Time of day- is it important for detecting?

Night time - work and family commitments have pushed me to become a nightime detectorist and its has its advantages where i am.

Any time is good, weather permitting and going out in the right frame of mind always helps too.

Early morning, late evening and night.

Lower emi, mineralised ground seems to become less noisy the cooler it gets, its generally quieter, and the less serious prospectors are asleep or on the grog.

madtuna said:

Night time....usually the lease holder is sound asleep back at his camp
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Nah....made that up

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The fences are harder to jump though..... layful:

24/7 if I could, but Im dreaming.

steelPHASE said:

Early morning, late evening and night.

Lower emi, mineralised ground seems to become less noisy the cooler it gets, its generally quieter, and the less serious prospectors are asleep or on the grog.

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Im usually on the grog whilst detecting of an evening. OH&S priorities hey mate. Gets a bit hairy once the camp fires dwindles out of site.

Dave79 said:

I reckon cold wet ground is more conductive so you get more depth than hot dry ground.

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Nah Dave 69, warm and wet will get you better depth :sunny:

Hoo it's 79 what was I thinking , anytime as long as you're out there doing it ickshovel: :goldnugget: :money: :beer: :beer:

Lesgold said:

I reckon the best time to detect is when the coil passes over a piece of gold. All other time periods appear to be a waste of time.

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I'm with you Lesgold, I think you're spot on as long as you hear it.

Its a bit like fishing, the best time is the time you can go!
Cooler evenings, mornings and moonlit nights are my preference, I dont like flashing lights about so moonless nights are out, I dont want to be at the bottom of a shaft!
Matt T