Tried and failed today

[VBDave]

I answered a Craigslist ad today to help a 90 year old man who lost a hearing aid in his yard. I called the number and a woman answered. She said the man was cutting his grass and ran over a ground bee hive, got stung a few times and lost the hearing aid as he pulled off his hat for a swatter. Said the hearing aid was all plastic but she hoped the battery would give a signal. Seemed like an easy mission, and since I was a ground bee victim earlier this week, I figured I was divinely ordained for it. I loaded up the Sovereign XS2a with the WOT and headed out. When I arrived, the gentleman showed me the hearing aid in his other ear, so I'd know what I was looking for. It was pretty darn small. I did a test pass with it, hoping it would ring high enough that I could disc out and make it a quick hunt. I was amazed and disappointed to find that it would not even break the threshold, even in AM. The old man had only had the aids for a few weeks and hadn't had to change batteries yet, so he didn't even know what a battery looked like. I really wanted to dismantle his good aid so I could verify that it indeed had a metallic battery. I did a half hour visual with my useless detector propped against his house. No luck...Bummer.

 

[Sanddigger]

n/t

 

[NEBeachcomber]

How does the saying go... Better to have tried and failed than to have not tried at all.

You get an "A" for effort in my book!

 

[dirtdigginlady]

n/t

 

[dirtdigger08]

Hi Just a hint but did you have a much smaller coil to try, it most likely would have hit on a small coil because of the more smaller foot print and sensitivity to the small target....

 

[normdiver]

Hi Dave, I also called but they were not accepting any calls, I have 3 tesoros and a fisher f5 for the land, What do you think, any chance or lost cause ?????, sounds real small for that battery to get a signal on. Norm

 

[Flintstone]

Dave, They do have a metal battery, small but metal. Try to put the aid he has on the ground and see if you get a hit. I have one in each ear, without them i am almost lost. People just don,t know what it is like to not be able to hear and understand what is going on. Mine cost $5000.00 and you must pay for them your self. With out mine, my detecting would be over. I don,t do good as it is. Glad you tried to help anyway. God bless and Good Luck

 

[VBDave]

I have the 10" Tornado coil, didn't think to bring it with me.

 

[NEBeachcomber]

Out of curiosity... would the electromagnetic field of a metal detector's search coil passing over a small computer tuned hearing aid cause it to lose it's programmed setting for the patient's range of hearing? (ie... Similar to passing a magnet near a floppy disk causing the data to be erased or scrambled.)

If so... you might not want to use his only good hearing aid as a testing sample to see if it will be detected and hear what it sounds like???