Anyone hunt meteorites with the EXP II? I have one with sunray probe and 18" Excelerator II coil. Have been out a couple times no meteorites yet. I have been finding bullets and small pieces of lead from bullets striking rocks. ran in to some hot rocks. Any suggestion as to settings? I have been running iron mask -16. Anything would be helpfull.
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Meteorites with the Exp II
- Thread starter RedRockNv
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Mike (Virginia Beach)
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Have you tried swinging your coil over a meteorite? 
Seriously, I would think IM -16 would be a given, like if you were looking for cannon balls. The problem is that (it would seem to me) there are a hell of a lot more coins, bullets, and trash targets around than there are meteorites and the chance of swinging over one of them AND digging it would probably be astronomically (pun intended!) slim. I sure would like to see how one would register though. Seeing as how you never know what metals would be in there, how big it would be, or how much oxidation there may be. It might drive your machine nuts, come up as overload, or be one of those nice coin signals that no matter how deep you dig you never get to it.
I guess those can be worth a bunch of money too, huh?
Seriously, I would think IM -16 would be a given, like if you were looking for cannon balls. The problem is that (it would seem to me) there are a hell of a lot more coins, bullets, and trash targets around than there are meteorites and the chance of swinging over one of them AND digging it would probably be astronomically (pun intended!) slim. I sure would like to see how one would register though. Seeing as how you never know what metals would be in there, how big it would be, or how much oxidation there may be. It might drive your machine nuts, come up as overload, or be one of those nice coin signals that no matter how deep you dig you never get to it.
I guess those can be worth a bunch of money too, huh?
Getting my coil over one seems to be the problem. There are different types iron, stony/iron and stone. They get a covering of fusion crust from entry in to our atmosphere which would make them stick out like a sore thumb against most rocks. There in is the problem. Out here in the desert rocks exposed to the sun get what is called desert varnish. I have driven through areas where all the rocks are the same blackish color. I could look for coins but that is like shooting fish in a barrel now meteorites can hide pretty good.
Mike (Virginia Beach)
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>>> meteorites can hide pretty good <<<
Heh...they've been hiding REAL good from me for years!
Heh...they've been hiding REAL good from me for years!
I'm going to assume that you are hunting the Gold Basin Meteorite field in Arizona ?
Running in iron mask is fine, run it wide open. However, you should actually have a meteorite to wave the machine over to make sure your detector will in fact see a meteorite.
If you are in Las Vegas, drop by and we can wave the Explorer over a couple and see where it hits.
Gold Basin has been pounded pretty darn good, so you may just not have gotten over a meteorite yet.
take care!
DOC
Running in iron mask is fine, run it wide open. However, you should actually have a meteorite to wave the machine over to make sure your detector will in fact see a meteorite.
If you are in Las Vegas, drop by and we can wave the Explorer over a couple and see where it hits.
Gold Basin has been pounded pretty darn good, so you may just not have gotten over a meteorite yet.
take care!
DOC
Hi,
I'm not sure where I need to post this. I'm just learning about metal detectors. I want to look for meteorites but I don't know what type of detector I need and not break the bank. I do a lot of hiking in Las vegas and Utah. I'm not sure if these are even the right questions to ask?
Thanks, Jeff
I'm not sure where I need to post this. I'm just learning about metal detectors. I want to look for meteorites but I don't know what type of detector I need and not break the bank. I do a lot of hiking in Las vegas and Utah. I'm not sure if these are even the right questions to ask?
Thanks, Jeff
Hi,
I'm not sure where I need to post this. I'm just learning about metal detectors. I want to look for meteorites but I don't know what type of detector I need and not break the bank. I do a lot of hiking in Las vegas and Utah. I'm not sure if these are even the right questions to ask?
Thanks, Jeff
I'm not sure where I need to post this. I'm just learning about metal detectors. I want to look for meteorites but I don't know what type of detector I need and not break the bank. I do a lot of hiking in Las vegas and Utah. I'm not sure if these are even the right questions to ask?
Thanks, Jeff