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creamer		Posted : Tuesday, 16 October 2012 8:24:21 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Steve and Jason, meteorite men. A very cool show. Was back on last night and always top viewing. Steve and Jason sure no what there doing and last show found a substantial size meteorite, looked like a couple of hundred pounds. Cool job, cruising the world lookin for rocks using giant detector coils. .
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creamer		Posted : Thursday, 1 November 2012 7:33:25 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 19/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,022 Location: Bay of Islands Thanks: 2289 times Was thanked: 525 time(s) in 391 post(s)		Thankyou for your thankyou. I got a TY so i will keep this thread alive. Hard to believe the o replies after that last screwup got 11 days, 93 replies and 3,041 views. To be honest we were gettin off on it, he he he. O replies means nothin, back to the story. Did you see the last episode of meteorite men. It just gets cooler and cooler. The detectors they come up with/or build are just amazing. Last time they were using a, hang on i get me info; An Ironometer. Looks like a steel pole that reads approx 15m under. A PM 30 (cant remember) something bla bla bomb detecting machine, goes real deep. A GPR, ground positionining radar that goes approx 15m under. Looking forward to their next show. .
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gogold		Posted : Thursday, 1 November 2012 7:38:32 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 217 Location: gore Thanks: 4 times Was thanked: 56 time(s) in 45 post(s)		seen the show for the 1st time the other night. Kinda boring for my liking but they do seem to have a range of gear they use, mint as argo thing they have there. Looks bloody hot out there in the desert think id rather be in a river lol

oroplata		Posted : Thursday, 1 November 2012 8:15:20 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Originally Posted by: creamer An Ironometer. Looks like a steel pole that reads approx 15m under. Magnetomoter. Or more likely a gradiometer. The pole would be plastic, a steel one would interfere with measurements. Displays the difference in magnetic flux between a sensitive detector at the bottom of the tube and another one up closer to the electronics box on top. You can see them being used on Time Team, to do magnetic survey maps. Like I said before, I have 2 of these... http://deepers.com/English/Mag505.eng.html ... in case someone wants to go hunting for buried WWII jeeps or tanks.
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