Just kidding. I have hooks that suspend them by their coils in the garage during the Summer and in the basement during the Winter.

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[Goldstrike]

I have a place for them in my garage on a flat sheet of wood so they don't get bumped etc;. I never leave any detectors in my vehicle because the heat will damage the electronics. It might not kill them but I'm sure it will shorten the life span of them. I have too much cash invested in them to leave them where they can get stolen as well!!!!!

 

[Goldstrike]

Rick...........I open all my photographs in 'paint' and from there you can do pretty much everything including orienting them in the upright position!

 

[Rick in Pa]

I use my iPhone to take the picture. The pic is too big to use so I email it to myself. There I can orient the picture. But somehow is comes out sideways. I even oriented it on its side and it stayed that way.

 

[mudpuppy]

remove the passenger and rear seat, build a custom lockable case for the gear, something very nondescript or worth stealing...with a google earth and weather big screen...Then a fellow can hop around on and off the interstates, slamming totlots and parks, swimming holes, etc...gotta get very good mileage, and mechanically sound or easy to fix on the road...thats the dream vehicle anyway..
Mud

 

[bootyhoundpa]

hung on hooks in back staircase..... some hung by the coils others by little hangman nooses..... works for me ,out the way and it stays above freezing in there ....

 

[edjcox]

Metal detectors are typically kept in vehicles. These vehicles are subject heat excurisions and cooling in the summer/winter. Most electronics are susceptible to damage due to these wide thermal variations. The materials in them, plastics, metals, semiconductors all have varying thermal expansion and contraction coeffficints that may over time result in a breakdown short or open in a circuit.
Now quality components are the norm in most of todays detectors. But why chance it..

Taking a metal detector indoors for storage is a prudent practice that will lengthen the MD's service life. That not to say your detector may survive with no damage in the bakeoven trunk of your black sedan in the height of summer. Batteries also last longer if kept in moderate temps. As a practice I remove my battery packs and the individual cells and store them so they are not touching. Acids and glavanic actions set up by shorting batteries occasional can occur.. I once had two 9volts in my pants pocet short and needless to say it was a warming experience..

Cleaning your gear is also a good idea... A light coat of oil on a digger and screwdriver won't hurt..

 

[edjcox]

Metal detectors are typically kept in vehicles. These vehicles are subject heat excursions and cooling in the summer/winter. Most electronics are susceptible to damage due to these wide thermal variations. The materials in them, plastics, metals, semiconductors all have varying thermal expansion and contraction coefficients that may over time result in a breakdown short or open in a circuit.
Now quality components are the norm in most of today's detectors. But why chance it..

Taking a metal detector indoors for storage is a prudent practice that will lengthen the MD's service life. That not to say your detector may survive with no damage in the bake oven trunk of your black sedan in the height of summer. Batteries also last longer if kept in moderate temps. As a practice I remove my battery packs and the individual cells and store them so they are not touching. Acids and galvanic actions set up by shorting batteries occasional can occur.. I once had two 9volts in my pants pocket short and needless to say it was a warming experience..

Cleaning your gear is also a good idea... A light coat of oil on a digger and screwdriver won't hurt..

 

[trachunter]

When they're not in use, I put them in the basement. The only time they are in the car is on the way to hunt.

 

[sparkster]

They are all to busy to ever get stored. But at night they sleep in a closet in my office.

 

[Jim Robertson]

My detectors are all in detector bags. And are laying on my sons bed. He is grown and his room is my detector room. Unless he comes home then they are move to another room till he has to leave. I guess the detectors are very Lucky to have there own bed. And so am I right.

 

[Rick in Pa]

I am in the (slow) process of turning a corner of my basement into a detector room. Have the walls studded and electric run. Next is the drywall. I should actually work on it now before weather gets nice.

 

[khouse]

In my SUV at all times. If I leave home without them I feel incomplete.

 

[Mat in MA]

When the seasons over I remove the batteries and hang them on pegboard hooks in my office.

 

[oldcoon]

In their cases back in the junk room, right next to the Christmas stuff.