[meteorite-list] OK -So, What, Where, When and How?

[Gary K. Foote]

Me?  LEO?  Not a chance.  Just a newbie with a direct nature.  Thanks for all you 
offered.  It'll help me avoid a lot of mis-steps.

It's sad that such a scientific endeavor has to follow so many rules in the pursuit of 
knowledge.  Must be the dealer mentality.  I'm just a new 'collector' interested in 
avoiding reinventing the wheel.

Here's a pic of me with some friends.  I'm next to last from the left with the grey 
beard.  That's my wife CJ just to my left.  Tell me if I look like LEO to you :)

http://www.newenglandbikers.com/images/brothers-in-bristol.jpg

Best,

Gary

On 18 Dec 2005 at 18:33, dfreeman wrote:

> Dear List;
> What the heck, I'll give it a try!
> Best spots to find a new find is where there are no or very few 
> terrestrial rocks now on the surface. Try areas of sand dunes, farm 
> fields of Kansas (where there aren't many earth rocks on the surface. 
>  Areas of erosion surfaces are best in any areas as depositional areas 
> will bury your potential finds even deeper.
> Best strewnfields....Franconia, Gold basin come to mind first.
> I like my GM-3 Whites but there are a number of pretty good models. 
>  Prerequisite, spend more than $200, do not waste money on Radioshack 
> junk.  Magnets are nice if mounted on a stick. One can touch the 
> suspected meteorite while it is on the ground instead of picking up 
> millions of pieces of meteorwrongs. Always take a second look at all 
> rocks with the appearance of fusion crust even if they aren't magnetic 
> (Yahoo! Dave uses old knowledge to properly use the term magnetic).  My 
> favorite tool are my eyes. I can see much more easily than I can swing a 
> detector all day. I can cover 20 times the area in this method. I am 
> speaking of cold hunting, not the middle of an active strewnfield here.
> Any techniques I have invented are soon to be patented, sorry.
> Avoid at all costs....hunting on private property with out permission of 
> the owner. Court costs, bail, forfiture of any found meteorites and 
> possibly loosing your vehichle and equiptment come to mind.  That and 
> lead poisoning.
> 
> By asking so many questions, are you an officer of the law, or a 
> government official??????
> It might be more helpful for you to read the list archives rather than 
> play 40 questions maybe.....
> DF
> 
> Gary K. Foote wrote:
> 
> >This might be a silly batch of questions regarding meteorite hunting.   Y'all might feel
> >proprietary about your personal hunting grounds, methods, etc.,  and I'll understand if
> >you do.  But here goes...
> >
> >1.) Where would you go to seek out new finds in the USA?  Or where would you consider the
> > best known and most productive strewn fields? [Details on how too]
> >
> >2.) What is your favorite metal detector and how do you prefer it's settings?
> >
> >3.) Do you find the use of rare earth magnets helpful as a hunting tool [not a post-find
> >test tool]?
> >
> >4.) Have you invented any techniques you want to share?
> >
> >5.) What would you avoid doing at all costs?
> >
> >Sorry, I love to stir the pot a bit.  
> >
> >Gary
> >
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