Sonny, Waaaaaaay to go!!!
Regards, Norm (http://TektiteSource.com --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > After spending about two hours of hunting I found > a 34 gram fragment > from an old weathered chondrite. The magnet jumped > to it like a piece > of steel. I spent about an hour walking around > looking for the rest of > the meteorite. From the looks of the fragment and > surface that I was > hunting it could not be too far. I decided to try > the metal detector on > the fragment, it was a real loud signal. Within > minutes I found 4 more > pieces 34,17,135 grams. All of the fragments were > buried a couple > inches deep. I had a loud signal about 6' from the > first target. I > started digging, the first 10 " was hard dirt with > fist sized rocks. > The signal got louder and I thought it must have > been a hot rock in the > hole. Four more inches down under some more rocks > was a 2.65lb chunk of > meteorite. None of the smaller pieces fit onto the > large meteorite. The > chunk looks like a third of the meteorite.The > fragments all look the > same, my guess it is all from the same meteorite. I > will have to bring > a shovel and dig the hole deeper. The meteorite > looks like it is a OC . > The total weight so far is 3.16 lbs. The meteorite > is from a new area > with no previous finds in Nevada. I will post some > pictures next week. > > Sonny > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of > free safety and > security tools, free access to millions of > high-quality videos from > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list