Question / Effects Of Electrical Lines

[LJ]

When detecting under electical/power lines....does this have any effect on a MD? The reason I ask is yesterday I was doing this very thing and my machine (DFX) was going crazy.....I would lift the coil waist high and it was still just beeping like crazy. I finally got away from them.

 

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[Don in SJ]

A simple answer is yes, power lines effect most detectors, I am not familar with the DFX, so maybe it has a filter or settings you can use to correct and operate more smoothly while under or near the lines. My Explorer XS works great under power lines, my son's Fisher CZ70 gets the same interference you mention....

Don

 

[willie3960]

yes my dfx goes crazy also. their is a great book on the dfx digging deeper with the dfx by jeff Foster it gets into E.M.I. interference. I have tried a lot of settings to curb this problem turning to a single frequency 15 khz an lowering sensitivity an preamp gain help but you not going to detect to deep. I have not been to happy with this detector around power lines. bigfoot coil so far has been the best that I have used to slove this problem. hope this helps you good luck.

 

[LJ]

Thanks for the info guys. I kinda thought that would be the answer. I think I will just stay away from them.

 

[willie3960]

yes my dfx goes crazy also. their is a great book on the dfx digging deeper with the dfx by jeff Foster it gets into E.M.I. interference. I have tried a lot of settings to curb this problem turning to a single frequency 15 khz an lowering sensitivity an preamp gain help but you not going to detect to deep. I have not been to happy with this detector around power lines. bigfoot coil so far has been the best that I have used to slove this problem. hope this helps you good luck.

 

[willie3960]

Sorry about the 2 post some day I get the hang of this

 

[treasurejack]

I just asked a similar question in another forum. A friend and I use to hunt a small local beach with good success, then they built a new nature center on top of the hill above the beach. We're not sure what is causing the problem but we've tried an assortment of detectors and we simply can't get rid of the interference no matter what we do? It's so bad we can't hunt this beach now, which is sad because we use to find a lot of silver and gold there.

 

[WV Hillbilly]

Being a retired electrician [ I retired at 45 ] I don't know for sure what it will do to your MD but I'm an expert on what effect a live wire will have on you . It aint funny .