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« on: March 14, 2011, 06:57:35 pm »
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I have a basic detector in the $300-$500 range.  Would this be adequate for metorite detecting or does it take more advanced, deeper scanners?  Can you hunt anywhere for meteorites or are there specific areas to target?  Any other advice would be appreciated.

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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 09:43:58 pm »
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I have a basic detector in the $300-$500 range.  Would this be adequate for metorite detecting or does it take more advanced, deeper scanners?  Can you hunt anywhere for meteorites or are there specific areas to target?  Any other advice would be appreciated.


Yes, your detector would be adequate unless you're only interested in deeply buried behemoths.   And, yes, you can hunt anywhere for meteorites.....since they have an exterrestial origin and since the earth spends on its axis once a day, every part of the earth has roughly the same statistical chance of being hit by a meteorite.   That been said, hunting known strewn fields increases your odds of finding a meteorite just as hunting known gold producing or fossil producing areas increases your odds of finding something worth taking home.

There is a wealth of information on this subject already posted to this particular board.  If this is an area of interest to you, you should spend some time reading some of the previous posts......all sorts of info here including tips on telling meterorites from "meteorwrongs" and links to sites by the experts.

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« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2011, 11:25:30 am »
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Very interesting  i saw on the internet that two guys  finding the meteorite with the paragliding actionated by a motor.They look for crater produce by the meteorite.

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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 06:31:43 pm »
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I don,t know much about meteorites but some contain a lot of iron and nickle so should be able to be found with mostly any detector. I  would recomend a P.I. unit with a fairly large coil for deep seeking as they may be quite deepl btw there is a tv program called meteorite men some good info.                    ronsleep.

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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2011, 04:06:23 pm »
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hey, I'm a geology student, if you wish i can send you some of my notes on meteorites.  not much, but they are interesting.  They include the types, some of the special words, origins, and stuff about shock metamorphism.  (I'm new to meteorite hunting too).
I'm sure you can find all this online, but i thought I'd be helpful!

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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2011, 12:17:58 pm »
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I would strongly suggest Geoff Notkin's new book: "Meteorite Hunting: How to Find Treasure from Space"

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