Ask Slashdot: What Gadgets Would You Use For Hunting Meteorites?

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 25, 2011 @10:13AM from the can't-beat-a-trusty-tricorder dept.

DrPeper writes "I may have an opportunity to assist a pair of renowned meteorite hunters (yes, the ones on the Science Channel). Being the MacGyver-type everywhere I've worked and a consummate geek, I thought I would pose a question to the Slashdot community. If you were to go meteorite hunting, what gadgets would you use? I've already thought of using a UAV with a radio gradiometer, or attaching a coil to a quadrocopter, blimp, or terrestrial robot. (The point of which would be to have it automatically produce a gradient map of the density of ferrous metals in a given area.) Any other crazy ideas out there?"

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What gadget? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-25 10:15 · Score: 3, Funny

A gun.
A few odds and ends... by nebaz · 2011-03-25 10:23 · Score: 3, Funny

Two pounds of semtex, an egg timer, radiation suit, 3 rolls of duct tape, and NO QUESTIONS ASKED. I'm sorry, what were we looking for again?

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look to history by Jeek+Elemental · 2011-03-25 10:24 · Score: 4, Funny

dressing up as a dinosaur should do the trick