Question I have about tonights hunt???

dirtsearcher · Apr 8, 2009

Well I headed back over to the vacant lots I have been hitting lately.This time I was able to find an old coin...a 1942 Wheatie about 6" down.I tried to hunt by the road where the original condition of the yards are.These areas were not bulldozed when they tore the houses down.As soon as I got near the road my detector...a White's 4900DL max started going crazy.It was beeping and going in and out like it wouldn't ground balance.I figured out this was caused by the wires overhead.As soon as I headed to the backlot it stopped.So my question is,,, How do I get around hunting under these wires

THANKS

stillgottawork · Apr 9, 2009

That's very strange............. :icon_scratch:

Maybe there's some old pipes under the ground........just a thought........... $:-\$

dank · Apr 9, 2009

my dfx does the samething, i just dont detect around hi-voltage lines.

ivan salis · Apr 9, 2009

you can drop the sen level a bit sometimes that can help --(on multi freq type machines changing freq can sometimes help some too.) powerline areas can be a pain -- just like ultra heavy mineral areas can.

dirtsearcher · Apr 9, 2009

Well its not pipes cause when I hold it in the air it still goes nuts until I move farther back.This is the area I really want to hunt cause I have found several coins in the small area I have hunted so far.This area was untouched by the dozers so everything is still in the ground where it was lost.I think this area will be my best chance to find old U.S. coins.

Woodland Detectors · Apr 9, 2009

Try turning the sensitivity down a tad. And buy a Minelab! lol J/k

dirtsearcher · Apr 9, 2009

Lol... are the Minelabs stable are power lines?? I can turn the sens down all the way and it still drives my detector nuts.

allen · Apr 9, 2009

that is a good question,
i just cant answer it...

Narthoniel · Apr 9, 2009

I have an Etrac and it works great under power lines. The only time I was unable to hunt was alongside an invisible dog fence. Friend of mine turned the sens down and toughed it out in that area and sniffed out 6 indians and a 2 cent piece. Lucky son of a gun...

kdismuke1 · Apr 9, 2009

DON'T KNOW

ivan salis · Apr 10, 2009

simple power = sensitity --- your machine simply putis picking up the excess power "leaked off" the power lines thus screwing up your detection feild your machine puts out --so "turn down" your machine so it not so "touchy"-- that way it does not pick up the excess leaked off the power lines and mess with your machine -- OMFG "turn down" my machine? YES !! you will lose some depth --but then your machine can work --which is better great depth on a machine that you CAN NOT USE in the area or a bit shallower depth from the same machine that you now CAN USE in the area --do the math--its a no brainer.--- some areas very simply can not be hunted running at the "full blast" settings many folks tend to use to try to get "MAX DEPTH" ONLY IF THE GROUND CAN AND WILL "ACCEPT" THAT MUCH SIGNAL IS THAT DOING ANY GOOD --- often running "full blast" does not always give the best resultsin the endbecause the ground simply can not handle that much signal; and the rest winds up as "backfeed" bounced back at you-- :wink:

the term "balance" just means getting the amount of signal the ground will "accept" to link up with the amount the detector puts out --once properly balanced the minerals in the dirt are unseen-- only metals will trigger the detector --however if not balanced properly say to to high --the detector "sees" all the ground minerals as a "wall" of metal --beep -beep --beep --so it goes nuts !!!--- however too low of a sen /power setting and you lose depth and maybe might start losing metal objects (thats how "notching" disc works )--it just tells the machine to "ignore" a certain range of signals that it recieves.