Hello Norm and list, a few things need to be mentioned in this case. I live 40 miles as the hawk flies from Gold Basin, and our weather is for all practical purposes, the same. So meteorites have a good chance of surviving. Our deserts are littered with 50 caliber slugs from WW-2, so things don't get covered up very fast around here. Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier <>< The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 ----- Original Message ----- From: N Lehrman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tom aka James Knudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; meteorite-list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cold hunting?
> Tom & list, > > I've always liked the sound of this quote (the original formulation was > Nininger's---), but I think it may be subject to a couple of qualifiers > relating to preservation and exposure. > > As an exploration geologist, I spend at least 15-20 long days every month > wandering the alluvial fans and dry lakes of Nevada searching for > mineralized float (and, unofficially, meteorites!). Some of the remote dry > lakes are almost certainly unsearched, and can cover many square miles. > Putting along on my ATV, I can give a reasonably large area a pretty decent > search. After several years of this, still NO cold finds. > > I think the point may be that there's a pretty good chance that stones have > at some point fallen on most any square mile of earth's surface. However, > in most areas, survival times are short. In many areas, erosion has erased > the record. In other areas, deposition has buried every trace. > > From the cosmic perspective, every square mile is created equal, but for us > grunts on the ground, that's far from the case. Some square miles are just > right. Most are not. > > These are the ruminations of a fevered brain stumbling across the burning > alkali flats, so take it with a grain of salt. I'm very curious to hear > what others (Robert V.?) have to say on this. > > Cheers > > Norm Lehrman > ( http://TektiteSource.com ) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "meteorite-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:46 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Cold hunting? > > > > Hello List, Two years ago today, Bernd pauli posted " [meteorite-list] > > Arizona Meteorite Hunters." It quoted Twink Monrad as saying; > > > > "I firmly believe that if a person were to go over any > > square mile, time after time, anywhere in the world, they'd also > > eventually find meteorites," > > > > How many list members agree with this statement? From what I have read, I > > have always believed it. There is a one mile square field near my house > that > > is pretty well left alone. I have hunted it many times, both with my hawk > > and metal detector. I have not found anything yet with the detector, but > had > > plenty of success on rabbits with my hawk. If the above statement is > true, > > I figure I will find something eventually, I hope. I have learned that > > hunting one square mile is not an easy task. Any suggestions on hunting a > > cold area this big? Should you use a detector? > > Thanks, Tom > > Peregrineflier <>< > > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
