Hello, I agree, indeed a miracle to find any sometimes... Best Wishes Michael
---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 09:48:12 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Best Meteorite hunting handheld MD?? > > For the ~250miles I walked over the 18 days I hunted. I think I only used the > detector for maybe 50miles. The only time I swung it was in the tall grass or > in dense trees that were filled with weeds. > As for it being a miracle finding one with a MD, I think it is a miracle to > find one at all. > > Best Wishes, > Joe Kerchner > http://illinoismeteorites.com > http://skyrockcafe.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: michael cottingham > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Sun, May 16, 2010 11:39:51 AM > Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Best Meteorite hunting handheld MD?? > > > Hello, > Considering the amount of walking that was needed per stone find, it was > probably felt by most hunters that a metal detector was at best wishful > thinking. However, you found one with a metal detector and even though I > consider that a miracle....it just goes to show you that miracles do happen. > For a fall like this one... metal detecting would make sense if you were in a > tight cluster of stones and there was a lot of high grass and such. It would > only seem prudent to hunt where stones were being found, but not rely on a > metal detector to straight up try and find them. I do not know what the > average miles per stone was for everyone, but the 3 stones I found were about > 75 miles of walking per stone. I personally, was glad I was not swinging a > metal detector for the 225 miles of walking I did in 15 days. > Best Wishes > Michael Cottingham > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 09:20:21 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Best Meteorite hunting handheld MD?? >> >> I use the Minelab Xterra-70. I believe it is the best meteorite hunting >> hand-held. I can set it to discriminate everything except for meteorites. >> When I have it set to find only meteorites, I get very very few signals from >> other iron, once in a while I will get a signal for iron that has chrome on >> it, not sure why. >> While in WI, I used it quite a bit in the trees and tall grass, and hay >> fields. I only got a couple signals the entire time. While other detectors >> got many many signals. If I didnt have mine to double check the others, they >> may have spent all day digging. Even though not many hunters up in WI are >> using detectors, I was part of the time. After all, if I wasn't using it, I >> would not have found my 332g stone, it was completely buried, with no sign >> of disturbance at the surface. >> I know a few people who had Gold Bugs up there, but didnt use them because >> of all of the iuron junk in the ground up there, I used mine and found less >> than 5 pieces of scrap iron(fencing, old cans, much more). >> I was wondering what others use. >> I VERY HIGHLY recommend using the Xterra-70(now the Xterra 705) for >> meteorite hunting, it is very light weight, has changeable coils, very >> highly tuned discriminating options, very accurate. I love this thing. One >> of the other guys I was with this last trip was wishing he had an Xterra. >> There were very few hunters using detectors at all in WI, not sure why with >> all of the forest, tall grasses, and hay fields in the heart of the >> strewnfield. I think if more people would have been using an Xterra or >> another good discriminating MD there would have been many more finds made, I >> am sure of it. >> >> Best Wishes, >> Joe Kerchner >> http://illinoismeteorites.com >> http://skyrockcafe.com >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
