[meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:51:46 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=-oRzTd07B4DOnDq3q5CuGS7fAJUzt50qCHwX9_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Count, Greg and List,

Rare earth magnets are manufactured by the Chinese in a wide variety
of shapes and sizes, including some flat discs that would fit very
fell on the bottom of a shoe or inside the shoe under the insole. ;)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 8/24/10, countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Thanks, Greg
>
> Very cool. You can hide it from the big bad BLM nazis. I carry a telescoping
> magnetic mechanic's part recovery wand to which I taped the exact same
> diameter neomydium on the end. Carry it concealed, like my sidearm,
> everywhere.
>
> Guido
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
>>Sent: Aug 24, 2010 7:32 PM
>>To: parkforestmet at hotmail.com, countdeiro at earthlink.net
>>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>> > 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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