Another great aspect of metal detecting is hunting for meteorites. Meteorites can be very valuable. Again research is your friend in finding where recorded meteorite falls are located and also the strewn fields caused by them. Meteorites are made of nickel-iron, nickel-iron and stone, or just stone. Of course your metal detector will sense the ferrous meteorites but not stone types. Another simple but good tool is a quality magnet, if the meteorite is ferrous then the magnet will stick to it. Also knowing what they look like helps a great deal. I would recommend Robert Haag's book on meteorites because it has a wealth of pictures to help compare your possible meteorite find to. I recommend a website called www.skyrockcafe.com for getting help from fellow hunters. This is an excellent website to learn about meteorites, so be sure to check it out. So spacerocks are out there, do you have what it takes to find them? If not call me and I will help you out. Ok good hunting and as always be safe out there.
John Tomlinson,CET
John's Detectors
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