Ever experience this before a big storm?

[ZumbroKid]

I noticed when i'm out detecting and a big storm is almost overhead. My detector seems to pick up more smaller and deeper targets. Could this be due to the ground having a different charge? What are you're thoughts on this? Have you noticed it also?

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

My friend has been experiencing the same thing!

 

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[AK in KY]

I have read coins are easier to detect After a storm because of the charge do to lightning strikes.

AK in KY

 

[jeff of pa]

I'v heard this also.

However due to the Fact Ground is GROUNDED, & Lightning rods,

are Purposly Grounded, so Electricty stops as it Hits the ground,

I can't see a reason for it. UNLESS it's the Moisture,
carrying the charge to the coin.
& if so, wouldn't it still Dissipate(sp?) when it hits the coin ?

There are Devices you can Purchase to Supposedly
CHARGE the ground, for Detecting Purposes.
HOWEVER ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?"CHARGE THE GROUND ?"
? ? ? ? ? ? ? Sounds Backwards, Dosn't it?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Ok....for all you fisherman...everyone knows that after a good lightening storm is the best time to go out and look for nightcrawlers and worms.Or you probally have connected a car battery to a metal rod and stuck it in the ground to bring the worms to surface. I think that when lightening hits ,it heats the area up to about 50000 degrees which brings the worms to surface.

So maybe with the rush of bugs and worms to the earths surface....they are pushing up coins with them

 

[AK in KY]

I guess that's where Glow Worms come from.

AK in KY

 

[Sandman]

Yes the detector will sometimes be more sensitive to targets, However it also can attract lightning. With lightning even miles away the detector will cross talk and it is never a good idea to tempt fate by being out near a storm just for a few coins. Your safer playing in the road or walking around with a sign saying your carrying lots of money.

HH,
Sandman