Have you guys ever considered or tried useing a flashlight?

[DigIron2]

Last time I was out creek walking and looking way up underneath some of those dark banks,I thought man I kind of wish I had a flashlight!I was just wondering if any of you guys have tried this,and if so have you had any success with it?

 

[Marylanddetctr]

I use a 225 lumen headlamp from Walmart which was only $22 , not a bad price for that many lumens. I also just ordered a 5000 lumen hand held aluminum light which is also waterproof for scuba diving for $40 off ebay.

 

[civil_war22]

I've been bluff hunting in the dark. Mainly during summer time cause it is cooler. I use a streamlight stinger or the pen light

 

[NC field hunter]

I never leave home without my coal miner's light. What I call it any way.

 

[DigIron2]

I never leave home without my coal miner's light. What I call it any way. View attachment 1111830

That would be the way to go,just flip the switch when you need it.Ever find stuff you wouldn't have without it?

 

[NC field hunter]

Yes! Often I find my way back home with this!! Lol! I have found artifacts using the light. I can set off from my house on foot in the evenings. The light allows me about 30 minutes of extra hunting and the ability to head home in total darkness. Without the light, I'd have to head home before the sun fell behind the trees. I'm using it a little different than you guys hunting creek banks. However, if our water levels ever drop, I plan to use the light for hunting creeks. I think Reaper (Steve Valentine) was the one that gave me the hat light idea. People have successfully used these

 

[rock]

I have a small waterproof hand held flash lite but haven't used it yet. I just try to go when the sun is high usually 10-4 it seems to work fine.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I too have had a few night hunts in the early summer when it gets really hot. With a strong enough headlamp you can see really well. This is on farms I have permission to hunt but the farmers would probably think I was a little touched in the head if they saw me out in their fields at 2 in morning.

 

[ptsofnc]

I read up on "night searching in creeks" on another artifact website where some were singing it's praises. So last year I went out and bought the headlamp, and a powerful hand held light and tried it. I had no luck but maybe I didn't give it a fair shot. It might be just like others things in that you improve if you stay at it. (I only tried twice).

 

[NC field hunter]

Lol! Reaper, I've thought the same thing. Walking home in darkness, I wander what my neighbors think. I use the light for an early jump as the sun rises, and the opposite at sun set. If I'm hunting in my neighborhood, the light allows me an extra 30 minutes of walking my best field. Being on grounds I know like the back of my hand, I can start home when it gets dark enough that I'm doing more harm than good to artifacts. By the time I reach my neighbor's house, it's dark enough for them to worry a little about my sanity. I guess we're even, I've been worried about their's. Lol! If I were hunting heavily wooded creek banks, I would let my little light shine all day.

 

[sandchip]

I use a 225 lumen headlamp from Walmart which was only $22 , not a bad price for that many lumens...

That sounds like the one I got there, a Bushnell 225. Man, I love it and bought one for each vehicle, shop and house. I've gone out before light and after dark metal detecting with it. Frees up the hands, has a high, low, red and blood tracking blue and comes already loaded with 3 AAs. On low, which is usually plenty, it'll last about forever.

Oh, and it has adjustable tilt which comes in real handy too, especially if you're working in the attic or under the house.

 

[NC field hunter]

I have bought a few head lamps. I don't know who makes the one I have now but I love it. It has regular white lights. Those bluish tinted lights throw my depth perception off. Makes me feel drunk or something.

 

[rock]

I read up on "night searching in creeks" on another artifact website where some were singing it's praises. So last year I went out and bought the headlamp, and a powerful hand held light and tried it. I had no luck but maybe I didn't give it a fair shot. It might be just like others things in that you improve if you stay at it. (I only tried twice).

That would be dangerous in the creeks around here. Step on a slippery rock and you are done.

 

[sandchip]

I have bought a few head lamps. I don't know who makes the one I have now but I love it. It has regular white lights. Those bluish tinted lights throw my depth perception off. Makes me feel drunk or something.

I agree. The only time I used the blue was as a last ditch effort to find an earring a lady thought she had lost in her yard.

 

[ptsofnc]

That would be dangerous in the creeks around here. Step on a slippery rock and you are done.

Rock, I don't have many rocks in my creek, but do have quite a few fallen trees and waist deep areas to get by. BTW, I found my first point in the creek yesterday (in daylight)...the top 1/2 of a broken woodland triangle, I think.

 

[yakker]

What an interesting topic! I've tried using head lamps and have gone through several of them over the years- they're good far many things, as has been pointed out here already. I tried using one to hunt, but I guess I use my peripheral vision more than I thought, and I never had any luck- and always felt a little off balance, looking up and down all the time to make sure I wasn't walking into something . But I'm in agreement with those who say that the lights buy them more time at dusk. I got lights for my kayak for the same reason (well, legal reasons too). During those wonderful spring and early summer days before the summer solstice. Kayaking home in the dark is a slightly eerie but beautiful thing. Really peaceful. And the lights keep me safe from other, more powerful boats.