Bill and List, Thats a serious piece of equipment. Put little plates on the feet to spread the load so you don't sink in and a nice mag on the end of the cane.. And...I almost forgot...most of the "real" hunters would paint it camo.
Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: bill kies <parkforest...@hotmail.com> >Sent: Aug 24, 2010 5:00 PM >To: countde...@earthlink.net >Cc: meteorite-list@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: countde...@earthlink.net >> To: robert.d.mat...@saic.com; Meteorite-list@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 l oup >> 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@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@meteoritecentral.com >> >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
