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Magnet casue damage to MD,,,,,,,?????
- Thread starter grouser
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BarberBill
New member
Don't know for certain about this, but I'd keep them separated just the same.
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If any of your detectors have a meter with a needle, keep it away from those. Not good to magnetize them. If you have a pinpointer that vibrates, want to keep that big magnet away from the pinponter too so you don't affect the magnets in the pager motor that is probably used for the vibration.
Generally, I think I'd carry and transport the big magnet away from the electronics.
tvr
Generally, I think I'd carry and transport the big magnet away from the electronics.
tvr
i agree ,,,,,,,better safe then sorrytvr said:If any of your detectors have a meter with a needle, keep it away from those. Not good to magnetize them. If you have a pinpointer that vibrates, want to keep that big magnet away from the pinponter too so you don't affect the magnets in the pager motor that is probably used for the vibration.
Generally, I think I'd carry and transport the big magnet away from the electronics.
tvr
dixiedigger57
Member
i know magnets can damage a hard drive and a cd. I wonder too if it can damage some of the high tech machines that store programs, the brand x guys. i know on the tv show meteorite men, they carry powerful rare earth magnets, but use metal detectors too, high end whites. they have to let them get together by accident sometimes i would think. maybe we should ask Tesoro? got me curious, and until i know, leaving my magnets at home.
I have some of those super magnets - some people can't get 2 of them together apart.
Better safe than sorry - I wouldn't want to take a chance to see if it might have an effect. There are probably some variables (strength, length of time, position relation to the detector), magnetism can affect electronics, or shielding would have never happened - I dunno but I don't want to test it myself.
Better safe than sorry - I wouldn't want to take a chance to see if it might have an effect. There are probably some variables (strength, length of time, position relation to the detector), magnetism can affect electronics, or shielding would have never happened - I dunno but I don't want to test it myself.
norman maassey
New member
They use Fisher f75s
carey said:i know magnets can damage a hard drive and a cd. I wonder too if it can damage some of the high tech machines that store programs, the brand x guys. i know on the tv show meteorite men, they carry powerful rare earth magnets, but use metal detectors too, high end whites. they have to let them get together by accident sometimes i would think. maybe we should ask Tesoro? got me curious, and until i know, leaving my magnets at home.
dixiedigger57
Member
yea, your right, they do use Fishers. i stand corrected. There was another guy on Tv that travels the world collecting, and he used an older whites, like a spectrum or something, i remember it was whites. another guy was desert hunter, used a jeep with a large coil out front, going slow. one was a short hefty guy with a beard, the other an old desert dweller type. They were on a special, not a series. I remember the great blacksmith/knife maker bill moran making a knife by forging one, saw it in the Fernbank museum in Atlanta when they had a meteorite display. dont hear of them in georgia. silly question==anyone ever found a magnet with a metal detector, how did it sound or read on a meter?
read this,,,,,strait copy and paste,,,
Hi Mike,
You brought up an interesting question concerning the magnets around the metal detectors. I wanted to wait until I could have an in depth conversation with Carl (my lead technition at Tesoro) even though I felt there was no problem. Lots of nugget hunting customers use the very strong rare earth magnets in the end of their picks and many times they're in close proximity to the control boxes and there has never been any damage that we're aware of. In fact, only the speakers in the detectors could possibly be susceptible and it would take a very strong magnet right against the speaker to do any damage, and then it would be just dislodging it from the glue setting that holds it in place. After 20 years as service manager, I have never seen any damage to a detector from any size magnets.
Rusty
so there ya have it,,,,
Hi Mike,
You brought up an interesting question concerning the magnets around the metal detectors. I wanted to wait until I could have an in depth conversation with Carl (my lead technition at Tesoro) even though I felt there was no problem. Lots of nugget hunting customers use the very strong rare earth magnets in the end of their picks and many times they're in close proximity to the control boxes and there has never been any damage that we're aware of. In fact, only the speakers in the detectors could possibly be susceptible and it would take a very strong magnet right against the speaker to do any damage, and then it would be just dislodging it from the glue setting that holds it in place. After 20 years as service manager, I have never seen any damage to a detector from any size magnets.
Rusty
so there ya have it,,,,
Glad Rusty hasn't had or seen issues.
I'd still keep it away from any metered detector ... one that has a needle pointer on a meter face (like a Toltec). Meter movements tend to not function the same if they function at all after the entire movement gets magnetized by close proximity to a large magnet. I had a Heathkit multimeter that I learned that lesson with (Heathkit meter dates me a bit ... that incident was well before Rusty was a service manager).
And I also would keep it away from the pinpointers that vibrate. I wrecked a pager motor about 5 years ago that was going to be used for a small model airplane's power. Sat the pager motor down on the bench too close to the big magnet I use to "find" small nuts and washers I drop and it went the 3 or so inches and slapped against the magnet. Pager motor no good after that hard slap. Did not dissect it, but figured it cracked the permanent magnets in the motor and put them up against the armature.
Cheers,
tvr
I'd still keep it away from any metered detector ... one that has a needle pointer on a meter face (like a Toltec). Meter movements tend to not function the same if they function at all after the entire movement gets magnetized by close proximity to a large magnet. I had a Heathkit multimeter that I learned that lesson with (Heathkit meter dates me a bit ... that incident was well before Rusty was a service manager).
And I also would keep it away from the pinpointers that vibrate. I wrecked a pager motor about 5 years ago that was going to be used for a small model airplane's power. Sat the pager motor down on the bench too close to the big magnet I use to "find" small nuts and washers I drop and it went the 3 or so inches and slapped against the magnet. Pager motor no good after that hard slap. Did not dissect it, but figured it cracked the permanent magnets in the motor and put them up against the armature.
Cheers,
tvr