Detector went haywire

[cableman79]

I went to this old firehouse today where they have the driveway dug up to do some MDing and my machine went nuts. Why? I dont know. Even if I held it waist high it was toning. Any ideas? It made it impossible to detect anything. What can I do?

 

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[KevGA]

Could be electrical interference. Any bigger power close by, or possibly underground?

 

[vwayne1]

What kind of detector? Did it still happen when you went somewhere else? High power wires overhead?? Detailsssss.

 

[cableman79]

I'm going there again tomorrow; I will check that out. Will that make a detector go nuts? and if it does is there anything I can do?

 

[cableman79]

What kind of detector? Did it still happen when you went somewhere else?? High power wires overhead Detailsssss.

Sorry; I have an XLT and it did not do it across the street. There are some overhead power lines but I dont think it was anything more then normal. Would radio communications interfere?

 

[rvbvetter]

Power lines definitly can. I'm no electronics whiz, but i think radio waves are a possibility.
I was hunting a 100 yards from Amtrack raillines. And everytime Amtrack went by my mine lab would go off it's rocker. The only thing i could think of was radio transmissions. HH

 

[Einstein]

high power lines emit more power than you can imagine, you can stick a flourescent bulb in the ground below one and it will light! here is a thousand of them lighting so you can just think how far your sensitive detector can be affected. Notice the ones 80 feet to the left or right still well lit.

 

[T-Rex]

I know our little handheld radios interfer with my MD's, it doesn't take a whole lot...

 

[cableman79]

Thanks alot guys; this helps alot. I thought I might be alittle crazy.........