cold weather affects on detectors

[bomber]

i was out the other day hunting in about 30 degree temp and noticed my readings were a little erractic.is it possible to damage your detector in cold weather?i know this isn't the right place to post this but was'nt sure where else to put it

 

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[acevillav]

I had the same problem the other day w/ mine . I think the batteries were cold. The detector had spent the night in my trunk. Did you do that also

Acevillav

 

[bomber]

no i always keep it at home till i'm ready to go out,but i was out there 4 over 2 hrs

 

[JerV3]

I highly doubt it could damage it. My dfx when it's really cold I mean cold like below 20 will sometimes have a hard time ground balancing. The display will look a little faded also. But overall it runs well even in the coldest temps. White's are built really tough. I don't know about any other units.

HH Jer

 

[bomber]

hey jerdfx,i've also got a whites,a qxt,but 20 below?i thought i was hardcore,but you're my hero

 

[suwannee pirate]

Dad and I used to coin shoot around old mine camps and homesteads in the winter in WVa because the brush and bugs wern't bad in the winter. We would go out when the snow was gone,but it was still cold and our detector was a red RAY-scope and had trouble working in the cold.Dad jot a jonnie hard warmer and rigged a pouch on the bottom of the detector with a pad in between them and that took care of the problem.Dinn't do much for the frozen ground though,so we shoveled the finds in a bucket and went through them at home in the basement after the clumps thawed out.

 

[Monty]

I left mine out in the car in the teens and it killed my batteries. Barely would power up and went from almost full charge to almost nothing. Monty

 

[northeast hunter]

I also have a whites.xlt..When its cold its dose the same thing as gerdfx(DFX)
still makes the finds very well