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I wonder if the phase of the moon has any effect on detecting?
Like during a full moon the moisture content of the ground is more than during a quarter moon.
I do not know about that,but you will have a better day detecting on a good radio day.The day you can pick up those far off radio stations is a good day to go hunting.I know guys that hunt at nite that swear they get more depth out of there detectors.
Damp ground does provide more depth but general weather has more effect than moon phases.
Beach detecting is very different with the moon phase having a marked effect on spring and neap tides. The spring tide occurs at the new moon and full moon and the neap tide at the moon's first and last quarters. This gives you the two times in a month when tides range to their extremes ie the lowest low tide and highest high tide.
What does Eric Cartman have to do with Metal Detecting and/or the phase of the moon?
The Fox Fire Books I have read and in some cases have experienced some of the "Wise Old Folks Tails" say for example, During a certain phase of the moon, when you dig a hole you may not have enough dirt to fill the hole back up and on other moon phases you will have more than enough dirt.
Yes I agree, damp ground does make the metal more conductive. I tend to go detecting approx 2 or 3 days after a good rain and yes my detector does run a lot deeper at that time.
Who really knows?
I asked the same question a couple months ago and there was several replies if you care to look the post up. i checked and it was 7 weeks ago when I asked the question on the tesoro forum.
Thanks Joe. I just read the posts and I'm glad to know that others kinda wonder too. the gravitational pull on the earth at different stages of the moon could affect depth of an object along with moisture content thus making that object more detectable per say.
That is if Mr. Newton's Laws are correct.
Only testing will confirm this theory.
I have noticed in the past that sometimes a site will produce several good finds and then the next time I hunt the same site signals are far and few between. Not sure if it has anything to do with the moon phases or not, but it is possible. It's an interesting theory and I hope a few guys check it out to see
if their finds increase or decrease during certain moon phases. happy hunting...............
Here in West michigan the moon does effect the water level of the Big lake...when it is setting in the west its early morning, and the lake will be down just a little more than normal, so a guy does have access to slightly deeper water..if the wind cooperates, a fellow can get to some deeper spots than usual, I think though, any reason at all to go is a good one, and the more goofy reasons a fellow has to justify to the wife the better!
Solar Flares, Sun Spots etc, Could be part of EMI we all have experenced from time to time and couldn't figure out why we were having these issues in these areas. ????
A metal object buried in the earth will after a time develop a halo of metal corrosion around it. (greater or lesser depending on the metal and the PH of the ground.)
This halo will extend out from the coin in the direction in which ground moisture will travel. That halo will when illuminated by the signal from a metal detectors transmitter will conduct and produce a distrubance in the field. This disturbance will result in the detecors reciever to detect that conductivity anomaly and report in to the detectors circuits. (you get a beep, blip, graph increase, numerical indicator, symbol, or whatever your rdetecotr does when a target is detected)
Now that halo is then disturbed by the MD'd efforts to dig the target and the target sometimes now eludes the detector as the halo has been eradicated.
Along comes the mood phase in full and you know what happens then?
Absolutley nothing....
Unlike biologicals inert metal in the ground remains unaffected by the moon...
"This halo will extend out from the coin in the direction in which ground moisture will travel.
Along comes the mood phase in full and you know what happens then?
Absolutley nothing...."
I disagree simply because of the rising and falling of the tides, as the tides rise so will the ground moisture pulling the halo, along with the falling of the tide the halo will be pushed.
All of this is due to moon phases.
While we all may not agree on these theory's or even care about them, I believe we will all agree that no matter what the phase of the moon is, Metal Detecting is fun, enjoyable and rewarding.
