Just wondering if anyone does any detecting in the snow, and if YES does it have any ill effects on the machine. Any special tools needed? (other then warm clothes) smile. There is a park near by that use to be a big attraction, it once had a small lake, golf course, zoo, cabins for boy and girl scouts fun and games that 1000's of people enjoyed all free of charge during the depression times. Its still there as a park but no lake, golf course. The cabins are still standing, and within the trees you can see where the beer cages use to be and there is still part of a boat that the navy did drills on at the lake. During the summer the weeds, grass, poison ivy grow up, ticks craw all over me when trying to get to area that looks like it had been a prime spot. Was thinking of trying it go in during the winter and see if I could maybe find places that have not been picked over.
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Does anyone detect in snow?
- Thread starter kscowgirl
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DirtFisher60
New member
Hunt in the snow?? Hell NO. I am a confirmed weather wimp. My detecting is limited to spring/summer/fall. Hate being out in the cold. other than that...sounds like you have have a great place there with some good possibilities. Places with activity like that for a number of years are a detectorists 'Heaven'! Good luck!
Yes unfortunately...I am that addicted!
Theres some others that do too..They are mainly the crazy Canadians that post on the AtPro forum..
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I bag my coil to keep the snow from balling up on it and making it weigh a ton...just a simple plastic bag from the store tied around the shaft works...we hunt sledding hills, all sorts of clad and possible jewelry when the gloves come off...you can also shoot right through the snow down into the dirt if it has not frozen underneath, I had a great day a few years back shooting through 4" of snow and pulling coins out of the yet to be frozen soil...you can run hot when shooting through sledding hills since you are basically shooting through air...you need some sort of digger like a long handle, a short handle doesnt have enough weight or power to punch through quickly...so you have some leverage that can chip and get through the frozen snow to the target...we also water hunt until it freezes solid, and even then we can stomp down through for a while...then after that, when everything is frozen solid, we hunt areas and try to locate decent targets to come back and get in the Spring! Cant dig, but can locate and scout! Or else we hunt the edges of parking lot snow piles...anyway, its just one of those things, cant help it..
Mud
Theres some others that do too..They are mainly the crazy Canadians that post on the AtPro forum...I bag my coil to keep the snow from balling up on it and making it weigh a ton...just a simple plastic bag from the store tied around the shaft works...we hunt sledding hills, all sorts of clad and possible jewelry when the gloves come off...you can also shoot right through the snow down into the dirt if it has not frozen underneath, I had a great day a few years back shooting through 4" of snow and pulling coins out of the yet to be frozen soil...you can run hot when shooting through sledding hills since you are basically shooting through air...you need some sort of digger like a long handle, a short handle doesnt have enough weight or power to punch through quickly...so you have some leverage that can chip and get through the frozen snow to the target...we also water hunt until it freezes solid, and even then we can stomp down through for a while...then after that, when everything is frozen solid, we hunt areas and try to locate decent targets to come back and get in the Spring! Cant dig, but can locate and scout! Or else we hunt the edges of parking lot snow piles...anyway, its just one of those things, cant help it..
Mud
Goldstrike
Well-known member
Mud.....brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....dang!!! those pics you posted sent shivers up and down my spine!!!! Here in SoCal, we are very lucky because the only snow that we see is up on the mountains and rarely gets lower than about the 3000-4000 foot level. Over the years, it has hailed a bit but quickly burns off so snow is never a problem here. I quickly point out that if you travel further North to the High Sierras and higher elevations, then the snow can get problematic but never down here.In response to kscowgirl's question though, the spot you point out sounds like a real prime detecting area and IF I lived in a colder state that had lots of snow, I would still detect but would need to suit up and wear the right gear to do that!
Goldstrike
Well-known member
Well, I'll tell ya, I'd rather go to the bank and get me a roll or 2 of nickels, dimes and quarters and celebrate my 'finds' (found at the bank)!!! and at the end of the day, celebrate with a big mug of warm egg-nog and then off to a warm bed!! G'd night ya'll !!!
Kscowgirl, you can do alright in the Spring if you pay attention to where all the snow is pushed over the Winter...anything and everything lost in a parking lot is plowed up in the snowpiles, so its sort of a fun thing to pay attention to where the 'plowboys' push the snow...even in the middle of the Summer, if you develop a good eye looking at a parking lot or sidewalk and thinking like a Plowboy, you can find those spots and sweep them clean...a person tries to locate the parking lots where the rich people frequent of course to maximize the effort...like outside the local health club, church, YMCA, any school, or mall...just gotta think is all and hit it with your weapon of choice..real nice stuff lost in parking lots now a days..
...so think like a Plowboy when you find a parking lot, where would you push snow if you had the contract? Your heater lets you know if you are thinking correctly..easy peasy..even paper dollars if you are plucky and quick when the piles start to melt...its not a glamourous way of hunting, as if you are hunting deep old silver, but its better than nothing, fun, easy, and fits the bill to satisfy your need to hunt... Plus, you are always close to your car to warm up and drink coffee... So yes, hunt the snow if you can throughout the winter...or else join a bowling league...either will keep you in shape, which is what matters when the 'bottom falls out of the trail' in March...bowling? Hey! that reminds me of a riddle I came up with on a long drive a few years ago:
'I'm heavy and round and commonly black,
When you throw me away, I always come back.
I scatter ten rednecks on a wood battleground,
And I'm easily found in the alley in town!
What am I?
Mud
...so think like a Plowboy when you find a parking lot, where would you push snow if you had the contract? Your heater lets you know if you are thinking correctly..easy peasy..even paper dollars if you are plucky and quick when the piles start to melt...its not a glamourous way of hunting, as if you are hunting deep old silver, but its better than nothing, fun, easy, and fits the bill to satisfy your need to hunt... Plus, you are always close to your car to warm up and drink coffee... So yes, hunt the snow if you can throughout the winter...or else join a bowling league...either will keep you in shape, which is what matters when the 'bottom falls out of the trail' in March...bowling? Hey! that reminds me of a riddle I came up with on a long drive a few years ago:'I'm heavy and round and commonly black,
When you throw me away, I always come back.
I scatter ten rednecks on a wood battleground,
And I'm easily found in the alley in town!
What am I?
Mud