Was It Just To Cold?

[DaugBiscuit]

Being new to the Minelab, I have never hunted with one in the winter so here is my story. I went out yesterday; the ground was frozen down about 3" deep. I kept getting good signals and every time I just knew it was a quarter or a dime. The tone said quarter, dime or even silver and the crosshairs said quarter, dime, or maybe even silver but every time I only recovered a clad or maybe a pre '82 penny (no wheats). I dug twelve pennies in rock hard frozen soil and never got a dime, quarter, or silver, just pennies but with every one I expected either a dime or quarter.

Another thing I noticed, my crosshairs were slow to move. If my last signal was a pull tab, the crosshairs would stay there even when I hit on one of those pennies. The tone changed but the crosshair was slow to react. Several seconds would pass. Finally after wiggling over the target I'd get it to jump into position. This happened the entire hunt and I was hunting in clean ground with no constant nulling but only the strady hum until I hit on a target.

Do you think it was the cold conditions both air temperatures and grand temperatures that were causing this reaction?

Don

 

[TwoRivers]

Hello DaugBiscuit.........................Sounds like it was pretty cold where you were hunting......................The SE is a little slow changing numbers or the crosshairs moving depending on which mode you are in. Extreme cold might affect the target response, but I'm not sure about that..As for pennies hitting as dimes, yes that happens, but as you get more aquainted with the SE you will be able to distinquish better what the detector is showing you.. I've noticed that memorial pennies hit in the dime zone quite often, sometimes I switch to digital and look at the numbers, if the numbers are flucutiating from say 328 to 528 or 428 I pretty much know it is a pennie. The other thing that happens on occasion is there are multiple targets in the same hole throwing the numbers/crosshairs off and even the sound..
If you are not sure about a target.........DIG IT!.....I 've learned to hunt buy SOUND most of the time with good results..The SE is a great detector and will put goodies in your pouch, be patient with it and it will reward you.. I hope this bit of info helps a little.

HH.................................................John in Va..

 

[DaugBiscuit]

Thanks John,

It really wasn't to cold here on Friday but earlier in the week our lows were down in the teens (as low as 12

 

[sgoss66]

FWIW -- when it's cold out, and my machine is cold, I find the screen slow to update...

Steve

 

[grumpymedic]

Mine was doing the same thing yesterday and it was 50 degrees out..it was pretty much in a constant null..but was still finding targets. I just hunt by sound and when I get a good sound I will go over it a couple times and let the crosshairs catch up and help me decide to dig. Good luck out there!