Anyone Metal Detect in the Snow?

[MetalDetectorDude]

I saw a video the other day of a guy that metal detects in Alaska in the snow. He was pulling all kinds of coins!

Anyone else hunt in the snow? Winter?

 

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[65chevy]

I think I saw that same video. I detect all year long. We don't get much snow in central Arkansas when it does it melts in a day or two. But I have tried no luck.

GOD BLESS!!!

 

[cooper1841]

I don't mind the snow, but once the ground freezes, and you cant recover anything its pointless. Of course more than an inch or 2 makes swinging tough

 

[gerryk]

I would but on ew e get snow here the ground is usually frozen.

 

[christo000]

If its not a blizzard outside im out year round, I mean think about If ur looking for coins,jewlery items of that nature parking lots snow banks the plows really comb the parking lots for u & then u run ur coil over the side of a pile of snow much easier then goin a parking lot, with all the clothes,gloves,people wear,& then u get out of the hot car when u got in it cold with all ur winter jackets on u pop out ur car throw ur stuff on someones bound to drop something. Last year I returned a nice womens gold braclet I had found in a parking lot it was a family airloom I got a nice reward for finding it made mine & her day

 

[RobRieman]

I hunt all year. I Hit the woods when the ground freezes and you can still dig. The snow makes it easy to grid also.

 

[Alan Applegate]

You can hunt year round here in Roswell, too. It is a bit cold sometimes, but the ground stay fairly soft. We do get snow, but it's usually not deep enough to cause any problems swinging. One thing for sure, the park are empty except for the runners.

 

[Sandman]

I have done some snow detecting on sled hills and in mall parking lots where they push the snow when they clear the lots. I found a few coins and usually bills near the fenced edges. It beats ice fishing for excitement or following the ole lady in dress shops.

 

[cudamark]

We don't get any snow where I live but we do near by up in the mountains. The only time I hunt in it is when someone calls me to do a "lost item recovery". Otherwise, I don't hunt the snow as it's no fun in my book, so I stick to the warmer climate close to home.

 

[CoinHunterAZ]

I have done it too. Sometimes the ground is only frozen an inch or two, and still soft underneath, although muddy. This situation in a light snowfall would be OK. Swinging over more than a few inches of snow, and digging in ground frozen more than an inch or two would only result in frustration (for me anyway). Your mileage may vary...

 

[team sidewinder]

I have detected in the snow but that was this year when my metal detector was brand new and I was so stoked to get out detecting to try it out. As I remember I didn't find much at a central location where lots of people unload snow machines for rides during the winter where there is a ton of activity. I thought for sure I would find all kind of treasure there like dropped coins and other valuables. Not.

They built so many fires and then threw the aluminum cans in the fires so the all melted into little globs of aluminum. Then to put the fires out they scatter the coals and the aluminum globs all over the place so it was almost impossible to detect. Now that I have my first year in metal detecting and the newness has worn off some I doubt I will be doing any more detecting in the snow but you never know as winter lasts 6 months here and I may go nuts if I can't detect for that long.

 

[G.I.B.]

What's snow?



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[cudamark]

You guys have a different kind of snow.......it travels up I 95 every day!

 

[Ism]

I'm getting a chill reading this thread....brrr

 

[Luckystiff]

I would if I could but that Jack Hammer is Really Heavy logging around.Here in Maine I would have to go through 2' of frozen ground and 2' of snow.No I'M GOOD THANKS.

 

[treasurehound]

Winter season is my favorite. I mainly hunt civil war relics so hunting in the woods is much easier (no bugs, snakes, etc...)Plus in the woods you can get out of the weather. I have hunted several times in the snow. Last year I took my machine back to Kansas to visit my dad. There is one spot where I have found tons of Indian Head pennies and silver. This place has no clad what so ever so when you get a coin signal it usually is good. Well last year we hit the same spot only the temperature was in the teens, snowing and the wind was blowing. Already had 4" on the ground but I was digging coins like crazy. The snow kept the ground pretty moist and was not frozen. I don't let a little white stuff keep me from digging. We don't get much here in Tennessee but when we do we can still hunt as long as the roads are not too bad to travel.