The article was written in 1965 and I would expect there has been some improvement in metal detectors since then, especially the ones designed specifically to find gold nuggets. I think the bigger problem would be garbage on the salt flats, bullet shells etc. ---------- From: Larry Frisk Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 12:10 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Meteorites on the Salt Flats Thanks for the link Paul. I was a bit disappointed at by the statement that a metal detector is not an effective tool to use because that was what I had planned to use. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Witte" <questort@attbi.com> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:45 PM Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Re: Meteorites on the Salt Flats I was just curious if anyone else had read this article. It looks like it includes a couple tips that could make another hunt more successful: http://bolidechaser.tripod.com/lucerne/drylakes.htm _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy