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 <stanleygr...@hotmail.com> >Sent: Aug 24, 2010 7:32 PM >To: parkforest...@hotmail.com, countde...@earthlink.net >Cc: meteorite-list@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. > > >http://www.mountainside-medical.com/products/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: parkforest...@hotmail.com >> To: countde...@earthlink.net >> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:28 -0500 >> 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 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@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. 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