fredmason Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Well, thanks to the GPZ and Roger D I had a fairly successful trip to Bill's Outing at Gold basin...This is my 6th trip with the 7000 and I have found gold every trip...I hope this never ends!!! The rock to the left of the gold fooled me until I cleaned it up...it is the best Wrong I never wanted to find. fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 How is Roger doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 So Fred, how does the GPZ do on the meteorites? Any special tuning needed or do they just act like a steel target? Any tendency to ground balance out? Great finds! I have yet to find a meteorite that I know of. I am fairly certain I may have found some in the past and just tossed them as hot rocks but I pay more attention these days. I keep thinking I will go look for some but the search for gold keeps getting in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normmcq Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 WTG Fred! Nice finds Norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Nice shooting Fred !. you have become one with the detector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerrj Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Here is a link to the one and only Meteorite I've ever found. Almost tossed it since I was detecting for gold and didn't know any better at the time. Fortunately, the wife was smarter than I and we held onto it until it could be examined by a Museum. Turned out to be the real deal. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=30451 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Here is a link to the one and only Meteorite I've ever found. Almost tossed it since I was detecting for gold and didn't know any better at the time. Fortunately, the wife was smarter than I and we held onto it until it could be examined by a Museum. Turned out to be the real deal. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=30451 "This is 1 of 88 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names)" WOW, now that is way cool! I have got to go find one now like that and get officially listed. Congrats, that is really great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Thanks, guys. Steve, these chrondrites give a strong signal on the surface a more muted signal at depth...as one might expect. The signal on smaller or deeper meteorites is very similar to a nugget. I presume that is because of the nickel/iron free metal. An iron meteorite would sound like a bolt or nut or a freight train if it was big... The one chrondrite I found in Oz sounded like a big nugget; but, it was a big surprise as I had looked for a wild meteorite (unknown fall) for many years. The meteorite wrong sounded and acted just like the gold basins...one can be fooled if not cautious. Lunar, non-chrondrites and planetary meteorites are beyond my experience...The ones I have seen would look and probably act like a hot or cold rock...maybe I will find one someday. fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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