Next time I'm hunting in an area that will take me hours from my vehicle I'll be using one of these. Ideal if you have bad knees, hips, back and don't want to recline in the dirt or a farm field sprayed with pesticides, herbicides, liquid manure or whatever. It will have a magnet on the tip of course.
http://www.amazon.com/Travelon-Walking-Seat-Cane-One/dp/B001CZT4SG/ref=pd_sim_hpc_1 Bill ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:28:30 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil > > 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." > >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
