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Asteroids....
chrischch  
Posted : Sunday, 25 December 2011 12:01:18 PM(UTC)
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After seeing that program on the asteroid hunters and their cool metal detectors/methods etc, I was wondering if anyone had found one in N.Z.?
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Posted : Sunday, 25 December 2011 12:14:05 PM(UTC)
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Ohhh I just googled and found that only 9 have ever been found here in N.Z.
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Posted : Sunday, 25 December 2011 12:23:38 PM(UTC)
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There's a couple in the Museum, IIRC. I was busy radiating my testicles with the Buller uranium sample and wondering why I forgot it was there and hence didn't take my radiation detector in to test it out.
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Posted : Sunday, 25 December 2011 4:42:06 PM(UTC)
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Do you mean Asteroids or Meteorites?
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Posted : Monday, 26 December 2011 6:16:32 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Lammerlaw Go to Quoted Post
Do you mean Asteroids or Meteorites?


I meant Meteorites....I got confused as my son said the program was called Asteroid Men or something. Knowing how much attention he pays, I assume it was Meteorite Men
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Posted : Tuesday, 27 December 2011 2:35:36 PM(UTC)
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Its a great show. Metal detectors are used to find meteorites. (as an asteroid would not be so hard to find...). They tow giant coils around the desert with a four wheel drive. The coils are made of pvc pipe and wire.

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