> We are all awaiting the hand units for the field - real time data - yes
> collect this one!
> It would be nice.  They have XRF machines for metals - it blasts the
> metal and reads back
> the backscatter under the hand unit - and describes the percentage of
> elements.  Maybe
> one of these days small units for boat trips and fields and streams. :-)


It should also give lat/long, gridreferences in variuos grids,
altitude, temperature, humidity and have an ultrasonic scanner to
display an image of fossils inside rocks...

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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut

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