Hi Joe, The problem with the Xterra is that it has less than an inch and a half depth in highly mineralization areas. It should work great in good soil with it's discrimination features. Too many rocks in Arizona sound off as 25-25 on the ferrous-conductive scale on the Xterra.
[Erik] > Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 09:20:21 -0700 > From: skyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > 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 > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list