[meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil

From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:32:02 -0700
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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.


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.




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> From: parkforestmet at hotmail.com
> To: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:28 -0500
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil
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> 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
>
>
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> > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:28:30 -0400
> > From: countdeiro at earthlink.net
> > To: ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com; Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > 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: 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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