List: When I got into meteorite hunting and decided to make a magnet cane, I thought about how to make it and this show "Becker" came on; it starts Ted Dansen as a grumpy Doctor and noticed that the blind man walked across the street and into a diner and sat at a table. As he sat, he folded the cane and set it in a backpack. And it hit me - What a great design for a meteorite hunting stick. I should make a magnet cane out of a folding blind mans walking cane. So I bought one at a medical store and refined the bottom with glue and a screw to attach the magnet and made my very own meteorite hunting cane. It's great because I can fold it and put it in my back pocket or my backpack. It's also good for travel - like on a plane.
It looks very much like this one. http://www.mountainside-medical.com/products/Blind-Mans-Walking-Cane-50-Inch-long.html It has always fascinated me to look at all the different meteorite hunting canes there are, and how each person puts their individuality in making them. Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:28 -0500 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil > > > 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 ______________________________________________ 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
