Roots?

[jdsarasin8194]

Do metal detectors detect roots
I'm new to MDing so I'm trying to dig everything and whenever I go to dig an iron signal, THERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SIZED ROOT!!
Is there some iron in them or something

 

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[fathead]

Mine does. I have the same issue. I have even hacked out roots only to find that my signal has vanished.

I usually swear at roots and turn down my sensitivity. That seems to help. I am by no means an expert.

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[arnoldziffel]

Do metal detectors detect roots
I'm new to MDing so I'm trying to dig everything and whenever I go to dig an iron signal, THERE IS ALWAYS A GOOD SIZED ROOT!!
Is there some iron in them or something

i'm new, and i don't know the answer. but is it possible it's the iron in the water that is soaked up by the roots that would be the cause?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Not sure - I'm generally trying to avoid iron.

Could be trees in certain spots attract iron. Nails and staples for posted signs, fence staples and pieces of barbed wire, etc. Any dropped over the years end up at the roots.

One problem with iron is that it disintegrates. When you disturb the soil you scatter the formerly tight concentration of rust and remaining iron and then, when rescanned, it is spread out enough to cause no signal.

 

[arnoldziffel]

Not sure - I'm generally trying to avoid iron.

Could be trees in certain spots attract iron. Nails and staples for posted signs, fence staples and pieces of barbed wire, etc. Any dropped over the years end up at the roots.

One problem with iron is that it disintegrates. When you disturb the soil you scatter the formerly tight concentration of rust and remaining iron and then, when rescanned, it is spread out enough to cause no signal.

i hadn't thought of that. very good point.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Mineralization is the only logical thing I can think of.
I am no pro either.

Although this has yet to happen to me.

 

[Toby1858]

I've gotten good iron signals before then dug and re-scanned hole only to find broken or no signals and then noticed rust spots in the ground where the object rusted away!

 

[goldie1959]

same here toby

 

[jdsarasin8194]

Mineralization is the only logical thing I can think of.
I am no pro either.

Although this has yet to happen to me.

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[BamaBill]

Its a corollary to Murphy's law, where instead of "if anything can go wrong, it will", the statement is that if your detector is attracted to a target it will be the most difficult to dig", and what's more difficult than a target under a tangle of roots.