Stationary MD transmitter?

[msysta]

Hello,

When soil is frozen weird ideas come to you:

Would it be possible to do such setup for metal detecting where transmitter would be separated as standalone box in middle of the search area? Transmitting happening via underground "antenna" like steel rod or similar. Like take 6 feet rod and hammer it into the soil, connect tx output to it and power up.

This would be interesting because it could use "enourmous" tx power (by aggregate or other ext power source) compared to handheld devices.

The concern would be the rx side. Would normal detector with ground balance and without own tx circuit work with this? How far would it reach?

Are there any such tryouts?

thanks,
Markus