HUGE PROBLEM WITH YOUR METAL DETECTOR IS IMMINENT!

[smokeythecat]

I went out today and found a real goodie, best in several years but I got home, realized my cat was really sick and went to the vet. He has a bad mouth infection or mouth cancer. Not a good day afterall. Will get a pic and make a new post tomorrow.

 

[Chilli]

Single frequency is not as subject to that kind of EMI.

Agree, solar activity was and is not an issue with me ever with a single freq VLF.
I'm convinced though lightening strikes close, within 50 or so km, hitting the ground, do cause pings with a VLF, but also light up the targets.
Id pack it in when they get within a countdown of say 10 to 15 km, hear the clap, count 1 one thousand 2 one thousand....each countdown in km is a km roughly rule of thumb. Boom, count 10, its 10 kilometres away.
I generally leave at 10, detecting or fishing. Lightening can strike ahead of a storm front and the last thing I want to do is be walking around holding a lightening conductor shaft or rod! 😕

 

[3cylbill]

I went out today and found a real goodie, best in several years but I got home, realized my cat was really sick and went to the vet. He has a bad mouth infection or mouth cancer. Not a good day afterall. Will get a pic and make a new post tomorrow.

Our kitties come first, I hope smokeys ok ..

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

Sound travels at 1,100 ft/sec. Light 186,000 miles/sec or instantaneous. So when you see lightening count to 5 for roughly each mile before the thunder, soooo the lightening is a lot closer than ya think if you follow your 1 km rule (count to 10 and it is only 2 miles away, not 10km or 6-7 miles)! fyi.

 

[smokeythecat]

Smoke goes to the $$$$ vet tomorrow...

 

[SusanMN]

Smoke goes to the $$$$ vet tomorrow...

I hope it goes well and doesn’t turn out to be something serious.

 

[airborne1092]

Sounds like it’s a good time to fire up my HF radio.

5x5

 

[airborne1092]

I told my wife I couldn't do any work around the house this weekend because of solar weather, and she bought it!

 

[pulltabfelix]

Interesting. Well for the past 3-4 weeks my CTX has been sitting in the corner since I have had a sore forearm for that period of time. So I would not know if it was chatty or not.