Am I dumb or what?

[Peyton Manning]

Gave a friend a ride home last night so I put my detector in the truck bed.
Forgot it and it got rained on.
It’s an MXTPRO
Guess after it dries out I’ll hope it’s not fried.

 

[boogeyman]

Gave a friend a ride home last night so I put my detector in the truck bed.
Forgot it and it got rained on.
It’s an MXTPRO
Guess after it dries out I’ll hope it’s not fried.

Welcome to the club. I assumed it. Was a right of passage like wearing steel toed boots. You're only classified as dumb after you do it the third time.

 

[rginn]

Hope it's ok. You're lucky somebody didn't come along and steal it out of the back of the truck, which would probably happen to me.

 

[McKinney_5900]

Buy a large bag of dry white rice and let the head unit soak in it for a couple of weeks

 

[ARC]

You did not just start a thread titled that did you ?

YOU DID.

heh

 

[Florida Finder]

Gave a friend a ride home last night so I put my detector in the truck bed.
Forgot it and it got rained on.
It’s an MXTPRO
Guess after it dries out I’ll hope it’s not fried.

Oh man I hope it’s ok! I once went detecting in South Carolina for a day hunt. Only to leave at the end of the day. Stopped for gas 50 miles later and realized I left my detector in the field some where. Argh! Had to go back and get it.

 

[Peyton Manning]

You did not just start a thread titled that did you ?

YOU DID.

heh

When you’re dumb you may as well admit it

 

[Zincoln Miner]

OOOOPSY!

I second that rice suggestion.

 

[boogeyman]

When you’re dumb you may as well admit it

Somebody had to! Better him than me!

 

[eman1000]

As long as you haven't turned it on. I would remove the batteries and try the rice. submerge the whole control box in rice for a few days should do the trick. _ I'm curious to know if anyone has resorted to this? I have ruined one machine but I'm almost certain it was because I turned it on too soon after it got rained on.

 

[Peyton Manning]

I took the battery pack out and have it sitting in the sun

 

[Zincoln Miner]

I took the battery pack out and have it sitting in the sun

If it was a riceless me I would hang it up in the shade with the battery door propped open.

I would do this for several low humidity days. Bring it inside for couple hours, look for condensation in screen, and battery compartment interior. Repeat if needed.

Hope a capacitor didn't fry, or a chip go dippity dip.

 

[McKinney_5900]

Let's talk dumb though. I took my Equinox 800, equipped with the new 10x5 coil, to a dog park 30 miles away, along with my dog BTW. The dog factors in. I got distracted packing up being the dog was muddy, and left my detector laying in front of the public parking lot, close to a trash can. It was 4 hours later that I discovered my trunk had no 800 and coil. FOUR hours! I ran there immediately with my heart racing, feeling stupid. The first place I chose to look was a failure, but it was my last, and logical place to look, being the last spot before packing up.

It was at the first trash barrel, sorta secluded behind the big pipe used to block vehicles from driving into the park turf.

The feeling of finding that kind of investment still there was numbing. I wouldn't give a single odd to find that gear after 4 total hours. There were 4 vehicles parked neatly near that pipe also.

I suspect the MXT is ok, unless it was in a low spot in the truck bed and was submerged at all. Those machines are surely somewhat water resistant.

 

[SusanMN]

Over the years there have been several unfortunate souls who left their detectors in the driveway or parking lot and then ran over them. At least yours has the potential to be okay.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Don’t jinx me!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Make sure it is completely dry before you power it up, it should be fine as long as it is dry when turned on.

Try to put the control box and display screen in separate bags of rice for a couple of days to absorb any moisture.

 

[TooManyHobbies]

Haven't done it with my detector yet, but 25 years ago I went pheasant hunting after work, then left my shotgun in a soft case, in the bed of my truck. It was a couple days later after a soaking rain that I remembered I didn't put it away. I hate rust on a firearm. Still have it, still works fine.

 

[ARC]

I laid the chargers and couplers to 2 Minelab Excalibur's on trailer because hands were full and needed to set them down somewhere quick...

Remembered as i was doing 70 on the interstate. $150+ hit

Lost a Vibraprobe 580 and have no clue where how or when. heh another almost $150 hit.

And i know i am forgetting something else.... i have been fortunate i guess.

 

[Ed_DE]

I use to put my bicycle in my truck bed. One time I left my bike in the parking lot without putting it in my truck. The next day I came back for a bike ride and two guys where standing by a bike saying the bike was there for over a day and they where talking about taking it to the police station. We where laughing about how somebody could forget their bike. That's when I realized it was my bike. I was a little embarrassed to say the least.

 

[McKinney_5900]

A buddy of mine leaned his Sampson shovel against his truck after we hunted and drove off and left it. I parked in the same exact spot on a hunt there later during another hunt, and left my 36" Ground Shark against my vehicle and did the same thing. Bizarre.