meteorite tip and ?

[tommyd]

i read this tip on a meteorite site. they said that if you take a piece of bathroom tile and use the dull backside you can identify a meteor if when rubbed across it - it doesnt leave a scratch. anybody ever hear of that ?
also what does your metal detector usually read when you have found a meteor ?
i have the garrett ace 250 which should be great for finding meteors.
i have found all my fragments with a huge stick magnet. just have to identify them before posting.
any help would be most appreciated.

 

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[beniy]

some pics would be helpful...Im not an expert but I know a little....a pic would b great I am also planing on buying an ACE 250 for meteorite hunting, but the opinions difer...Ben

 

[Texas_Meteorite_Hunter]

The scratch test is an OK test. Mainly its used to rule out Hematite.

However, put a magnet on a string and bring it close to the rock. Meteorites are ferrous and the magnet will go to it. If non-magnetic, then 95% sure its non-meteoritic.

 

[tommyd]

well sorry i abandoned after the post.
this trick worked great and i was amazed at how accurate it really was.
after scouring most of the spring i found out i had no meteorites but
tons of magnetic rocks. it really didnt matter though cuz it put me out
into the woods and fresh air with my kid and thats where i belong.
also learned more about meteorites since then.
thanks for the comeback

peace tommyd

 

[paseclipse]

Scratching your "meteorite" on a tile just esablishes it's hardness. Do an internet search and you can probably find how to identify a meteorite. I saw a post somewhere in this forum that had links to meteorite identification.

I hate to tell you guys this but a Garrett Ace 250 probably isn't a good meteorite hunting machine. If you try to turn that machine on out in the fields it probably won't handle the mineralized ground very good. A little while back I found a 70 gram chondrite that a coin machine couldn't pick up, it's like the meteorite wasn't there at all. I believe it's because coin machines have a lower frequency than gold hunting machines.

The best machines for hunting meteorites are a Fisher Gold bug II, White's GMT, or any of the Minelab PI's.

 

[tommyd]

um no i scratched my supposed "meteorites" on the porcelain idols backside to rule them out as such.
before i went and told people that i did in fact have a pocket full of meteorites.
thanks for the tip ~ i dont plan on going hunting for meteorites exclusively with my ace 250.