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I would like to thank the following people for their efforts in helping me through this endeavor: Dr. Michael Barton who advised me through this, as well as many other aspects of m y education Dr. Jeff Daniels who presented me with this topic Dr. Hal Noltimier who bestowcd his knowledge of'ficld surveying unto me and granted me the use of his magnetometer Timothy Schmeckle for his invaluable field assistance Mohammad Azgarzadeh for his help generating maps. A study has been conducted to exami~le the effect a near one-dimensional rod-like ferromagnetic object oriented accurately in the z-direction (perpendicular to the surface of the Earth) had on the total magnetic field of its surrounding arca. 'I'hc total induced field was measured using a proton recession magnetometer..l'hc data collcctcd was usccl to generate maps showing the magnetic signature o f the object. 'l'he amount of ' iron in the object was quantified, as to provide some guideline to the level ol'interf'crencc one can expect when taking magnetic data mar above ground magnetically susceptible ob.jects