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Metal Detecting for Meteorites: A Treasure Hunter’s Guide to Finding Space Rocks

Leave a Comment / Hobby, Metal Detecting Logistics, Operating Metal Detectors, Relic Hunting / Paul Edgerton

What Makes These Space Rocks So Special? Look, I’m no scientist—just a guy with a metal detector and too much free time—but there’s something almost spiritual about holding a meteorite. You’re touching something older than Earth itself. This chunk of nickel and iron has been floating around in space for 4.5 BILLION years before it […]

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Metal Detecting for Meteorites: 5 Proven Tests to Authenticate Your Finds

Leave a Comment / Hobby, Metal Detecting Logistics, Operating Metal Detectors / Paul Edgerton

What Are Meteorites, Anyway? I’ve been hunting meteorites for nearly a decade now, and people always ask me the same question at gem shows: what exactly makes a meteorite special? Simply put, they’re visitors from space—rocks that survived the fiery plunge through our atmosphere. But unlike the boring granite in your driveway, most meteorites are

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Metal detecting for meteorites

Metal Detecting Technique, Relic Hunting / Paul Edgerton

Meteorites Treasures are falling from the sky. A natural object originating in outer space that survives the impact with the earth’s surface is called a meteorite. Most meteoroids burn up when entering the Earth’s atmosphere. However, it has been estimated that over 500 meteorites do reach the surface each year and they will range in

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