Go Guido Go. Very well put. As Daiid Vann put it earlier in his post. . Magnets don't always kill meteorites. For what it's worth, Tony Irving says to break a small piece off and check that for magnetism.
-- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax ---- [email protected] wrote: > Robert wrote: > > I sometimes carry an LL6 with me....That usually "cures" them. > > Ah, come on you guys. You talk like we relative "newbies" are a sandwich > short of your picnic. I carry a very powerful (+50) neomydium on a staff I > use, cause I'm a cripple and I don't like to fall down, or bend over. But, my > first location device is my own pair of MK2 eyeballs backed by recognition > patterns learned in studies on line, in papers, texts and handling in person > thousands of meteorite wrongs and rights. Yeah, I know, I'll never catch up > to you in numbers, but you'd be surprised at the difference in each > individual's learning abilities, memory and powers of observation. Per > esempio. I was dropped in a known strewnfield that had been worked, > admittedly for six years, by one of the best hunters in the Americas and > several of his equally experienced dealer/hunter friends. Within an hour I > spotted a 13.7 kilo LL6 sticking three inches out of the ground. I had used > my eyes first, then the cane second. If it hadn't been attracted I would have > picked it up anyway to lo up > e it. If it was obviously not a wrong, but still ringing bells (possible > planetary, or other rariety) I would have put it down. Then cubed, GPS'ed and > taken a photo, put it in a baggy (if it would fit) and taken it home to the > scope. But guess what?...this LL6 clicked, albeit lightly. So, you had better > use a lunaite to embarass "newbies" with their magnets. And keep in mind that > hunting for meteorites isn't a very complicated business. Hell, you can teach > dogs to do it. > And about that first lunar to be found in the Americas...don't be surprised > if some reportably dumb ass newbie trips over it. > > Regards, > > Count Deiro > IMCA 3536 > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: "Matson, Robert D." <[email protected]> > >Sent: Aug 24, 2010 1:10 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil > > > >Mark wrote: > > > >> As soon as everyone stops using metal detectors and magnet canes > >> to look for meteorites then the first Lunars in Europe or USA > >> will eventually be found, .... until then! > > > >I have never used a magnet cane, nor will I ever, and I always > >advise new hunters against their use. A magnet cane is basically > >an H-, L-, iron, and stony-iron filter. I sometimes carry an LL6 > >with me to the desert on the off-chance I'll run into someone using > >a magnet cane. That usually "cures" them. ;-) > > > >--Rob > >______________________________________________ > >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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________ 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
