Meteor hunting

[The captain]

What type of areas would I search for Meteors? I have a DFX and am wondering on the correct setting for picking up such a single.

Thanks

 

[treasurehunter505]

good luck but i havent found one in over 20 years of th'ing.

 

[treasureace14]

meteors from space?do those even pick up metal?

 

[treasurehunter505]

yeah people use md's to find them so yeah but their hard to impossible to find.

 

[treasureace14]

o were do u look?

 

[treasurehunter505]

I dont know, ive never tried to find them but ive know people who only hunt them and nothing else . They hunt farms mostly.

 

[treasureace14]

o would an ace 250 do it?

 

[treasurehunter505]

i dont know but they use whites dfx. you could try but like i said their hard to find.

 

[Born Free]

Most meteorites do not have metal in them. I don't know the reading to expect for ones that do.

 

[treasurehunter505]

yeah most of them just look like weird rocks but some do have metal.

 

[N.J.THer]

It is rare that you would randomly find a meteor while hunting but there are places where they are consentrated where they are easier to find. I don't live by any of them so I really did not pay attention to their exact location but I looked it up for you:

Location Information


Glorietta Mountain in New Mexico; 15 miles southeast of Santa Fe, off Highway 25. (GPS: Latitude: 35 34 59.81N ; Longitude: 105 46 11.66 W)
Brenham Township, Kansas (GPS: Latitude: 37 37 12.61 N; Longitude: 99 06 21.33 W)

Try this link for more information: http://travel.discovery.com/tv/cash-treasures/toolkit/meteorites.html

Good luck,

NJ

 

[SoCalJohn]

The best place to hunt right now is in Arizona. The Franconia Strewn Field is about 25 miles East of the Colorado River off of Interstate 40. Here are a few photos of some pieces I have found. Do some Google research and have a blast. There are still pieces out there for the taking. All of what you see in the photos were found with a Minelab GP3000. You can find it with a VLF also. Happy Hunting, John

 

[incajoe]

Most meteorites do not have metal in them. I don't know the reading to expect for ones that do.

Actually I'm pretty positive that most meteorites (not all) do have iron content and thus would be findable with a metal detector.

 

[WindHarvester]

Try this link to the meteorite section of Tnet.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/board,27.0.html

Lonnie

 

[Silverseeker]

There was some discussion on this topic a few years ago. Let's see if my memory serves me well enough to help you a little. From what I recall, meteors have Iron and nickel in them. And just like the pics above have a melted surface area. Many of the ones found have rust deposits on the outside as well.

If I remember right, you will get a nickel reading on your detector. But there will also be a slight attraction to a magnet when hung on a string. The only reason I remember this is I thought I found one once and researched it a bit.

Good luck with your hunt. Just be sure that if you find a good one, it's on private property. (wink) You don't want the government taking it away from you.

 

[cival war hunter 2 !]

I fond a rock with all kinds of holes in it i fond it at a park here in WV.