How many of you detect when it's dark...

Nokta/Makro units that have the built in light. That one LED however powerful it is, really is bright. Hard to believe you can get that much out of 1 LED. Don't discount it's use as a gimmick. Great feature..........

And no glare!!!!!

Yeah,Im kinda diggin that! I hunt EARLY am often. Not so much midfle of the night,too many rattlers.

I just got back inside from park hunting to test a detector repair. Much prefer the dark...and I can usually run a little more gain at night, since that giant thermo-nuclear reactor in the sky is spitting out it's EMF somewhere else.


mike

We hunted South Carolina in the dark we hunted the strips and court house. The Cops didn't say anything and you can go from one neighborhood that is middle class to the next that is poor and scary. We found so many silver coins and large cents that night it blew my mind so much that I couldn't sleep when we got home about 1 in the morning...I did a lot of parks in Marin and San Francisco at night and it is a lot slower but we didn't have to deal with all of the people. But now I like the day when I can see what is in front and in back of me. We also did beach hunting and dug a few gold rings kind of fun with a head lamp.

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I do.
The light is a great idea, not that I would have it on while hunting.

Aaron

I hunt a lot at night. Fields, cellarholes, and so on. Coyotes are the only thing you have to keep and eye out for especially in February and March , they are a little hungry after long winters and they pack up so you have to carry more then a stick lol. I use a 20 volt Cajun light the you would use for coonhunting very bright. Corey



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I hunt alot at night this time of year...

no snakes.to step on...

the light is nice but once you set it down to dig its in the wrong place.But if you dont have your headlamp gear its a great last minute save...

To be truthful I love my cap mounted headlight the best..

Keith

I like hunting a low tide under a full moon,just me, the beach and the ocean......peaceful.

I prefer hunting the wee hours of the morning. Use a cap mounted led light the size of a half dollar that is just the right amount of light.

Hunt with a buddy...Lots of critters out there including two legged ones..

Hunt various places at night. I generally enjoy night hunting, it's quite, surreal, peaceful, and I already have a blinding light....it's the backlight you can't turn off on my F75

At night there is much less interference.
More finds light up then if upgrading detector during daytime. An Explorer lights up like a candle and see like an owl if you compare to daytime.
All interference come from a source that is energy driven.
The largest energysource we know is the sun. It can play out on any energydriven device, including MD s.
The thing is that you have to experience it to believe it. Once you are convinced, you are certain.

I can't stand the f75 back light at night..it will snow blind you...

I actually have to have a headlamp on to offset the GLOW...

Keith

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> I can't stand the f75 back light at night..it will
> snow blind you...
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> I actually have to have a headlamp on to offset
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> Keith

If it's a full moon, it's tolerable, if not, it's blinding. No idea what they were thinking (cost savings?) by deciding to leave it on 100% of the time. I'm tempted to crack open my F75 and see if it's possible to add a on/off switch to it

HH,
Brian

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> I can't stand the f75 back light at night..it will
> snow blind you...
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> I actually have to have a headlamp on to offset
> the GLOW...
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> Keith

Agree, it is nearly useless in dark conditions.

I use red theater lighting gel with transfer tape to hold it in place on both the F75 andCTX. The transfer tape rubs right off when you want to remove it.

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> I use red theater lighting gel with transfer tape
> to hold it in place on both the F75 andCTX. The
> transfer tape rubs right off when you want to
> remove it.

Have any extra?

Yea if you hunt in public places at night you must keep an eye open for the 2 legged creatures. Lots of methheads and all out thiefs among us

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> > I use red theater lighting gel with transfer
> tape
> > to hold it in place on both the F75 andCTX. The
> > transfer tape rubs right off when you want to
> > remove it.
>
> Have any extra?
Sure. Text me when you get a chance.

Night - City - Girl - Scary - No way unless I had two big guys or a guard dog. May be ok in rural area.

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Hi,,,I do hunt at night on occasion but I see no real functionality for the light in my situations ....I guess you could blind the competition with it and take away their night vision for awhile..LoL...JJ

Everything is more fun at night. Fishing is better too. I have extremely good vision at night. I can see better than most all my buddies at night...whether it was frog gigging, fishing, or hiding from the cops for doing those crazy things we did as young people. I could find my way through the woods without a light. When I coon hunted I did just that a lot of times til I got to the tree the dogs were at.

I have only detected a few times at night. We started during the summer when it was just too hot to hunt the open fields. Much more tolerable. The only thing I didn't like was when the dew fell and would end up soaked (here in the south it is extremely humid at nights...sometimes it's like it has rained) if you didn't wear waterproof boots/shoes your feet would get soaked from the dew.

When younger use to hunt at night a lot,but NO light--those park rangers didn't understand.This was back when the MetroTec was the Hot machine---so it's been a while.

Cal_cobra Wrote:
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> Hunt various places at night. I generally enjoy
> night hunting, it's quite, surreal, peaceful, and
> I already have a blinding light....it's the
> backlight you can't turn off on my F75


Nowadays most would just think it's a cell phone lol

I do alot of bass fishin at night. Used to walk the banks,the bass move up shallow and feed heavy after dark. Took my wife once. I would not let her turn on a flashlight,cause it spooks the fish. Seen a dark'stick'shape on ground in front of us,tried to steer my wife away from it,without drawing attention to it...too late...she turned the flashlight on...big ole rattler...last time I ever took her night fishin,lol.

I usually detect a pillow under my head at nite. C'mon JJ top that!!

Hi,,,, When your hunting at night and your light kinda goes splat Detect-arrhea
When your driving in Chevy and your pants are kinda heavy Detect-arrhea

I knew you could do it!!!

JJ...when you going on your stand up tour?haha