What do you do now that the detecting is over for most of us...

[shawnIN]

Now that the detecting is done since the ground is harder than concrete, what do you do in the off season to get ready for spring? I usually tumble the clad and use it to find something for detecting that I just can't live with out. Hit the library and do research, and clean things up. Last but not least sit with evny at the posts the guys in warmer areas are still posting of the great finds. Hope everyone gets something great for detecting from Santa. And yes there is a Santa, I seen him at the mall this past weekend.

 

[Nuke em]

Go mad I think , but luckily the ground does not get that hard here !

I would buy a pick axe and plastic explosives to dig the holes

 

[Altamaha]

Read metal detecting books, do research, and dream about detecting some of the promising spots that I have lined up for the Spring

 

[roygpa]

I build and operate 3D plastic printers in the metal detecting off season.

 

[digs colorado]

Invest in some serious research on the next years outings, and get all the stuff done around the home that should have been done this summer. Thank God for the forum to keep the fire burning. Please hunt alot and post alot in the south, help us with our mother nature mandated withdrawl from the dirt. Dreaming of the find's is (almost as good) as the real deal! Ok maybe cabin fever has set in already. Happy Holiday's!

HH

 

[ChicagoJohn]

I go ice fishing soon! I do research, look at old maps and drive around to look for new area for metal detecting!

 

[Hopskippy]

I plan to do some research on locations to hunt, that have been forgotten about. Studying old maps and talking with some old timers at the coffee shop in the mornings.

 

[nge]

Since I have been detecting since 1960, I have 196 rolls of wheats to go back over and look for errors, newly discovered key dates and varieties, maybe go "hard water" fishing. Watch a lot of youtube detecting videos, go hunting in the woods remember.. leaves and other debris keeps the soil underneath from getting rock solid.....nge

 

[mudpuppy]

Its never over! But yes, being frozen in, I agree with research, talking to old guys at the bait store/restaurant, lining up permission, hanging out here on the Forums, plotting next year, and evaluating last...

For some real World detecting activities, I bag coil and hunt snow hills super early, and watch Craigslist "lost and found" section daily...If somebody loses some PM in a parking lot, I want to know where the snow is being pushed so I can go find it in the Spring....I also hunt through the snow, cant dig the targets, but I can find the "lanes" and come back in the Spring to harvest them...thats one fast way to rack up some loot buddy!

Seems to be stacking up for a long cold Winter this year, so a fellow if he is able may want to do a road trip South...Seriously though, a guy can get everything all set and figured out and then in a burst of frenzy around the Easter break or when the snow piles start to melt get at it and clean up! You can get on Mapquest or Google Earth and surf around with it set on the Satellite feature and find parks, bends in the rivers/creeks, schools, ponds, etc. in little towns or areas close by where you have never been and go over there through the snow to see if they have any merit to go back to in the Spring...whatever you do now will pay off for you if you approach it with a strategic bloodthirsty detecting mindset...you might even find a construction project where you can get into and hunt fresh dirt as a sidewalk is being torn up...

This is a BIG Planet, and these coils are so small, and primo time to hunt is short, plus, who knows how long your heath will hold out so a fellow has to get serious to even have a chance...or else just watch TV, wing it, and maybe get very Lucky next year!
Mud