A method for searching a transmitter with a detector including at least one antenna for receiving a transmit signal of the transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes at least one transmitting antenna and the transmit signal includes transmit pulses, wherein the transmitter includes a pose determining device for determining the orientation (t) of the at least one transmitting antenna and the detector includes a pose determining device for determining the orientation of the detector, including the following steps: a) acquiring the magnetic field strength (h) of the field emitted by the at least one transmitting antenna of the transmitter in at least two dimensions (ht, h r) by the detector; b) ascertaining the orientation (t) of the at least one transmitting antenna of the transmitter related to a presettable coordinate system; c) transferring the orientation (t) of the at least one transmitting antenna of the transmitter to the detector; d) converting the magnetic field strength (h) acquired in step a) in at least two dimensions (h t, h r) into a field strength vector (h) defined by magnitude and direction; e) defining a plane, which is spanned by the orientation (t) of the transmitting antenna of the transmitter on the one hand and by the direction of the field strength vector (h) calculated in step d) on the other hand; f) ascertaining an angle β as the angle between the direction of the field strength vector (h) ascertained in step d) and the orientation (t) of the transmitting antenna of the transmitter; g) ascertaining at least one potential search direction in the plane defined in step e) from the relations: tan φ = 1 / 2 tan θ, and β = φ + θ wherein θ is the angle between the orientation (t) of the transmitting antenna of the transmitter on the one hand and the direction from the transmitter to the detector in the plane defined in step e) on the other hand; and φ is the angle between the direction from the transmitter to the detector on the one hand and the direction of the field strength vector (h) calculated in step d) on the other hand; and h) searching the transmitter along the at least one potential search direction. a) acquiring the magnetic field strength (h) of the field emitted by the at least one transmitting antenna of the transmitter in at least two dimensions (ht, h r) by the detector; b) ascertaining the orientation (t) of the at least one transmitting antenna of the transmitter related to a presettable coordinate system; c) transferring the orientation (t) of the at least one transmitting antenna of the transmitter to the detector; d) converting the magnetic field strength (h) acquired in step a) in at least two dimensions (h t, h r) into a field strength vector (h) defined by magnitude and direction; e) defining a plane, which is spanned by the orientation (t) of the transmitting antenna of the transmitter on the one hand and by the direction of the field strength vector (h) calculated in step d) on the other hand; f) ascertaining an angle β as the angle between the direction of the field strength vector (h) ascertained in step d) and the orientation (t) of the transmitting antenna of the transmitter; g) ascertaining at least one potential search direction in the plane defined in step e) from the relations: tan φ = 1 / 2 tan θ, and β = φ + θ wherein θ is the angle between the orientation (t) of the transmitting antenna of the transmitter on the one hand and the direction from the transmitter to the detector in the plane defined in step e) on the other hand; and φ is the angle between the direction from the transmitter to the detector on the one hand and the direction of the field strength vector (h) calculated in step d) on the other hand; and h) searching the transmitter along the at least one potential search direction.