How to put metal detector for long time storage

[Cfmct]

You better what's it - Roberta is liable vulgar slangin a year or two if you do that. You better take her out in a drive every month or so, she may not talk you any more otherwise Woman are like that...

What is wrong with that? Silence is golden...

 

[KOB]

What is wrong with that? Silence is golden...

X2. And no teeth is an added bonus.....

 

[georgeinsc]

Please Please Please do not store that detector in an outside shed. Keep it inside in a controlled atmosphere. We talked ahout this in the past any you again ignored good advice.

 

[Steve]

I'm not getting much use from my equinox, and I think it's better to make sure she's going to be alright when I wake her up a few years later.

Any tips on how to get Roberta in the best shape to store in the shed for a few years?

Josh

Sell it now. Who knows what kind of technology will be out the next time you want to start detecting again. It has decent value now.

 

[Martin_V3i]

Sell it now. Who knows what kind of technology will be out the next time you want to start detecting again. It has decent value now.

That does make sense.

 

[davidlhyde63366]

I'm not getting much use from my equinox, and I think it's better to make sure she's going to be alright when I wake her up a few years later.

Any tips on how to get Roberta in the best shape to store in the shed for a few years?

Josh

be much better if your parents would let you store your detector inside , maybe in a case under your bed if no room in your closet. In the Winter here i store my detectors in the basement where it is nice and dry and warm enough. Wouldn't want to store anything with circuit boards out in a storage shed , can't be good for them.

 

[KOB]

Is 1 less hunter in No.Cal a good thing ? I know alot of guys just packing it in down here.

 

[TorqueMaster]

I'm not getting much use from my equinox, and I think it's better to make sure she's going to be alright when I wake her up a few years later.

Any tips on how to get Roberta in the best shape to store in the shed for a few years?

Thank you for all the answers. Selling is a no-go for me, I want to keep Roberta with me just in case one day I want to MD suddenly.

I have traded with my neighbor since I have no need to use my 440 anymore, better just pass it on to someone else.

So, the checklist is:
Give one last deep clean
Take out the lithium battery
Make sure the battery is at 50%

Josh

It sounds like you do intend to use it from time to time maybe? If we're not prying, WHY are you giving up on the hobby?

Lots of good advice here, depending on your detecting plans. My two cents...

Taking the battery out is overkill. It's not trivial on an Equinox and may affect the water-proofness. Plus you'll be re-installing it regularly to keep it charged about halfway? Plus even more annoying if you want to USE the detector from time-to-time.

Storage in a shed...not ideal but might be ok. The manual says this:
• Do not expose the detector to extreme temperature conditions.
The storage temperature range is from -20°C to +50°C (-4°F to
+122°F).

I'd rather it was in the house somewhere, but based on that, a shed might be ok. I WOULD put it in an AIRTIGHT bag -- with dessicant packs if you have any -- to keep humidity away from the detector, certainly in the shed, and couldn't hurt in the house. As someone said, under a bed, back of closet, under the stairs...pretty much ANYWHERE climate-controlled inside a house is better than "the shed."

Oh, from my standpoint, just a hobbiest, not a detecting god, metal detecting technology advances at a snail's pace. I consider the Equinox incrementally better than the Fisher F75, which was released in 2007. An Equinox will still be viable in 10 years. Keep it!

Hope this helps.

 

[davidlhyde63366]

It sounds like you do intend to use it from time to time maybe? If we're not prying, WHY are you giving up on the hobby?

Lots of good advice here, depending on your detecting plans. My two cents...

Taking the battery out is overkill. It's not trivial on an Equinox and may affect the water-proofness. Plus you'll be re-installing it regularly to keep it charged about halfway? Plus even more annoying if you want to USE the detector from time-to-time.

Storage in a shed...not ideal but might be ok. The manual says this:
• Do not expose the detector to extreme temperature conditions.
The storage temperature range is from -20°C to +50°C (-4°F to
+122°F).

I'd rather it was in the house somewhere, but based on that, a shed might be ok. I WOULD put it in an AIRTIGHT bag -- with dessicant packs if you have any -- to keep humidity away from the detector, certainly in the shed, and couldn't hurt in the house. As someone said, under a bed, back of closet, under the stairs...pretty much ANYWHERE climate-controlled inside a house is better than "the shed."

Oh, from my standpoint, just a hobbiest, not a detecting god, metal detecting technology advances at a snail's pace. I consider the Equinox incrementally better than the Fisher F75, which was released in 2007. An Equinox will still be viable in 10 years. Keep it!

Hope this helps.

I would imagine it is his parents idea , so he has more time for his studies .

 

[Tinhorn3]

I used to have a shop fixing TV's, CB's, other electronic stuff. Some parts, especially Electrolytic Capacitors, can go bad if not used over a long time. That's why I told him it might not talk to him if it's used awhile.


Those batteries may go bad if run low & not charged for sure, but I don't think having it charged up hurts it over a long time - but those batt's were not around when I had a shop LOL so that is just my thought on the batteries...

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

I'm not getting much use from my equinox, and I think it's better to make sure she's going to be alright when I wake her up a few years later.

Any tips on how to get Roberta in the best shape to store in the shed for a few years?

Josh

No detecting for a couple of years?? That is dirty talk! lol