How often do you turn off / on your detector?

[Andrew Kalinowski]

On an average day out hunting, how many times do you turn off / on your detector? Do you turn it off for a smoke / coffee break or to give your arm a little rest or to have a chat with somebody?
Does it happen to you to turn it off accidentally by pressing wrong button?

 

[mudpuppy]

If I'm slamming totlots, probably 20...everytime I get in the truck to travel to some other spot, or when taking a smoke, or making a call. Avg daily probably 10.. I've never turned it off accidentally, but have had the headphone plug come loose, so now every once in a while especially beach hunting, I run the coil near the scoop just to make sure I'm not hunting for nothing! How about you?
Mud

 

[Andrew Kalinowski]

On a typical evening out, I hit at least 2 parks. On a longer outing, I take several 10 minute breaks for which I turn the detector off. I'd guess, minimum twice but some days it may be 10 times.

 

[Roscue2]

Usually I turn it on once at the beginning of the hunt, and then again at the end of the hunt.

 

[dirt doctor]

Once before I leave the house to check that all systems are go and usually only once per hunt . If the detector seems to be acting a little weird I'll turn it off/on then do a noise cancel or a ground balance depending on which detector I am using . My hunts usually range from 1 to 3 hrs. so I don't take breaks .

 

[BarberBill]

Unless I take a break or something out of the ordinary occurs, I leave mine on from the time I start hunting till I'm back at my vehicle. I always hunt my way back to the vehicle as I've often made some good finds on the way out.
BB

 

[Dodqe]

When I first started hunting seriously (almost a year ago) I would turn it off every time I set it down to dig. I thought I had to save power. But after 4 or 5 times scanning the ground for up to a minute at a time with the detector OFF, I stopped doing that. Backtracking sucks. Besides, with electronics these days, batts last a couple to a few hunts.

Now I do an on-off 'systems check' before heading away from my car, replace batts if necessary, then turn it on at the beginning of the hunt and off at the end.

 

[Smooth23]

Turn it on when I start, turn it off when it goes back in the car. Etrac battery lasts forever, so I dont find it real neccessary to keep turning off and on.