does wet soil effect your detector?

[idugthatup]

Its been raining here all week and there was a clear night so I thought I'd go swinging. I went to a couple spots tonight and the ground is completely soaked and it was wet down about 5-7". I was having a hard time getting a good TID number and also we having a hard time going deeP. I had my 15" wot on so I know I can detect to China but not tonight? What im asking does the very wet conditions screw with the depth and TID numbers?

 

[Old Longhair]

Wet sure does have an effect. Detecting saturated ground often requires that you turn your sensitivity down more than usual. The analogy that Randy sites in his book, is that it's akin to driving in fog with your high beams on.

 

[CampCache]

It can and will. The other day I was hunting a dry Indian mound next to water. I had the sensitivity cranked all of the way up and it was very stable. Moved down into the shallow swamp and had to back it down a few notches because it was unstable.

 

[mudpuppy]

Yep...even frost on the grass has some sort of adverse effect for me, the worse is wet beach sand after a medium rain where the sand is only wet for a few inches and dry underneath...that sure messes with a signal..something about the layering of moisture content I think... frost on the grass has the same kind of effect....sometimes though, when the dirt has an even kind of dampness, like in the Fall and Spring, a guy is really on a roll and everything is crisp and tight and deep! Those are the days that can make a guys year!

Thats why no place is ever 'hunted out'..dirt moisture conditions have a lot to do with success in this sport! So a guy should try to be at the right place on the right day for that 'find of a lifetime' you know...
great observation, thats what will put you in the 'right place at the right time, with the right gear and the right mind'..
Mud