Metal detecting in the snow

[49er12]

Well unless the ground is frozen I wouldn’t recommend. But millions of us live in the snow and r tired of waiting for dam springtime to come. What experience has showed is the ground difference regarding detection in snow or depth of snow lacking the ability to search, ok will wait for responses from all you experts regarding md in the snow, thanks

 

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[RGINN]

I detect where the city piles up snow, but that's after it melts down. Every so often someone calls for a detectorist when they've lost something valuable in the snow, and that's usually a pretty easy find if they have the location narrowed down.

 

[Loco-Digger]

When it's snow season and the ground is not frozen I used to detect as long as the snow was only a couple inches deep. I've been known to chisel clad out of the gravel in flea market lots. I now go into the woods if I detect in the winter.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

If the ground is frozen and it is at this time...then its of to the woods!

 

[SusanMN]

Detector seems to work the same in the snow but not much to detect except sledding hills and snow banks near parking areas. Rings do fall off easily in the cold and glove pull them off as well.

 

[Opie]

49er, most detector circuitry is not generally designed with freezing weather in mind. Many things happen in frozen conditions: Battery issues, cable shielding becomes brittle and can break at the slightest movement, expansion and contraction issues with plastics on any unit but water proof or water repellent units have issues with seals splitting cracking and bending. While some units handle the cold just fine other units its a death sentence.
If it has to be done, go get that yard sale special and use it, that way if it goes its not a big deal.
I recommend using the time for researching new area's or locations. This is the time of the year I make contact with most of my past present and new property owners.
Good Luck!
Stay Gold!!
Opie

 

[Fredsnow]

Sure, why not? It helps to keep TRACK of things.

 

[teleprospector]

I detect year round, but if you can't, practice swinging your detector every day keeping the coil level with your opposite arm while your cooped up. When detecting season starts you will be able to use both arms with same efficiency when your dominant arm gets fatigued.
Jon

 

[Carlitosway2]

Been hitting the beaches cause of frozen ground. Going threw bad withdrawals since I’m a dirty kinda guy. But in the past when ground isn’t frozen solid with just a few inches of snow is the best cause you can see your tracks and grid out a nice tight area.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Last time i went detecting in the snow was to locate a license plate that came off the truck in the snow bank....found it!

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[A2coins]

Woods are good spots or travel somewhere else

 

[MT_Thunter]

I have chiseled mercury dimes out of a swimming pool area in a snow blizzard with the wind blowing at seventy in eastern Montana

 

[VonDigger]

I'm not doing anything here till spring thaw. Right now, my woods is frozen solid. I would need a jack hammer to make a hole LOL. So Using this time to follow some leads and research some new spots.

VonDigger