Beginner's Guide to Metal Detecting by Julian Evan-Hart & Dave Stuckey

Author:Julian Evan-Hart & Dave Stuckey [Evan-Hart, Julian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781897738450
Publisher: ACG Publications
Published: 2012-12-23T16:00:00+00:00

Soil Conditions

Soil conditions play a major part in achieving good results with a metal detector. To gain optimum performance from your machine the ideal conditions are flat compacted soil, which is also reasonably moist. This is often the case with pastureland but conditions on plough soil will vary according to the time of year.

Not many detectorists will venture onto land that has just been freshly ploughed as the deep furrows make detecting extremely difficult as well as physically uncomfortable. Try waiting until the farmer has levelled off the soil with a harrow. If you are lucky, the farmer may even allow you to continue detecting after the field has been drilled when conditions for detecting are even better still.

Moisture in the soil is important, as this will improve the conductivity of buried metal objects and the depth at which they can be located. To see this for yourself, try detecting on soil in very dry conditions and then see the difference when you return to the site after plenty of rain has fallen. Many detectorists swear that their depleted sites came “back to life” after weeks of rain.

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