Using magnetic locator to hunt for meteorite remnants

[newtocoinhunting]

I have an opportunity to use a magnetic locator to hunt a field for meteorite fragments, has anyone had any luck using a magnetic locator for such a purpose? It will only respond to iron/steel material and it has a maximum depth rating from 7'-8' up to 15':

 

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[bakergeol]

As a small magnetometer user(I use it with my PI for iron id) I wanted to point out that a lot of earth iron rich rocks of significant size will also be detected by any utility locator which of course is a magnetometer. I have a magnetite specimen (fist sized detected with a metal detector) that will be detected at 20". So "hot rocks" that are detected by a metal detector will also be detected by a mag.

Have fun on your meteorite quest. I bet it will be a lot of work covering a large field with a utiltiy magnetometer. Sort of like covering a large field with a stick.

Keep us posted
George