Storing Metal Detectors till next season.

[Sandman]

If you are hanging up your metal detector till next season when it is warmer, don't forget to take out the batteries. During long storage leaks can happen in a battery. You will install new batteries next time you take it out anyway.

 

[teverly]

Does that include my half dead ones??

 

[stoney56]

However, don't forget to grab 'em if you get a sudden heat wave in the middle of winter.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

If you are hanging up your metal detector till next season when it is warmer.

What does that mean? do some hunters actually give up hunting during some months of the year

What is it that happens during those mysterious months to cause such drastic measures?

 

[hsjrev]

I give up hunting in August. 100 degrees and 70% humidity just don't make for an enjoyable day outside. The other 11 months are fine though.

 

[teverly]

I dont hunt during the summer.From june till about the 1st of september i play golf and fish.
In the winter time it usually freezes here
Spring and fall are my detecting times.....

 

[bootybay]

i am gonna continue hunting till i cannot feel my fingers n toes....lol

 

[EDDE]

i am gonna continue hunting till i cannot feel my fingers n toes....lol

so all year round then

 

[erikk]

i am gonna continue hunting till i cannot feel my fingers n toes....lol

Me too, can get really cold here in SWF.... might even have to go to a 5 ml wet suit

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Is that a full farmer john suit or do you rough it with the shortie and short sleeves?

I got both. Atlantic gets a mite chilly sometimes.

 

[thompy]

its the 5ft of snow that shuts me down

 

[Sandman]

Treasure_Hunter you would understand if you lived where Trompy and I live.

its the 5ft of snow that shuts me down

When you have to chop away at a couple feet of ice to see the water, you start thinking of Max and Neilo enjoying the hot sands and babes on the beaches. I don't dive under the ice anymore to retrieve drowned snowmobiles so a hot climate is on my mind now.

 

[stevesno]

When the ground gets to froze to dig coins it's time to cache hunt....Steve

 

[Michigander2005]

its the 5ft of snow that shuts me down

You already have a foot or so don't you ?

 

[muleskinner]

I'll take them out tomorrow, thanks for the reminder. By the time I'm done deerhunting the ground will be froze deep.

 

[BamaBill]

That's where relic hunting in Bama is an advantage. Things just get good after deer season is over. No snakes, no ticks, no bugs and reduced chances of poison ivy. We're basically shutdown during the heat of summer and that can last from June into October. Rest of the year is usually doable.

 

[erikk]

Is that a full farmer john suit or do you rough it with the shortie and short sleeves?

I got both. Atlantic gets a mite chilly sometimes.

Nope, full farmer john. Got a 1 piece 3 ml for warmer water

 

[Don in SJ]

Of course taking the batteries out and cleaning the machine overall will help, don't forget to clean under the coil cover if you use one.

I believe a lot more of us could hunt in the colder regions in the northern areas if you go to woods hunting, unless deep snow on the ground is a stopper, usually leaf covered areas can be broken through as long as a real hard freeze has not hit your area. Fields freeze up and stay frozen, especially in shaded areas, but wooded plots, southern exposure hills, are your best bets in winter.

I am lucky enough to where my weather in southern New Jersey very seldoms stops me from woods hunting more than a few weeks each winter. I have hunted on the beach when the only none frozen sand/ground was the wet sand as the tide was going out..........

However, some detectors, depending upon brand do not do so well in below freezing temperatures, another thing to consider, but heck it is fun hunting with a bit of snow on the ground, makes it easy to do a great pattern and know where you have been.

Don

 

[EasyMoney]

It gets really cold and wet here in Oregon. People from Alaska think "it's not cold here" until they ride a dirt bike in the rain at 30 mph and 40F degrees. It will freeze you to death at those extremes or give you a super major case of hypothermia clear to the bone, and the "tough" Alaskans seem to be rather surprized at such nonsense, unti they try it for themselves. It's really funny watching them bail after about an hour of standing out in the rain and wind while using a metal detector.

TH'ing doesn't end here in winter and spring but it really does slow down a lot. And I store my detectors in canvas bow-hunting bags when not in use. They're cheap and keep the machines from corroding.

 

[Michigan Badger]

Hints for northern hunters:

snowblower
military supplus flame thrower
medium sized pipe bombs

P.S. Don't forget to fill your holes!!!!