[meteorite-list] FW: Magnet canes are evil
From: Dennis Miller <astroroks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:08:13 -0500 Message-ID: <BAY152-w18BFCE979F0E66A692502EB1830_at_phx.gbl> > My modified ski pole (with Magnet) is more a walking stick and snake flipper! > I have a question, Has anyone ever found small tektites around the Holbrook? > I know if there were, that they were not the result of the Holbrook splatter. > While there Sunday, I found what is either an egg shaped (5/8") obsidian ball > or a tektite of sort. Light will pass through it but it has an unusual textured > skin. I have seen a lot of Apache tears (obsidian orbs) but none like this little > guy. > Carrying a big stick at all times. > Dennis Miller > > > > 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 > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Tue 24 Aug 2010 06:08:13 PM PDT |
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