Nut or not, I think it's inspiring that a man of that age is off his "rusty dusty" looking around.
Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:07:09 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] Nut finds fake meteorite with fake technology! > > http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20070802/NEWS/70802006 > > Man finds 1,800-pound meteorite > > by Kurt Hildebrand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > August 2, 2007 > > Print Friendly Print Email Email > > A Gardnerville man said he found an 1,800-pound meteorite in Douglas > County > using a device that detects radio signals from minerals. > Bob Yocum, 82, has been showing the find to folks since Friday when he > found it > at an undisclosed location. Yocum said he detected it with his omni-range > master > mineral locator. > The owner of Prospector & TreasureHunters Headquarters in Gardnerville > said he > was operating his device two miles from the meteorite when he detected > it. > Yocum said when he located the rock, a piece about the size of a pie > plate was > visible above the ground. > It is not the first, nor the largest meteorite he has detected, but it is > one of > the largest hes dug up and hauled off. > If Id known how big it was when I started I might have left it there, > he > said. I started digging around it and found that it was three-feet long, > 27 > inches wide and 17 inches deep. > Getting the rock into his pickup required two comealongs. > I used a tow ribbon to pull it upright and then pulled it into the > truck, he > said. I left a groove 2 feet wide and 10 inches deep. > > Yocum said the largest meteorite hes ever found is 10-12 tons, but that > he > didnt remove it. > > He said striations on the side of the rock indicate it was a meteorite. > > Yocum said the device works by sending out a low frequency radio signal > that > matches the molecular pattern of the mineral being sought. When the > minerals > found, the devices antenna meet. > > Yocum said he found out about the device from a prospector who lived in > Kernville, Calif. Yocum has lived in Northern Nevada for 17 years. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
