Anthills...

[Scharf19]

As many know I have only been metal detecting about five months now.. This may be a silly question but do anthills give off signals? I always seem to get a good signal haha I live in Florida and have fire ants all over the place..

 

["Dr.Tones"]

I have got some sweet stuff in ant hills and gopher/mole mounds too. They bring up the deep stuff.

 

[GKMan]

I seen this one just last week.
[attachment 276880 ants.JPG]
Being that it is colder (had frost on the car windows this morning) they can't move as fast and so they are taking a lot longer to bring up the deeper older coins, and then to boot most of those are just dimes, and three cent pieces. In the summer though they bring up all sorts of big silver like halves, dollars. Most of my relics are brought to the surface by moles though...

 

[C&RHunter]

I worked in east part of Texas, surveying for the Railroad, before retiring. Being from Missouri, I had never been introduced to fireants. I found out first hand what all those "mole hill" looking things really were. Knock the top of a mound and it looks like molasses swirling around inside. Then, while your going WTH, the little buggers are getting up your legs and biting the crap out of you leaving BB sized blisters everywhere they bit you........If you are brave enough to mess with fire ants, you deserve anything they have brought up in their mounds.......

 

[Roland58]

You have to really want a dime to dig it out of a fire ant mound......I know from experience. The bad part is, they don't start biting you until the first few have reached your crotch. Working for the phone company for over 30 years, I have been through my share of fire ants in NE Texas. It is amusing to watch someone else do the "fire ant dance", but, not if you are the dancer.

In answer to your question, no, they don't put off a signal that a metal detector will recognize, but, they do like to nest under anything that will retain warmth, especially, large flat metallic objects.

 

[Scharf19]

Hahah thanks for the info everyone...I was just tired of getting bit by ants, and rarely finding anything!

 

[GKMan]

I seen this one just last week.
[attachment 276880 ants.JPG]
Being that it is colder (had frost on the car windows this morning) they can't move as fast and so they are taking a lot longer to bring up the deeper older coins, and then to boot most of those are just dimes, and three cent pieces. In the summer though they bring up all sorts of big silver like halves, dollars. Most of my relics are brought to the surface by moles though...

I was kidding... Hopefully no one thought I believed that moles, and ants are bringing coins and relics closer to the surface...

 

[Dr.Deus]

Aww man you were just kidding about this!?!? for the past 2 days ive been searcing every mole hill in Northern Illinois having great hope that the find of a lifetime had surfaced! im kidding too..lol

 

[towboater2013]

I have found quarters on numerous hunts around and under ant beds

 

[GKMan]

Aww man you were just kidding about this!?!? for the past 2 days ive been searcing every mole hill in Northern Illinois having great hope that the find of a lifetime had surfaced! im kidding too..lol

Ha!

 

["Dr.Tones"]

Im serious about the mole hills and badger mounds. If you have minks or ferrets in your neck of the woods those can be good too. They like to horde shiny stuff.

 

[GKMan]

In your next video I want to see you pulling something shiny out of a badger hole besides the stump of your finger after it gets bitten off j/k


Honey Badgers are especially dangerous...I watched this video of a trapped one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsSKglyLyG8

 

[Scharf19]

haha you guys crack me up!

 

["Dr.Tones"]

honey badger dont care