grumpyolman
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Channel there's an hour program about two guys who hunt meteorites. It's called Meteor Men. They have built a couple of LARGE detector coils and search acres of land with it pulling it behind an ATV. It's supposed to reach depths up to 10'. It was really fun to watch. They grid a field and drag the coil, made out of pvc, and stop and investigate a signal when they get one. They dig their finds with a backhoe, not kidding, and sometimes have to lift the meteor out of the ground with the bucket. I saw them recover 2 meteors that were in the 130 pound range...and a 50 gallon drum that was about 4' down. I don't know the real value but they claim it's more valuable than gold. It was interesting that they took the meteors to the University of Arizona and that they always donate a portion of each meteor they find to the University for research. They had a 50-50 split set up with the farmer who owned the field. Like in our hobby, they did their research before the went hunting. It looks like it's paid off for them. Entertaining and educational.
It can't be any more secretive than the prospectors and cache hunters. Wonder why we never read about it on this forum. Looked like they were using Minelab and Fisher detectors when they got closer to the target that their home built generaly located. They even had a 3' coil that they operated by having a guy on each side lifting it off the ground and then moving in synch to pinpoint the target. Jim
It can't be any more secretive than the prospectors and cache hunters. Wonder why we never read about it on this forum. Looked like they were using Minelab and Fisher detectors when they got closer to the target that their home built generaly located. They even had a 3' coil that they operated by having a guy on each side lifting it off the ground and then moving in synch to pinpoint the target. Jim