Wanna dig a signal - but the ground is frozen ? - click here !

[Argentium]

Greetings friends ! I remember hunting an old park here in Santa Fe, last year in december I think,

I was locating some nice signals on my MXT - penny/dime and quarter type vdi's , but I simply could

not get thru the frozen terra firma to retrieve them , even with my leche. This year I'm seriously

considering backpacking a small plumbers torch into these situations and thawing out my finds. Have

any of you tried this ? Have i completely lost my everloving mind - any and all feedback would be

welcome. Oh - back to the story of those unretrievables , I marked them with sticks on the ground

like X marks the spot and went back a few weeks later during a warming trend and dug those signals

at least one of them turned up a silver rosie. Argentium.

 

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[stefen]

Backhoe. Big un

 

[whitesPA]

might burn off the grass .

 

[gametalman52]

DYNOMITE !!!

 

[johnnycat]

Yes, I think you have finally lost your mind. If you are married, don't let the wifey know.

 

[hollowpointred]

dont know about a torch but me and Bergie have used a chisel and hammer before! it worked! we actually dug a Connecticut copper that way last winter!

 

[Magic Fingers]

I plow snow with a bobcat in the winter...I could switch out the plow for the bucket...hehehe

 

[homefires]

One of these would be Cool!

http://englishrussia.com/?p=1163

 

[stefen]

Another possibility

 

[pennyfinderjim]

A pressure washer with REALLY HOT water!!!

 

[longsocks]

a can of that green spray paint that construction people use make a big dot over it and go back in the spring

 

[BIG61AL]

I don't think the torch is a good idea

 

[kimsdad]

Not a particularly good idea. Rocks (even small ones) that retain moisture can explode violently if hit with enough heat to vaporize the moisture within. Probably wouldn't happen - but you never know until it's too late.

 

[hollowpointred]

i dont think a torch would work well since soil is so good at absorbing heat. the torch would only heat the soil for an inch or two at a time.

 

[mrjosh]

take a hand held GPS, mark the general location and comeback later.