DETECTING on PEAT ??

[dingdong]

Hi to you all,
I was wondering after reading an article on the sister forum Det Scotland weather any one has detected on PEAT !!
The reason I ask is that I was recently given permission to detect on very "PEATY" land,and after looking at it and standing on it decided to give it a miss
I remember stamping my feet on it and the ground seemed very strangely different.
I remember the landowner saying that when the heard of cows were on the move you could feel the earth (peat) trembling under your feet.
Anyway,the area offered to detect on,its about 50 or so acres,just wondering f should reconsider .
Has anyone ever detected on this type of land ?.thanks for looking,and I look forward to reading your comments..👍

[celticspikey]

Personally Chris I would give it a wide berth By the sounds of it, also these conditions even if finds were lost they would be way out of detecting depth for sure...it reminds me of beach detecting at WSM if you walk out level with pier there are areas that become jelly under your feet start sinking in this your in a world of trouble probably the same with this peat mate. If you do go ahead hold your machine and spade up high that way some one will find you ...Lol.

[dingdong]

Point taken Paul,love the bit about long spade... LOL....😂..👍

[Val Beechey]

Don't know about your peat Chris but I remember when I lived in Shropshire there was an SSI site not far away. I knew there was a peat bog in there after reading that Sun Dews and Bog Aspinelle grew there. I'd never seen them in real life so went to have a look. How weird was that. It was like walking in a bouncy castle. I was told later that the only thing beneath the upper layer was water.
Needless to say I never went back and if I'd known in advance I wouldn't have gone the first time.
Try it and some one might be digging you out in 3 thousand years and putting you in a glass case  wonder what they'd make of your detector 

[Russ T Nail]

I live near the somerset levels which has huge areas of peat. We tried a couple of sites and there was absolutely nothing because everything sinks down into oblivion well below detecting depth.

Apart from ploughing, metal items sink naturally down to the same depth of soil as its own density unless buried or disturbed.

[dingdong]

Many thanks is for your comments Russ T Nail,well its a big no,no then 👍