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Frozen Ground
- Thread starter surfman
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Eddie in Poulsbo
New member
It's not fun trying to dig in frozen ground surfman and really not worth even trying. You will get some signals in frozen ground, but trying to get them will be tough unless you have a jack hammer. My suggestion is to go to a warmer area or just do some air tests on coins in your house making sure you don't get too close to any electrical stuff, but then again it's not the best place either to try out your SE. If you are suffering from cabin fever then bundle up and give it a try outside. GL & HH with your new SE and if you get any signals in that frozen ground you can always go back in the spring and dig them up. X marks the spot.
Eddie
Eddie
[size=large]i did it the other day. it's always up to you to figure if it's worth it. i thought it was worth it. dug a penny at seven inches. gave up the idea of more digging but walked around and found other targets for another day like eddie said. just practicing with the se was great. now it's all sloppy and wet. got out after the thaw just long enough to gather more pennies.now just looking for windows between storms. anyway ya get to get out and listen to your new machine and it just feels good. i think it's mcdave whose running a countdown til spring with his comments. even that is encouraging.
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dewcon4414
Well-known member
I wouldnt recommend it in a park you just cant fill those holes properly IF you can dig a hole. If you have never used the explorer before you need to do some air testing, if not you are going to try to dig a lot of targets.... right now not a lot of fun. Id recommend down loading the emulator and get used to using the machine right now.
Dew
Dew
If the ground is frozen more than a few inches, forget trying, if you do, wear goggles if you use any type of tool to "chop" through. If you live near the ocean, you can always try it in the wet sand as the tide is going out, that would not be frozen. If you have woods nearby with decent amount of ground leaf coverage, the possibility exits it is not frozen hard underneath the leaves, or look for a southern facing slope, they usually defrost first. Forget fields that are shaded if it is below freezing often in your area.
Usually frozen ground does not stop me in the woods, usually can break thru with my sharpened dry wall hammer, if the frozen crust is only an inch or two. But when the white stuff covers the ground, and stays, I'm done until a warmup and it melts to expose bare ground.
The past two winters here in Southern NJ have been the pits for getting out and detecting, not had two years in a row like this in quite some time.
Attached a photo of the dry wall hammer my son and I both use, its long solid narrow shank allows for good, deep depth on cutting thru the frozen turf and great for slicing through roots in the woods. Would never recommend this for a park, sure it would raise some eyebrows.
Don
Usually frozen ground does not stop me in the woods, usually can break thru with my sharpened dry wall hammer, if the frozen crust is only an inch or two. But when the white stuff covers the ground, and stays, I'm done until a warmup and it melts to expose bare ground.
The past two winters here in Southern NJ have been the pits for getting out and detecting, not had two years in a row like this in quite some time.
Attached a photo of the dry wall hammer my son and I both use, its long solid narrow shank allows for good, deep depth on cutting thru the frozen turf and great for slicing through roots in the woods. Would never recommend this for a park, sure it would raise some eyebrows.
Don
Thanks guys, wasn't really planning on digging. Was thinking more about trying to get a few signals and see how they appear on the screen. Ground here is frozen solid. Have done some air testing but like it was said the Se doesn't like it inside. I have down loaded the emulator so I think i'm just gonna play with that for awhile. I have some good spots lined up for the spring that i've hit with the x70. Looking forward to finding those deeper targets that I know are there. Some of my new spots I haven't been to yet so i'm pretty amped up to see what I can find. Spring will be here soon and like Don said the beach is always there to try. Thanks again guys.
Dug Silvers
New member
Last year I was hunting in woods, and got a quarter signal. The ground was too frozen to get to the target. I'll just come back in the spring, I said. Upon returning when the weather was better, I wanted to retrieve the "quarter", turned out to be a 2 reals from Mexico City- 1776. WOW!