HH for relic/meteorites hunting.

[scfalconry]

Is the Hammerhead suitable for relic hunting and possibly finding meteorites?

After watching a TV program of a guy in Kansas searching the Brehnan <sp? debris field.... myself and a few co-workers want to tinker with dragging a coil in fields here in S.C. At first we were going to run a 30ft coil and get RICH! After researching things a bit more we have come back to reality but have decided we would still like to drag a coil around in fields and try to find atleast one meteorite of any size. (Marble to baseball) Also we are located in S.C. near cival war battlefields etc... so the possibility of running across historical relics has crossed our minds. All in all we just wanna have some adventure.

So my question is.... Can the "Hammerhead I" handle a coil that is 1+ meters in diameter and what size targets and depth might it be able to detect? I am an advanced class amateur radio operator, work as an automation electrical tech and also dabble in programming basic stamps and most recently I'm learning "C" so that I use the more powerful/faster AVR microcontrollers. I've already bought several programming and debug boards for the AVR stuff. It looks like uC's is the direction the latest hammerhead is going towards so if the HH1 project goes well for me... maybe I'll try the HH III next after I have a better handle on programming in "C".

Thanks,
Marty Hawkins - K4MLW - SCFalconry
S.Carolina U.S.A.

[Molzar]

Hi,

This has already been discussed.

http://www.geotech1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13060

Read all the forums, there is tons of info!

Good Luck,


Molzar

[scfalconry]

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So my question is.... Can the "Hammerhead I" handle a coil that is 1+ meters in diameter and what size targets and depth might it be able to detect?
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Thanks,
Marty Hawkins - K4MLW - SCFalconry
S.Carolina U.S.A.

Molzar,


Thank you for pointing me toward that thread. I was starting to think I had mad someone mad. (Lots of views but no replies)

I had previosly searched and found that thread from 2007. It discussed many things but never got into depths in actual dirt. As the newbie to the forum I thought it might be rude to open a 2 year old thread and post new comments to ask about expected depths. Rob in KS did give some measurements for detecting objects in the air.... but later in the post he had made some modifications and I was hoping would give some data for depths and targets in ground.

Given a few days to wonder about it on my own.... I've already started a spread sheet with DigiKey part #s to make my parts order and am about to etch my boards.... (I might wuss out and just order them from Carl) For no more than what it will take to build the HHI... I guess I can find out first hand... what depths per a variety of iron targets it will detect.

Thank you Molzar and all others in the forum... I have searched and found lots of valuable info in the forum... and that is only possible when quality forum members parcticipate and share. In turn ... I will also post my results when I am lucky enough to have some results to share. May be a few weeks... the project looks very fun!

Thanks again,

Marty