Winter Blues

[Dirtdigger33]

Just wondering if the winter blues have hit anyone else. I have had 4 days off of work recently and there has been a foot of snow accumulated over the last four days. I love detecting in the winter and would usually kick off the snow and dig anyway. I have been metal detecting for just over a year now and will detect in about any weather butnthis time the snow and cold won I have only owned my compadre for about six months now and it has paid for itself many times over finding rings and clad coins. This is the first of many Tesoro units I plan to own. The next one hopefully will be a Vaquero. I am new to this forum and to metal detecting but have enjoyed this hobby over the last year and hearing about your finds and successes. HH and good luck.

 

[Elton]

Now for many of us is the perfect time to do research ............. Find out what was in our area, where old sites are, what used to be on the corner from you.......Where did people meet in past years..
Old carnival sites, Old Camping grounds, Old baseball fields, back when Baseball was the National past time.......... Or anything else you stumble on researching your area..

[size=large]LOL.or just suck it up, move the snow and have at it .[/size]

 

[Dirtdigger33]

Yeah I plan to suck it up and get out today. Winter is the perfect play time for metal detecting. No kids and very few people out detecting.

 

[deathhare]

Im in TN and its 60 degrees today.
Move south.

 

[pkrska]

How does the Compadre hold up in snow? It's not made for below 30 F or so, according to specs. - and when it's -10 degree C, will that damage any electronics or the coil?

I wonder if bumping the coil when it's freezing cold might split the coil case due to extreme temp?

 

[Dirtdigger33]

I went out just before dark tonight. They forecasted 20 degrees for tonight. I checked now that I am back in it is 10.6 degrees right now here in southern Utah. My compadre has held up fine in the cold weather so far and the coil has done fine needless to say it was a short hunt. Something about toes freezing in the shoes and hands freezing in the gloves. I had fun though.

 

[thump7]

I live in canada and have gone detecting at -25 once at close to -30. Just sucked the batteries down a lot quicker. Jumps at the snow hill produced pretty good.

 

[DiggerDug]

There is a guy that puts hand heaters on his and wraps it up.

 

[joe dirt_1]

I'm not freezing my nads off for a few clad coins when its cold and snowy outside. I will stay inside by the fire and do my research for spring......HH

Roger