Old Campground Bummer!

[OldJerseyGirl]

I have an old campground in the woods about a mile from me. Not terribly old, but back in the 50's. It has not been hunted I am sure. BUT, it has high tension lines running partly through it and all along one side. BIG, Big ones. You can hear them humming when you get near. I know my detector will not like that at all. Hunted at an old school and it was falseing so much I thought something was wrong with it. but finally saw behind the trees a big high tension line. Anyway wish I could figure out how to hunt there. It is woods now, but used to have a pool and clubhouse and lots of sites.

 

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[Jeremy S]

I've had my detector go crazy when over underground power utility feeds from the transformer. Even though the conduit or cable is probably well over 3 feet down it still enough to cause some crazy sounds.

I found an old campground like that but never found anything good. Just old plumbing fittings and trash. A lot of people drank beer and threw pull tabs everywhere while camping.

I would still give the campground a try. Perhaps try a different detector or maybe even discriminate out some of the falsing if it is that bad. Lower sensitivity?

 

[Argentium]

You should give it a try with lower gain settings , try different angles on the ground relative to the wires as well - good luck !

 

[relicmeister]

Agree- low sensitivity see whats there.