Talked to my detector dealer.

[Joel-Winnipeg]

I talked to my dealer yesterday and he said sold all his aces in a few days.
He said that meteorite than fell in Saskchewan a few weeks ago was where all the ACE's ended up at.
He could have sold may more if he had them.
Ideal detector to find those pieces of space rocks.
Big money for their retrieval .

 

[John-Edmonton]

That's a fact! When I first tested the meteorite with my Garretts, the Ace was one of the "BEST" for picking up a decent signal.

 

[khouse]

What size was the rock? Did it hit at iron?

 

[dahut]

How do you find a meteorite? Does it leave a big smoking hole? Is it glowing green when you walk up on it, or have a little sign sticking up that says, "Here lies a meteorite?"
How would you know one from your garden variety rock?

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

I haven't seen what the composition of the Sask drop .was.
I heard that it may have been from the asteroid belt which would be high in iron-nickel content.
I would think on a ACE it would register as iron nickel range and a magnet would be attracted to it.
Personally I have never detected one.
Perhaps John-Edmonton could elaborate more on this as he was giving samples as prizes at one time or other.
I Goggled (meteorite composition) and found 400,000 sites on this subject.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Well, the 3/4" piece of meteorite I have will read on the ACE 250 sniper coil or stock 6.5 x 9" coil between iron and nickel at 100% sensitivity. It read even better on my GTI 2500 sniper coil in true all metal, about 90% sensitivity. I also remember the Scorpion really liking meteorite too, and it has a TR mode to help to distinguishing hot rocks. Of course the Infinium likes these meteorite too, but that was expected, as it as all PI's love iron. I remember this summer using a much larger meteorite sample, and the Scorpion, ACE series and GTI 2500 seemed to give the best depth and hardest hit, all hitting around the iron to nickel range. Below is a video about some guys hunting meteorites in case you want some more information:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=oym8MrGAiUc&feature=related

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah most meteorites are high in nickel content.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

For one thing your detector would pick ip up whereas it wouldn't pick up an ordinary rock. There are a few guys who make a good living hunting meteorites.

Bill

 

[lazyaussie]

dahut i"v got some books on meteorites & hunting them & most don't leave craters & they are very cold or frozen when they first land only a Small layer of the meteorite gets hot for a few seconds from the decent.
a lot ( stony & glass ) don't have iron in them so a detector wont pick them up so some are hard to find.
the iron nickel & some stony ( with iron in them ) meteorites can be picked up by a detector i"m yet to try my ones with the ace250.
a good way to ID them is if you see a fusion crust witch is black or dark brown & small or large pitting mostly on one side.
i"m really interested in meteorites & will go hunting for one some time soon as i live 15 min from a known field i hope this info helped

 

[dahut]

It does help.

Im still a little fuzzy on how to "make a good living" by calling some rock a meteorite.... I mean they fall to the earth constantly. They certainly cannot be rare.
How you authenticate them is also confusing to me. Who certifies tht it is an authentic space rock?

Maybe I'm really just boggled by the fact that anyone would actually pay enough for them so that searching is financially rewarding.

 

[khouse]

David,
I watched a show on just that. Making a living hunting those rocks. It seems if you find a huge rock you simply sell it to private collectors or Universities to dissect. But it looks like most of the money comes from slicing 1/4 inch thick slabs. Then they polish them up, mount them and sell them for art/collectors items. Some look pretty cool back lit. I would like to find some..

 

[dahut]

n/t

 

[khouse]

It might have been the show - Cash and Treasures? I know it was some kind of show like that.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

I bought a small one to see how the Ace did on picking it up. No problem.

I heard that if you want a meteorite, just clean your house gutter.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

I bought a small one to see how the Ace did on picking it up. No problem.

I heard that if you want a meteorite, just clean your house gutter.

You are right on that one .Just past a small magnet in them and you may pick up tiny samples.
Personally know some one who's done it.

 

[Uncle Willy]

At one time my gutters were full of volcanic ash. Still got a jar full of it. Had a big plastic bag full but damned possums got into it and tore it up and scattered the ash everywhere. Then I caught up with the possum and scattered her everywhere.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

They aren't all that rare just rarely found.

Bill