[meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil

From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:33:05 -0700
Message-ID: <SNT117-W41213F8D2C870FDAC462C9D2830_at_phx.gbl>

List:

Also one more quick point:
For fresh falls - I never use a magnet cane or metal detector, and use my eyes 100%.

Greg S.

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> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:10:10 -0700
> From: ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> 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
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