does wet grass affect search coil performance?

Steve, My personal opinion is that wet ground or damp ground seems to help my md by finding deeper targets. now i wont search in the rain or nothing but going out the next day after a good rain always seems to help. and around here it makes the red clay easier to dig for sure.

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This is a good question, Stevieo. Water in any form near the sensing element of a detector does affect its performance and it's not always in a positive way. For the most part, water on the surface means that there is dampness in the soil. This can enhance performance greatly. Overall performance, that is, which is a combination of all factors including the coil. Water on the grass alone can either enhance or detract from performance because the water may affect the capacitance of the tuned circuit of your machine. Depending on the amount of water and the tuned circuit design, it could be a large factor. In a Double D coil, the design makes it unlikely. In a single loop PI, it is meaningless. In double loop VLF/DR machines, it can make them warble. Again, this depends on circuit design rather than just the coil alone.

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Ground Bal on the Dry sand then move over to the Wet sand would do the same.

Moving from Wet sand to In Water yet again .

It will be more Prevalent in Salt water.

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Thanks all for the info,A big help to me for sure

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