Seaking406
Elite Member
I finally got a chance to get out of the house to do some stick swinging with my warranty replacement large coil for the ACE250, so I decided to hit a base ball field that has three diamonds facing inwards.. Someone suggested that most of the action should be in the outfield and a lot less trash.. I managed to find a little trinket (looks cheap) and coin spill (my first) of 12 pennies and a dime..
We've been having a lot of rain around here this spring and wow, talk about a hyper-saturated field.. good thing I wore my boots even though it hadn't rained for a few days. The detector would beep on a target, pin point it relatively close to the surface, 2 to 4 inches but the Carrot would not beep when pressed against the sod over the target, or plunged deep into the wet sod.. huh..
When I say hyper saturated, I really mean it.. amazing..
After a few tests to figure out what was going on, I discovered that though the large coil could detect a target, not always quite where it said it should be by pinpointing by sound or beeps, the ground was SO over-saturated with water that it mungled the signal.. Once I found a target (trinket) I placed it 2 inches under the sod facing upwards and sure enough, the Carrot wouldn't sniff it 2 inches away and the coil pinpointed it about 4 inches off target..
I then found a relatively dry chunk of land and re-did the same test and that came out the way it was supposed to.. Carrot would chirp at target 2 inches below the sod and the coil pin pointed it properly as it should..
Is that normal behavior for a MD towards soaking wet sod soil etc? It's a new one for me.. I had to give it up early due to the mess I got myself into and still had to drive home.. wasn't willing to strip down to keep the car clean
Rather interesting day out I should say!
Cheers
We've been having a lot of rain around here this spring and wow, talk about a hyper-saturated field.. good thing I wore my boots even though it hadn't rained for a few days. The detector would beep on a target, pin point it relatively close to the surface, 2 to 4 inches but the Carrot would not beep when pressed against the sod over the target, or plunged deep into the wet sod.. huh..
When I say hyper saturated, I really mean it.. amazing..
After a few tests to figure out what was going on, I discovered that though the large coil could detect a target, not always quite where it said it should be by pinpointing by sound or beeps, the ground was SO over-saturated with water that it mungled the signal.. Once I found a target (trinket) I placed it 2 inches under the sod facing upwards and sure enough, the Carrot wouldn't sniff it 2 inches away and the coil pinpointed it about 4 inches off target..
I then found a relatively dry chunk of land and re-did the same test and that came out the way it was supposed to.. Carrot would chirp at target 2 inches below the sod and the coil pin pointed it properly as it should..
Is that normal behavior for a MD towards soaking wet sod soil etc? It's a new one for me.. I had to give it up early due to the mess I got myself into and still had to drive home.. wasn't willing to strip down to keep the car clean
Rather interesting day out I should say!
Cheers
