Cell Phones do cause problems with metal detectors.

[Sandman]

Everyone wants to know why their detector is going crazy and guys wanna wrap the thing around a tree. The cure might be as simple as leaving the dang cell phone home. You got along very good without the strings attached to you before.

http://detectorstuff.com/index.php/...ay-by-first-texas-lead-engineer-dave-johnson/

 

[Shortstack]

Now that you mentioned it Sandman, whenever my computer is turned on, I have to turn off my cell phone because it causes feedback sound through the computer's speakers.

 

[Sandman]

That is interesting... When I install new batteries in a detector I have to be careful to not touch the poles of the batteries or it flexes the metal plate in my head and I forget my name an pee my pants.

I think some of the bad reports we hear from hunters blaming their detectors is mainly because of outside interference.

 

[ivan salis]

yes indeed --cell phones can and do cause emf (electro magnetic feild) problems --in plain words it messes with the electrical "charged" feild your detector makes under its coil * the feild normally reacts when it comes upon metal -- how strongly the detector's feild reacts to the metal (conductivity wize) in all metal mode thats its found metal --- and in disc mode it helps it figger out what type of metal its found.

thus anything that produces a electrical signal can interfere with your detector by messing with its feild -- somethings are especially known to do this ---power lines both above and below ground and cell phone are well known offenders.

because of these issues most folks do not hunt near powerlines --however in some cases the areas can be hunted by just lowering ones sensitivity levels so that the machine does not "pick up" the back ground emf -- one gets less depth true ,but one can then hunt areas often passed over by other detectorist for years.

 

[Shortstack]

That is interesting... When I install new batteries in a detector I have to be careful to not touch the poles of the batteries or it flexes the metal plate in my head and I forget my name an pee my pants.

I think some of the bad reports we hear from hunters blaming their detectors is mainly because of outside interference.

Well, I don't know about that. (thank God, amen). My cell phone causes feedback through my computer speakers when it's just laying on my desk. so mainly, it proves there's a tracking signal going out even when I'm not using it. So, for privacy, I keep the phone turned off unless I need to use it. That signal can probably cause some amount of interference with your detector even though you're not talking on it. This could be really true since so many people set their Sens. level as high as possible and the "cone of detection" is as powerful ABOVE the coil as it is below it.

 

[Aussie]

I have a Sov GT.......and know for sure that I had better days on the beach when my phone was turned off.......unfortunatley.....the nights were worse when I finally got home to the wife.

 

[DaChief]

Good stuff. Thanks for taking the time.

 

[txkickergirl]

them dang cell phones drive me nuts but I don't carry mine with me detecting, the ones that drive me nuts is all the ones I find in the water while detecting...I hate digging them

 

[ocjeff]

your right sandman, i do not remember people standing in lines to use a pay phone before cell phones came around. but it seems these days they must be on them 24/7. jeff

 

[Number9]

Me and my "bitter-half" both use GTs... even if she's on "1" and I'm on "2"...
I still have to tell her... "Get away, woman!".

 

[ivan salis]

cell phones if on -- not just in use only --but just on---still send out signals that can interfere with detectors -- when detecting I carry one for safety but its turned totally off .

 

[S.S.Tupperware]

Never had a problem, usually don't carry it though but sometimes I do. Now big Kv wires will.

 

[godisnum1]

The CDMA frequency doesn't do this... just the GSM.
I wish I could give away a free iPhone to every one of you... as I follow close behind, picking up everything you miss! Heh, heh...

Bran <><

 

[Shortstack]

The CDMA frequency doesn't do this... just the GSM.
I wish I could give away a free iPhone to every one of you... as I follow close behind, picking up everything you miss! Heh, heh...

Bran <><

Wellllllll, follow Sandman so he can PEE on ya.

 

[godisnum1]

The CDMA frequency doesn't do this... just the GSM.
I wish I could give away a free iPhone to every one of you... as I follow close behind, picking up everything you miss! Heh, heh...

Bran <><

Wellllllll, follow Sandman so he can PEE on ya.

Hopefully he'll have his wetsuit on...

Bran <><