I have a question for all the snowed in northerners................

[mtdoramike]

I'm curious coming from an area that has no snow, which allows me to hunt year around, The question is, why do you buy a new detector during this time of year, especially new released detectors this time of year when you can't do anything with them but airtests and then sit them in the corner and look at them or hang them in the closet to collect dust for 3-4 months?

To me, the fun part of getting a new detector, especially a new released detector is being able to take it out and use it and then post about it on the forums. It just seems to me that there are an awful lot of like new machines being sold & traded in the Spring, which is ashame if its a new machine that has only sat in a closet somewhere and hadn't been used.

I would think it would make more sense if the detector was bought in the Spring when you could actually take it out and use it. But this is just an observation and a curiosity.

 

[Tom E IL]

The weather turned like a light switch, the past few year I was able to hunt up to the New Year. I was going to get the Edge, it don

 

[bleeohio]

Now is a good time to pick up used units for a good price that we been wantin to try, either the christmas squeeze or momma puttin the cold weather hammer down. Then, if you beg enough ,,,big if,,you can sneak a little of the income tax out for a new coil or two. hh in the tundra

 

[Big Red]

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[Bill Ladd]

& here's a couple thoughts (even though I was lucky enough to have a prototype for a few months before the snows came, so I can't speak for everybody buying now). But, one thing to keep in mind is that we were realitively mild before this week here in New England. The ground was still diggable, & until a real cold snap came in this week I was planning on getting out this weekend. Now the ground is froze, but usually that's just temporary & a couple sunny days can make it diggable again. Last year we did some fields where you could dig a plug, but you had to break apart some "crust" at the first couple inches. Also, there have been some years that were mild & we dug all year round & the ground never froze. I think in like 2000 maybe? Two more possibilites of us getting to do more than airtests would be the beaches (sometimes these storms bring sand out & if you can bundle up the beach is always "do-able"). Finally, wooded sites like cellar holes can be detected as well in the winter if no deer hunters are around. Usually a bed of leaves or pine needles keeps the soil below un-frozen. I may go to a beach to try the new 10.5 coil......
HH, Bill

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I think it has something to do with cabin fever and bordom, LOL! I'm still detecting here in Germany. Just measured the ground/dirt temperature, it is 41F this afternoon. I detected up through the first week of January this year. Thinking about doing a Florida run around February for a week, maybe the beaches south of Cape Canaveral. HH, Mike

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

I usually buy this time because that's when the best deals are on used equipment.

Then during the Winter I study up on it so I'm ready by Spring.

 

[Frank in NH]

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