How Many Swings The Old Detector In The Winter?

[Fletch88]

Just getting fired up here in South GA/ North Florida. Prepping for several lake dives and beach hunting. It's 90+ degrees here from June-Sept so winter is my favorite time to land detect. It's the coldest day yet here at 45 deg.

 

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[team sidewinder]

In my dreams I detect all winter but the truth of the matter is I just lurk on these forums and live vicariously through those lucky enough to live in warmer climes. Carry on.

 

[Beeps in my sleep]

You aren't the only oddball. I was out in 22 degree temps with wind gusts to 40 mph yesterday. Windchill was around 10. I just bundle up a ton and take breaks from time to time. I hunt my yard a lot lately at night since it is dark by 8 when I get off of work. Here in Ship we have had temps below 30 already. About once an hour I take my detector inside and wait for a bit to let it warm back up. Cold tends to take a beating on my batteries. I don't plan on letting winter stop me. While everyone else is talking about spring plans and how it sucks that its to cold to detect... I will be still beeping. I buy 15 dollar shovels from lowes so if I break them in the ground it is no biggy. Plus the plugs come out more solid and less dirt haha! Bring on the winter beeping!

 

[PlayingInTheDirt]

Just getting fired up here in South GA/ North Florida. Prepping for several lake dives and beach hunting. It's 90+ degrees here from June-Sept so winter is my favorite time to land detect. It's the coldest day yet here at 45 deg.

I don't mind 40's at all but when it hits around 30 is when I have to say another day

 

[relicmeister]

I do as much detecting as I can throughout the winter, but my expectations are lower, and the hunts are usually short. I tend to do the parks more in winter cause
I prefer to not detect them when they're busier, and also I can go after the coins near the surface when the soil is near frozen. I can usually find bottles in winter too.
The last couple of winters were pretty mild here, hope the same for this one but who knows?

 

[RGINN]

I can detect all winter long so long as I don't wanna dig, since the ground is gonna be frozen 2 or 3 feet down. We'll go through a few weeks of the temp not climbin much above 0, and we may get a run of nights at 30 or 40 below. (I've been here 10 years in Summit County, and the coldest I've seen it was 42 below at 6a.m. one morning) But hey, it's a dry cold. There is something to that. If you lived in a place with high humidity, high winds, and the temp hit 40 below, you might be flash frozen when you stepped outside.

 

[kyskinner]

What part of Kentucky you in there kyskinner I tried it a while today & it was just to cold the ground was a little stiff & the weather forecast don't look good for the week I have to work anyway up until wed hopping to get out a little on Friday if weather don't stop me [/QUOT

 

[PlayingInTheDirt]

I can detect all winter long so long as I don't wanna dig, since the ground is gonna be frozen 2 or 3 feet down. We'll go through a few weeks of the temp not climbin much above 0, and we may get a run of nights at 30 or 40 below. (I've been here 10 years in Summit County, and the coldest I've seen it was 42 below at 6a.m. one morning) But hey, it's a dry cold. There is something to that. If you lived in a place with high humidity, high winds, and the temp hit 40 below, you might be flash frozen when you stepped outside.

WOW now that is cold I couldn't imagine 40 below WOW stay indoors man it isn't worth getting froze solid for I don't think they make a battery that would hold-up in that kind of weather WOW......Stay Warm there RGINN

 

[Msbeepbeep]

I was out there Sunday too trying to dig up my finds! About the same temps as Beeps in my sleep, nasty wind 25 steady with 45 mph gusts. Sun didn't help. Detector was a little slow on screen read out. I will probably try wrapping one of those hand Warner's around it next sub-freezing TH'ing outing.

When it gets to the point I need a backhoe to dig up my targets from the frozen tundra, I try the beach then when the snow is too deep there, I go to the parking lots & detect the plowed snow. I guess there's no stopping me Unless "I'm" frozen solid! Lol!

 

[New Orleans Relic]

40's, 30's 20's!!!! 25 mph winds??
I'd rather be tied up and made to watch "American Diggers".

Ray