[meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil

From: countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:28:30 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <14098149.1282681711224.JavaMail.root_at_wamui-june.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

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 loupe it. If it was obviously not a w
rong, 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." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
>Sent: Aug 24, 2010 1:10 PM
>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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