Winter digging

[Ricardo_NY1]

Is it possible to metal detect in the winter/NY? Weather/cold is not a factor. I can deal with that. Not sure how hard it will be to dig holes though. Never thought of digging the ground in winter until I got a metal detector.

 

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[Cannonman17]

It's possible for at least a little while- and it depends on how hard you want to work to dig each hole. You can dig relatively easy as long as the frost doesn't get too deep. When you get a good signal just clear the snow and "chip" through the frost layer, underneath is soft ground. Of course chipping through an inch or two of forzen ground is one thing, chipping through six inches is quite another. When the frost gets too thick in the open areas you can still find thin/or no frost in leave covered woods, when the frost gets too thick in the woods spring is just around the corner.

 

[hollowpointred]

It's possible for at least a little while- and it depends on how hard you want to work to dig each hole. You can dig relatively easy as long as the frost doesn't get too deep. When you get a good signal just clear the snow and "chip" through the frost layer, underneath is soft ground. Of course chipping through an inch or two of forzen ground is one thing, chipping through six inches is quite another. When the frost gets too thick in the open areas you can still find thin/or no frost in leave covered woods, when the frost gets too thick in the woods spring is just around the corner.

like cannonman says, it depends on how frozen the ground is. areas that see most of the sun will be less frozen than shady areas. the ground also tends to be less frozen in the woods so if there are any wooded areas you want to hit, it might be good to hit them in the cold.

 

[TnT2000]

As Hollowpointred said.

The wood are a good spot in the winter, the leaves insulate the ground. I have tried hunting grass area's, parks in the dead of winter and it is hard Literally, I mean who would even think of no detecting for a few months come on...looks like its into the woods....

 

[Farmercal]

I tried to detect too early one year in South Dakota up in the Black Hills. The detecting went real well I detected lots of signals..trouble is I couldn't even think about getting through that frozen ground to retrieve the target. Okay, okay, South Dakota might be a tad colder than New York but you get my drift.

 

[Cannonman17]

Hammer and chisel.

 

[stefen]

Don't screw around, get one of these.

 

[keysync]

That ought to work

 

[BuckleBoy]

...and the fact that any snow accumulation puts more inches between your searchcoil and the surface of the ground. I have done some winter detectin, and it certainly isn't easy. Harder to get finds up without scratching them too.

Buckleboy

 

[bill gent]

how about napom?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

I like to use one of these

 

[bill gent]

or for the save the earth guys