[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunters

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:07 2004
Message-ID: <3D51D713.3090103_at_fascination.com>

Dear Listees, meteorite hunting hounds men;
Wouldn't it make a story if the dogs hunting meteorites were struck down
by a new meteorite falling from the sky. Yuck, Yuck.
Would the satellite ground penetrating radar be so sensitive to pick up
on meteorites?
Dave (in the rain, Wyoming) Freeman (2.5 inches for the year so
far.....)

James_TOM Knudson wrote:

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> Hello, That is not a problem, A dog trained for narcotics can "sniff
> out" any type of illegal drug. If you found a fresh new strewn field
> you had to have found at least one meteorite or else you would not
> know its a strewn field.... You let a dog smell the one meteorite turn
> it loose and it could find all the others for you. A team of men and
> dogs could search a large area in no time. If a dog could "sniff out"
> victims in an avalanche or a building collapse it could even find
> buried meteorites. I would like to give it a test. If any has or does,
> Please let me know! Tom
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> >From: magellon >To: James_TOM Knudson
> ,meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]
> Meteorite hunters >Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:16:12 -0400 > >Tom, >I
> don't think it is far fetched to train dogs to sniff out
> >meteorites.... >They are trained to sniff out all types of other
> things! The only >problem (not big) is that types/classifications may
> vary in smell. And >it is a good idea! Likewise was I amazed to learn
> that porpoise sonar is >so sensitive it can distinguish between equal
> size objects of brass and >of steel. How about a porpoise trained to
> search the not so deep ocean >bottoms for gold/silver and another for
> meteorites? >Best, >Ken > > >James_TOM Knudson wrote: > > > Hello
> List, Someone from "down under", playfully, asked me about > >
> training falcons for an extra set of eyes while meteorite hunting. It
> > > would work great in an area void of terrestrial rocks. You could
> train > > them to look for meteorites, But, of course, they could not
> tell the > > difference between rocks and rocks from space. I would
> think it would > > be completely feasible to train a dog to sniff out
> fresh fusion > > crusts. On a witnesed fall a group of hounds could
> sniff out a strewn > > field in a fraction of the time a group of
> metal detecting meteorite > > hunters could. List, Please let me know
> your thoughts on this matter. > > Thanks, Tom > > > > > > > >
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