Sorry Steve , Better luck next time. Couldn't make it to join the hunt today... had to work ( even being self employed didn't permit the time to do so). But Im going tomorrow. As far as the possibility of new finds, I found one individual on 6/3/03 ( 8 grams ) and one frag on 6/26/03 ( 7 grams ). Both were found in Crete. My last 5 or 6 times hunting yielded nothing . The last time , I hunted areas near Western Avenue in Park Forest just south of Rt. 30. I thought I would try areas that were hit by larger pieces than Steger and Crete. I also searched nearby the Garza and Phil Jones residences. I really didn't realize how close the two houses were to one another. Most of that area is residential, so that limits places to look. I met a guy named Bob Mathias back when it first fell . He was fortunate to find a 1.2 Kilo individual , that he found in the ground. To this day I still dont know where he found it. Nice guy, just a little too reserved. He sold that big one to the Field Museum. Not sure what he got for it , probably more than $ 10K. Ive tried the forest preserves. And for anyone planning on searching them , good luck , I could barely walk through them . They are very dense. Using a metal detector would probably be senseless too. I still know a few locals who have some fresh specimens, but they arent interested in selling them right now . However they were willing to tell me where they found them. I have searched those areas and come up with nothing. Well , who knows, I live about 45 minutes from Park Forest ....... maybe one day I'll stumble upon the main mass( if there is one out there). I know that persistence was the key to my last finds. And if they can be found 3 months after the fall, why not 6 or 9 months after.
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