Lightning And The Beach

slider66 · Feb 15, 2020

I thought I would share this with my fellow beach detectorist. I have been on the beach and in the water when a storm came up. I got out of the water and took cover. Having said that I have seen other people detecting stay out there. Florida is the lightning capitol of the world. Nothing on the beach is worth taking the chance.

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dewcon · Feb 15, 2020

Lightning here likes to hit the ground.... it ca strike several mile in front of the storm even. Couple killed on siesta last year

DbblTap · Feb 15, 2020

Last year when it was going to rain in the afternoon I went to the beach to MD with two lighting rods. I looked out in the ocean and kept seeing what I thought was the marker lights on a antenna mast until it hit me that there were no antennas out in the ocean so I got back in the car and left. How I lived I do not know!

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Steve · Feb 15, 2020

Had the hair on my neck and arms stand up bbefore.. as well as the threshold rising in pitch. It was the electricity searching for a lead.. luckily I wasn't the easiest pathway.

NOXmd · Feb 15, 2020

I can actually hear the EMI from approaching storms through the NOX. When for no reason, it goes chatty crazy, it is a storm approaching.

Compass · Feb 16, 2020

I've done some crazy things in my quest to find gold but I don't take any chances when it comes to lightning. Surrounded by water- check, long conductors in each hand- check, tallest point on a flat terrain- check! Plus I know that I have a better chance of being struck by lightning than finding a thin gold chain!

Joetrikke · Feb 19, 2020

Wind no problem, waves I can handle pretty good size, down pour no worries, lighting run like a little girl. :shock:

georgeinsc · Feb 20, 2020

I can usually tell if their is lightning within 30 or more miles by the noise I get from my machine. When it starts telling me to vacate the area I obey. Cant see being out on the beach with a lightning rod in my hands during an electrical storm. I may be old but I am not in a hurry to quit living. Was leaving the beach one day when I hit a target. Had to dig it and a life guard walked up and said don't go in the water. I assured him that I was on my way off the beach. He wanted to know what I had found and as I dropped it in my pocket i said a junk rink. It was a Pretty piece of 14k junk but he did not need to know.

Scooterjim · Feb 20, 2020

s s s s s six times I have had lightning strike within feet of me, last time I was on the couch almost asleep and the sidewalk 20 ft away was hit. I screamed, the wife screamed, the dog screamed, and we all jumped up and down a few minutes before we realized we were in fact not dead. No damage at my house but the neighbor lost almost everything that uses electricity.

Lightning And The Beach

slider66

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dewcon

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Steve

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