Rice and waterlogged detector???

[monkeys uncle]

Was just wondering if anyone knows whether submersion in rice would cure a waterlogged metal detector. Hasn't happened to me or mine, but tv commercial (cell phones) got me to wondering. Anyone know?

 

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[golddigger14s]

Can't hurt.

 

[Duckshot]

It might. I dropped my phone into saltwater once. After retrieving it I imeadiately took the battery out, rinsed it in fresh water, and put the phone in a bag of rice.

The rice attracted a friendly Asian man, who are good with electronics, and he fixed it for me.

 

[smokeythecat]

If mildly wet, yes. I did it once successfully. If drenched, probably time to get another machine and that is because they don't make 'em like they used to.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Having worked in Minelab repair center for 5 years I can tell you if it is a solid dunking in salt water you better get it into a repair center, not just a bag of rice.

 

[Duckshot]

Seriously- it was a man of Asian decent that saw my flip phone slip out my shirt pocket while I was landing a fish, I did just like he said. Take the battery out and wipe it off, rinse the phone in fresh water, stick it in a ziplock bag full of dry rice. The phone survived the dunking.

 

[CASPER-2]

Ive been water hunting since 1995 (longer than that if you count floating land machines)
but owned actual water machines since 1995
Ive had a few get water logged - as soon as it happens - you will know...it will go haywire
get it out of the water- get box open and get the water out immediately
if you dunked it in SALT WATER - flush it out as fast as you can with fresh water - i had to use
my bottled drinking water once.
if at a fresh water spot - just get water out and let it air dry in the sun
Had a couple of my Whites PI Pros leak
and a couple of my Fisher water machines leak too
I managed to save them all
Usually the reason for leak was the gasket - having machine in a hot vehicle
then taking it in to cold water was usually the problem
had the same problem with an underwater camera too - it was in shade when we got to beach
the sun moved and was beating down on it - I found a nice ring and yelled to my GF
to bringing it out - she got off a few pics before it flooded
Funny ...this was the last pic we were able to take with it

was not able to save the camera