Metal Detecting at night time

Africa · Apr 17, 2009

Some of us have such a huge passion for metal detecting that we sometime go out at night and hunt, here during summer in South Africa the nights are excellent, we wear headlights and if my wife joins me, she carries a spare torch as well, on the beaches it is nice because some times when the spring tides are around, to get to the beach during the day is just not possible.

What are your feelings or ideas about hunting at night?

thrillathahunt · Apr 17, 2009

I like to beach hunt at night, during a full moon.

SC_hunter · Apr 17, 2009

Africa said:
Some of us have such a huge passion for metal detecting that we sometime go out at night and hunt, here during summer in South Africa the nights are excellent, we wear headlights and if my wife joins me, she carries a spare torch as well, on the beaches it is nice because some times when the spring tides are around, to get to the beach during the day is just not possible.

What are your feelings or ideas about hunting at night?

Africa (NIGHT) = Scary thought to me... Lions, Tigers, and Bears OH MY..lol

Africa · Apr 17, 2009

The only wild things here are the ones that drive around on the roads day and night.

Ltr113 · Apr 17, 2009

Yeah, why let a little darkness :stop:

bother ya. I went out last night with my headlamp. It's kinda cool. I detect in darkness until I get a tone. Then I turn on the lamp. It's also kind of eerie too. (Darkness and muffled sound with the headphones.) I'm always looking over my shoulder. ::)

Doesn't the new White's Spectrum have a :icon_sunny:

light-up LCD?

SC_hunter · Apr 17, 2009

Ltr113 said:
Yeah, why let a little darkness bother ya. I went out last night with my headlamp. It's kinda cool. I detect in darkness until I get a tone. Then I turn on the lamp. It's also kind of eerie too. (Darkness and muffled sound with the headphones.) I'm always looking over my shoulder.
Doesn't the new White's Spectrum have a light-up LCD?

Yes it does... but I'm 'ascared' of things that go bump in the night..lol

Detectingfreak · Apr 17, 2009

Watch out for the animals in africa and also watch out for trip mines!

RELICDUDE07 · Apr 17, 2009

I love to look at night in florida its so much cooler then the heat of the day ...I never tried a light,i just get the target and toss them in a bucket and look at them later..Its fun anytime

SkyPirate · Apr 17, 2009

If I were you I would keep a watch out for Lions. :laughing7:

lastleg · Apr 18, 2009

Tigers and Bears ? ? ?

SC_hunter · Apr 18, 2009

lastleg said:
Tigers and Bears ? ? ?

Ok Ok...I haven't ever been to Africa...hmmmm...Lions, crocodiles, and snakes

?Hippos

??

Africa · Apr 18, 2009

So where do you hear of all these stories that Africa is full of wild animals?
Is this what they teach or taught you at school?

The wildest animal that we get around where I live is most proberely somebody walking around in the dark carrying an AK 47 rifle, jokes aside a person has more chance of been attacked by another person than by eaten by a wild animal, this is a fact.

mlayers · Apr 18, 2009

beach hunting at night is great. All you have to use is a sand scoop no diiggging and looking throught the dirt...Matt

drodda777 · Apr 18, 2009

Was out last night till 3am. We were hunting in a very wild area of my town. Well actually it was on a tennis court that was lit up with a big street light. I like to hunt at night. I use a small flashlight to see when I need to recover the target. I bought a new headlamp tonight that has red led's which will work great in total darkness. The big advantage to night hunting is there are less things to distract you and the sounds always are easier to hear with total darkness.

HH,

Dave

Of course if I lived near tigers and lions then I would just make sure I could outrun the person I was out hunting with. A little survival of the fittest thing in me. The animals usually always go for the slow ones first.

lastleg · Apr 19, 2009

South America?

thrillathahunt · Apr 19, 2009

lastleg said:
South America?

Dirty WhiteBoy · Apr 23, 2009

I am crazy about night hunting! I love it! My DFX has a backlight, I set it on 1, and it doesn't run the battery down so fast! I wear a headlamp (LCD) the battery lasts forever and the light is more than ample at night! I have the whole place to myself and nobody is in the way for me! Go for it! I dig it! :sign13: