Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson Meteorite Hunt

[Bill Mason III]

Perhaps I can help,     The land you would like to search on for the Santa Rita meteorites belongs to a friend of mine. Perhaps an arrangement could be made with him to visit the site on a one time only basis and share any finds you all would make with him on a pre-contractional basis.    The only problem is honesty which was violated by a meteorite collector in the past who came back with family members to search this mans land with out permission.     Bill Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: Az Keith's To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Tucson Meteorite Hunt Hello List   I Propose a Tucson Meteorite Hunt around the time of the Tucson show, It's one of the Greatest American Meteorite, the Tucson Ring, with a missing strewn field? I hunted last year before the Meteorite Birthday Boy's party, My Friend and I had a great time walking around the desert.   I don't believe only 2 large pieces are all there is, 1,513 and  633 pounds, I do believe it's a very old fall, Mid to Late Pleistocene Fall.   The original finder a Blacksmith who used it as a anvil, told others it was native iron from a canyon called Puerto de los Muchachos in the Santa Rita Mountains. I believe he hunting for Hematite for making raw iron and came upon it. There's hematite in a only few of the washes around the west side Santa Rita Mountains. I believe it can be found on the bottom of washes or eroding from the side of Pleistocene deposit. Not on or near the surface or on the top's of the mesa's. There one Big catch, Most of the land is state land, If you find it on state land, you must let it be, you can notify ASU, They can recover it, Maybe cut you in on a piece. Anyway its a nice day in the desert, only 1/2 hour from the Tucson Show and civilization. Anyone interested. Thanks and my Best to all. Keith Vazquez Chandler, Arizona