The invention relates to a transient electromagnetic ground hole detection method and device for detecting hidden objects to cause disasters, wherein a large transmitting loop surrounding a target stratum completely is arranged on the ground; electricity is supplied, so that a primary electromagnetic field is generated, and in a hole drilled along the stratum underground, a three-component secondary field around the hole is directly received. Transmitting is separated from receiving. Interference of local good electric conductors, industrial electromagnetic signals, periodic electric signals and the like on the ground can be avoided. Besides, the shielding influence of a low-resistivity layer or a low-resistivity mineralized zone on the surface of the stratum can be avoided. A receiving device is placed in the drilled hole so that a complex construction environment outside the hole can be avoided, for example, heading equipment, anchor rods, anchor nets, transportation equipment, industrial electricity and the like exist in a coal mine roadway.