Snowy weather and who dropped his pinpointer?

[SoreKneesDayton]

Hi gang,

Jeff and I decided to take our detectors for a walk. The snow in the NEW ball field we were hunting is only 5" so we could get through that...

Then I realized I my pinpointer fell off--again! I hunted my tracks in reverse for 45 minutes and got cold so we went to lunch, empty handed. That thing is going on a lanyard if I get it back!!! Velcro must get loose in cold. After lunch, Jeff suggested we go back to the big field where we were yesterday. Maybe it has been there all night...poor thing...hope not. Ugh, it was there and so lonesome by that old tree. The story ends well though and tomorrow Mr Lanyard goes hunting with us too!

Anyway we only found a little: I found a small pocket spill of 3 Qtrs and a dime. Later, I found two recent keys. Jeff found a little clad and thats it.

Here is a diary of our adventure morning in pics.

Today's Temp Mon 19 Jan 09

Stop at McD's for sustainance..is that new snow?

We arrive at big field

We go and dig where an old house was demolished

 

[mountainplayer]

SKD:

You guys are tougher than I am!

I'm always worried that I'm going to lose something valuable while out metal detecting...kind of an irrational fear I have of doing the opposite of what I'm out trying to do.

So does the pinpointer still work after a night alone? And if so, what brand is it?

MP

 

[lovedigging]

Good Story, Glad you found your pinpointer but can you come find mine cause I did the same thing.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Hey Terry. Looks like these winter hunts are catching on

 

[boogeyman]

Gotta give you guys credit! Those winter hunts are too much for me. I'd be hangin out at that Mickey Ds where the coins get washed out from the drive thru That's about as far as I'd wanna be from the coffee.

Glad you found the lost pinpointer!

 

[Tykit]

I lost my pin pointer in a park. Never got it back. Now my new one has my name and phone number on it, just in case.

 

[detector de metales]

I'd go on a hunt this time of year if'n I didn't need to drag the pick axe along sos I could dig!
I can only look and drool at everyone else's finds..
Happy Hunting!
J2

 

[ray in ny]

Seriously, does the cold affect the operation and performance of your detector(s)? If so, in what ways?

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Seriously, does the cold affect the operation and performance of your detector(s)? If so, in what ways?

I hear my detector moan and cry alot when I take it out of the van and into the cold. But other than shorten battery life, a little, I don't see much effect. It does seem that coins scream there signal in this weather. Probably from the moisture in the soil. It is very soft under the grass. In some spots it is almost frozen down 1" but it is easy to pry up.

SKD

 

[Reverend B*IKE*]

Re: Snowy weather How Do you do IT ? Ground is Frozen Solid here!

How do you guys do it? the Ground is Frozen Solid here! it been in the teens for over a week or more
I tried diggin here and there? I think its alot of effort?
what your tricks?

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Re: Snowy weather How Do you do IT ? Ground is Frozen Solid here!

How do you guys do it? the Ground is Frozen Solid here! it been in the teens for over a week or more
I tried diggin here and there? I think its alot of effort?
what your tricks?

We had a little thaw the other day and the new snow is keeping the grassy areas diggable (Is that a word?). Any non-grassy areas like the early 1800s house they tore down, is undiggable.
A couple of days we got there, plunked down our shovels and the CLUNK told us to go get some coffee--so we did!

SKD

 

[mlayers]

man you guys are tough. I don't see how you can dig with the ground frozen like it is. I will wait until it thaws out...matt

 

[sasnz]

Geeezzz you fellas are keen. Where i live it dont get below 32 degrees and that might only happen once a year. I think i would perish within half an hour with you guys. Now that is what i call devotion. Happy hunting everyone.

Cheers Sasnz

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

Geeezzz you fellas are keen. Where i live it dont get below 32 degrees and that might only happen once a year. I think i would perish within half an hour with you guys. Now that is what i call devotion. Happy hunting everyone.

Cheers Sasnz

I bundle up well Sas, Jeff on the other hand, isn't comfortable until is down to about 40F or less. He has a sweatshirt and light shirt jacket on and I am in a parka with layers of shirts and pants underneath. Actually, our fingers get colder than anything. You get to a point were you will only dig if it is at least a dime sound but better, a quarter sound. We switched to leather mittens recently and found that it helps and on the coldest days. Then, I throw a small heating pad in the left glove. The hand that holds the detector gets the coldest.

We jump up and down on the dirt clod to get it flat in winter. We don't like leaving anything that says where we were. I usually level it well then kick snow or leaves back over it. I know a couple of rains will level everything out so there is no sign of our digging.

PS: I heard Aukland was almost perfect year round temp or around 70F. Hope that is true.

SKD

 

[hikeinmts]

Reminds me of 35+ years ago, in Idaho. I was working on a mink ranch. The boss had went Coyote hunting, and his pistol had become separated from its holster. He knew that I did things with a funny machine, so he called me and told me to bring the machine to work with me the next morning.
Arrived IN THE SNOW, and onto the back of a snow mobile we went. Luckily, it had not snowed the night before, so his tracks were pretty well defined. Well, a long story short, after about 30 minutes of hunting the machine sang out, and I pulled his pistol out from a big
snowbank. (Never did see the raise in salary that I thought I deserved.
Snow is still claiming some of my particulars, whenever I hunt. So, I know the feeling. But, love to hunt in the white stuff.
Keep chargin hard.

 

[deathhare]

I put orange fluorescent tape around two parts of the handle of my pinpointer.
Sometimes I couldnt find it in the leaves and stuff and this helps.

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

I put orange fluorescent tape around two parts of the handle of my pinpointer.
Sometimes I couldnt find it in the leaves and stuff and this helps.

Good Idea
SKD