setting up for meteorites....

[zander1013]

hi,

may i suggest a way to set up a Garrett discrimination pattern to look for meteorites?

meteorites are mostly nickle/Iron alloy thus a custom discrimination mode that notches out all but O+ to 3+ is most efficacious to locate meteorites without distractions to other targets.

if i am in an area with meteorites this is what i do.

i have found one item that i believe to be a meteorite. its authentication is pending until i can send it to a lab. but the lab has informed me that the item "could be a meteorite" based on these images.

-zander

 

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[Keppy]

hi,

may i suggest a way to set up a Garrett discrimination pattern to look for meteorites?

meteorites are mostly nickle/Iron alloy thus a custom discrimination mode that notches out all but O+ to 3+ is most efficacious to locate meteorites without distractions to other targets.

if i am in an area with meteorites this is what i do.

i have found one item that i believe to be a meteorite. its authentication is pending until i can send it to a lab. but the lab has informed me that the item "could be a meteorite" based on these images.

-zander

Yes sir it sure looks like a meteorite.. ..What state do you hunt in and what Garrett do you use?..........

 

[zander1013]

hi,

may i suggest a way to set up a Garrett discrimination pattern to look for meteorites?

meteorites are mostly nickle/Iron alloy thus a custom discrimination mode that notches out all but O+ to 3+ is most efficacious to locate meteorites without distractions to other targets.

if i am in an area with meteorites this is what i do.

i have found one item that i believe to be a meteorite. its authentication is pending until i can send it to a lab. but the lab has informed me that the item "could be a meteorite" based on these images.

-zander

Yes sir it sure looks like a meteorite.. ..What state do you hunt in and what Garrett do you use?..........

i found this item in southern nevada while using my garrett 2500 with 9in coil zero discrimination. she rings up 0+.

i was searching the abandon mining camps at the base of mt. potosi near las vegas. (the old lead mine.)

 

[Ramapirate]

Can you tell a meteorite from something that only looks like a meteorite? A year and a half or so ago I found what I thought to be one and took it to a local museum. They weren't sure and asked me to send it off. You have to pay like a couple a hundred bucks if you send them off. A strong magnet will stick to it, the outside looks like it has a "thumb print" on it. It's extremely heavy for it's size. It beaped nickel on the Ace 250 and I found it where there was no other metals in the ground that looked like it. I did not find it on a beach. It met all the criteria that was on the web page for telling if it's a meteorite or not. But it's not official until it's official.

Thanks,
Ramapirate

 

[gemhunter]

What kind of mining camp.
I found some material I thought was meteor up in the Yukon, but turned out to be slag left by miners.
If you find more & don't mind grinding the face this may be a quick ID.
Here's a couple of pages to check out before you spend lots of $$$$ for ID.

http://www.meteorites.com.au/found.html

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/meteorwrongs.htm

 

[zander1013]

What kind of mining camp.
I found some material I thought was meteor up in the Yukon, but turned out to be slag left by miners.
If you find more & don't mind grinding the face this may be a quick ID.
Here's a couple of pages to check out before you spend lots of $$$$ for ID.

http://www.meteorites.com.au/found.html

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/meteorwrongs.htm

you may be correct i have not sent it to a lab yet.

 

[zander1013]

Can you tell a meteorite from something that only looks like a meteorite? A year and a half or so ago I found what I thought to be one and took it to a local museum. They weren't sure and asked me to send it off. You have to pay like a couple a hundred bucks if you send them off. A strong magnet will stick to it, the outside looks like it has a "thumb print" on it. It's extremely heavy for it's size. It beaped nickel on the Ace 250 and I found it where there was no other metals in the ground that looked like it. I did not find it on a beach. It met all the criteria that was on the web page for telling if it's a meteorite or not. But it's not official until it's official.

Thanks,
Ramapirate

i have a couple of meteorites that i have purchased. they ring up in the area that i mentioned on my 2500. 0+ to 3.