[meteorite-list] signals from metal detectors

From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:09 -0400
Message-ID: <012101c77992$68279880$6402a8c0_at_Dell>

Thanks Michael. What detector do you use?
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 11:26 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] signals from metal detectors


> Hollo List!
> I like most that have hunted for meteorites have also used a metal
> detector from time-to-time. I still don't know for sure if I was
> successful finding my first iron met with it. The jury is still out
> on that one. However, I once visited with a well-known collector who
> brought 'round several stones for some of us to look over. One of
> which was a piece of Allende CV3.2 Carbonaceous Chondrite. I will
> probably never forget the night I got to hold that stone in my
> hands. Talk about thrilled. Anyway, while the kind gentleman was
> there showing us his Meteorites, I asked him if I could run the
> Allende over the coil of my Gold Bug. He said sure and so I did. I
> discovered a very distinct tone when doing so. Something I had not
> heard before using that detector. I'm quite good with the detector
> and can easily tell the difference between a penny and a dime. By
> that I am not bragging but simply stating that I know the tones it
> gives for different things, (most things that is). The signal that I
> heard as the Allende went over the coil is one that I will listen for
> from now on. Very much all its own.
>
> My experience with the detector and other meteorites is, with the
> exception of the little micros (suspect stones) I have, virtually
> nothing. So here is the gist of this email: What can some of you
> other detector hunters tell me about how meteorites sound off on your
> detectors? (Not the irons or stony irons of course).
>
> Michael Murray
> nom de plume - Rockbiter
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