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Hi Abe, Thanks for posting your great story, and congrats on such a nice first find! And having your son there with you makes it all the better. In fact, about the only way to top THAT feeling is when YOU'RE watching him find HIS first one! I had the great joy of that at the Ash Creek fall. ( I also got to see my wife find her first one there, too. ) Good luck on future hunts, and here's hoping your son TOPS yours! Sincerely, Robert Woolard Sent from my iPhone On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Sonny, I have been looking for the Discovery Channel episode you're talking about but haven't had luck finding it yet. Others have mentioned it too so it would be cool to see. Thanks for your encouragement and I hope to meet you sometime. You must have an amazing collection and a lot of interesting stories as well. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 10:27 PM To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, What you achieved many people only dream of. To find a meteorite on your own, with no help, a true cold find is awesome. And even better to have your son along for the exciting find! It's amazing how the Meteorite Men show inspired so many people. I remember how I watched a program about 10 years ago that inspired me. It featured Bob Haag and it was on the Discovery Channel. I imagine the Meteorite Men show will motivate many new hunters to get out in the field and start hunting. Perhaps even find a rare meteorite, an American Lunar? Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: wahlperry wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 1:29 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny,I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will beimpressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode thatyou were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me forover a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was onlyafter that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certaincircumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father andson trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He isa typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him,you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him tobe kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it.I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goeswell. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back.Abe Guenther-Original Message-From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PMTo: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comsubject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHi Abe,Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : )Sonny-Original Message-From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.netTo: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comSent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 amSubject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHere is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon
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Hi Mike, Thanks. Correction on the weight. It felt like 5 pounds but the actual weight is 2 pounds. Sorry I didn't put down the actual weight in my story after I got it home and weighed it. As soon as I get it classified, I will definitely let you know. Phil McCausland of the University of Western Ontario has offered to test it. He is one of the heads of the Centre for Planetary Science Exploration there. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of tett Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:13 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Does look like the real deal. Congratulations! Most people find small 10 gram to 50 gram pieces. ~5 lbs is amazing. Please let us know if it gets classified or at least guessed at by an expert. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn On 19/11/2010 6:26 PM, Guenther wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther
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Hi Steve, I would be glad to trade you. Let me know how big of a piece you want and I will get it out to you. Email me the address and I will mail it next week. Thanks again. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorh...@aol.com [mailto:meteorh...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:37 PM To: Guenther; meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [Possible Spam]Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hey Abe, If you would be willing to trade a piece of your meteorite for a piece of one of ours, just let me know? Geoff and I found a cool meteorite in Chile the last time we were there, it would be awesome if we could trade for a little piece of yours to add to our collection. Congrats again. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:26:07 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg
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Hi Steve, I would never have imagined that you would reply to my story. Thanks a lot. I am sure you have no idea what your show has done for adventure seekers. If anyone is at all like me, then they would have to be a bit brain dead to not be glued to the set when they see your discoveries on Meteorite Men. I don't know what it is about my desire for adventure and discovery but it may have to do with my upbringing. I am 11th out of 12 kids and had the privilege of spending my teen years in West Texas. There I remember countless hours hunting in the desert around the mesquite bushes for lizards and horny toads with my cousin. I never knew much if anything about meteorites back then but I remember the feelings of adventure being way out in the middle of nowhere. When I got older I still wanted that feeling but couldn't really see the thrill of lizard hunting anymore so I just chalked it up as memories. Now with meteorite hunting, I can see myself spending countless hours in the desert again. I like the feeling of being out there even if I don't find anything. Even the first few days when I didn't find anything, I never once got bored. Meteorite hunting brings out the little kid in me that never grew up. I can't understand how anyone could have anything bad to say about the Meteorite Men show. I wouldn't take it seriously though. I have been in my own business since I was 17 and have had to accept that there are always going to be jealous people. I didn't realize how unusual my story was until the responses. Thanks for considering my story for your show. I would be honored to let you share it if you decide to. If you do, let me know if you need anything from me. PS: I just told my son I got an email from you and he thought that was really cool. Best Regards, Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorh...@aol.com [mailto:meteorh...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:26 PM To: wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com; abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [Possible Spam]Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hello Abe, It is a story like yours that makes all the crap Geoff and I go through worth the while. Of course we love what we do, and it is an honor to share some of our experiences with those who care enough to invest an hour of their lives with us each Tuesday night. But if anyone checks the archives here they can see posts from a few people who love to spew negative comments about how bad Meteorite Men is for the field of hunting and collecting meteorites. As if Geoff and I give a crap what those kind of people think, it still is an amazing pleasure to see someone like you take a little seed of inspiration and see an expedition come together with such amazing results. Like Sonny, I too was inspired by THE Meteorite Man Bob Haag. Bob was (and in my book still is) the greatest ambassador the meteorite world has ever had. In all the years I have known Bob I can't once remember him ever saying a bad word about anyone, and to the contrary he was ALWAYS excited even when one of his, what some If I can grow up to be a fraction of the meteorite man he has been, I will know I have done something right. And in that same spirit of sharing one's great meteorite adventures, like Bob would always do, you have chosen to bring us along with you, instead of keeping it to yourself! If you don't mind Abe, I will pass your story onto our producers? Who knows if we will get a Third season of Meteorite Men, but if we do, maybe there would be a way your story could be shared in a future episode, I think that would be awesome. Congratulations to you and your son. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:26:59 To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, What you achieved many people only dream of. To find a meteorite on your own, with no help, a true cold find is awesome. And even better to have your son along for the exciting find! It's amazing how the Meteorite Men show inspired so many people. I remember how I watched a program about 10 years ago that inspired me. It featured Bob Haag and it was on the Discovery Channel. I imagine the Meteorite Men show will motivate many new hunters to get out in the field and start hunting. Perhaps even find a rare meteorite, an American Lunar? Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: wahlperry wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 1:29 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny,I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will beimpressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode thatyou
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You're welcome Svend, Those are interesting discoveries you've had also. You must know what you are looking for in that case! I can't wait to get to know at a glance the difference between a rock and a meteorite. After this find, I haven't had a lot of time in the wilderness again but I am sure this will have changed my attitude forever about what lies on the ground around me. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: Svend Buhl [mailto:i...@niger-meteorite-recon.de] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 11:49 AM To: Guenther Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Thats a great story Abe, thanks for sharing it with us on the list, much appreciaeted! As for the time of the find, yes, they always seem to appear when you least expect them to. I found as many meteorites while brushing my teeth and strolling around the camp, when collecting firewood, or when driving to the next well, as during systematic search. Always keep a watch out! Best regards from Germany Svend www.meteorite-recon.com - Original Message - From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: 'tett' t...@rogers.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Mike, Thanks. Correction on the weight. It felt like 5 pounds but the actual weight is 2 pounds. Sorry I didn't put down the actual weight in my story after I got it home and weighed it. As soon as I get it classified, I will definitely let you know. Phil McCausland of the University of Western Ontario has offered to test it. He is one of the heads of the Centre for Planetary Science Exploration there. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of tett Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 11:13 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Does look like the real deal. Congratulations! Most people find small 10 gram to 50 gram pieces. ~5 lbs is amazing. Please let us know if it gets classified or at least guessed at by an expert. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn On 19/11/2010 6:26 PM, Guenther wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I
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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ABE What a great story of a first find! This is what it's all about! A new meteorite added to science, inspired by TV/Videos of meteorite hunting... AWESOME! Very exciting! Keep us updated on the classification. CONGRATS! Regards, Eric On 11/19/2010 3:26 PM, Guenther wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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No way. Lubbock? I used to live in Seminole between Lubbock and Odessa. I still have sister that lives in Lubbock. Thanks for your response and I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Cogratulations on your find too. I can't wait to read about it when I get on my computer. Abe Guenther Sent from my iPhone On 2010-11-20, at 2:18 PM, Todd Smith lubb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Abe ! What a great story. I live in Lubbock, Tx and found the New Deal Meteorite this year : http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?sea=New+dealsfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=52094 I was just wondering what part of Texas you grew up in ? Congrats on a great find! Todd Smith On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: Hi Sonny, I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will be impressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode that you were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me for over a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was only after that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certain circumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father and son trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He is a typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him, you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him to be kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it. I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goes well. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PM To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : ) Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 am Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, thiswas a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a fewhours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive thetruck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen tolook to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stoppedand the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. Idon't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited
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You guys live in the Lubbock Supercluster area and are going out to the desert to find meteorites?! You should be able to walk out your front door and find meteorites! Dave --- On Sat, 11/20/10, Abe Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: From: Abe Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt To: Todd Smith lubb...@gmail.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 2:34 PM No way. Lubbock? I used to live in Seminole between Lubbock and Odessa. I still have sister that lives in Lubbock. Thanks for your response and I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Cogratulations on your find too. I can't wait to read about it when I get on my computer. Abe Guenther Sent from my iPhone On 2010-11-20, at 2:18 PM, Todd Smith lubb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Abe ! What a great story. I live in Lubbock, Tx and found the New Deal Meteorite this year : http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?sea=New+dealsfor=namesants=falls=valids=stype=containslrec=50map=gebrowse=country=Allsrt=namecateg=Allmblist=Allrect=phot=snew=0pnt=Normal%20tablecode=52094 I was just wondering what part of Texas you grew up in ? Congrats on a great find! Todd Smith On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:29 PM, Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net wrote: Hi Sonny, I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will be impressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode that you were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me for over a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was only after that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certain circumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father and son trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He is a typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him, you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him to be kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it. I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goes well. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PM To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : ) Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 am Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept
[meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] first meteorite hunt
Brilliant story Abe---I love the serendipitous nature of your discovery seeing as you were at the wrong location.What a fantastic first find, thanks for sharing your story and pics Jim __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Congratulations Abe and son! What a great find. It does look like a cow pie. I wonder how many of us who hunt the Nevada lakes might have overlooked that one! Huge! So nice that you and your son enjoy the hobby together. Please share it's classification if you have it looked at. Best of everything, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Sent: Nov 19, 2010 3:26 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Abe, Congratulations! I love to here stories like this, I can feel your excitement and am very glad for you and your son. I remember as if it was yesterday when I found my first meteorite, what a great experience and sense of satisfaction. Keep up the good work and happy hunting! Larry -Original Message- From: Guenther lt;abe.guent...@mnsi.netgt; To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 6:26 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, thiswas a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a fewhours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive thetruck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen tolook to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stoppedand the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. Idon't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited aboutsomething. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavycompared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but itwas surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the lastday of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find ourfirst meteorite and to top it off, one so big!When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. Ijust couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someonewho has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. Hewasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To mydelight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doingsome more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles awayfrom the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went tothe wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know ifwe discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignoranceis bliss.A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg,http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg,http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg.Abe Guenther__Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.htmlMeteorite-list mailing listmeteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comhttp://six.pairlist.net/mailman/li stinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
What a great story On Nov 19, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Larry Atkins thetop...@aol.com wrote: Abe, Congratulations! I love to here stories like this, I can feel your excitement and am very glad for you and your son. I remember as if it was yesterday when I found my first meteorite, what a great experience and sense of satisfaction. Keep up the good work and happy hunting! Larry -Original Message- From: Guenther lt;abe.guent...@mnsi.netgt; To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 6:26 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, thiswas a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a fewhours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive thetruck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen tolook to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stoppedand the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. Idon't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited aboutsomething. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavycompared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but itwas surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the lastday of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find ourfirst meteorite and to top it off, one so big!When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. Ijust couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someonewho has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. Hewasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To mydelight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doingsome more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles awayfrom the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went tothe wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know ifwe discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignoranceis bliss.A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg,http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg,http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg.Abe Guenther__Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecen tral.com/mailing-list-archives.htmlMeteorite-list mailing listmeteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comhttp://six.pairlist.net/mailman/li stinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net
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Congratulations Abe!!! Now that is the way to start off a meteorite hunting trip! Well done, and the fact that you and your son were able to share such a perfect moment...Priceless!! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) gmh...@htn.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 6:26 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list
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Thanks Count. I called Phil McCausland at the University of Western Ontario and he wants to classify it in the next couple of weeks. When he's done I will definitely let you know. BTW: I want to say that your story of the 28 pound meteorite find was fascinating to me too. I only learned about it when I was on my trip - before I found mine. Mine was just 2 pounds and so I can only imagine what your 28 pound discovery must have been like. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: Count Deiro [mailto:countde...@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:05 PM To: Guenther; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Congratulations Abe and son! What a great find. It does look like a cow pie. I wonder how many of us who hunt the Nevada lakes might have overlooked that one! Huge! So nice that you and your son enjoy the hobby together. Please share it's classification if you have it looked at. Best of everything, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Sent: Nov 19, 2010 3:26 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1
Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt
Hi Abe, Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : ) Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 am Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, thiswas a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a fewhours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive thetruck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen tolook to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stoppedand the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. Idon't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited aboutsomething. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavycompared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but itwas surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the lastday of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find ourfirst meteorite and to top it off, one so big!When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. Ijust couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someonewho has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. Hewasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To mydelight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doingsome more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles awayfrom the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went tothe wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know ifwe discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignoranceis bliss.A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg,http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg,http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg.Abe Guenther__Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.htmlMeteorite-list mailing listmeteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comhttp://six.pairlist.net/mailman/li stinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Thanks Ruben. You're right. My hopes were a bit downtrodden after calling you on my way to Franconia but like I told you that day - If Franconia wasn't a good first place to look and since I only had so many days before I would have to pick up my son, I wanted you to tell me the truth. And I appreciate that you did. When you sent me that congratulations you have no idea how happy I was. I mean, I was 95% sure from my research that it was a meteorite but telling my son that you confirmed it was pretty exciting. Abe Guenther From: Ruben Garcia [mailto:mrmeteor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:41 PM To: Guenther; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hey Abe, Thanks for sharing your story with everyone! However, you forgot to mention that I told you (before the hunt) that finding a meteorite on your first time out was near impossible. Even though I believe my advice was true I didn't take into account that you would be there until you either fell down from exhaustion or found a meteorite. I'm glad I was wrong and that you persisted, and even though I painted a very bleak picture you found one anyway! Thanks also for sharing the location as well as photos of your find. When you sent it to me I was sure I would be looking at another Meteor-wrong. However, when I saw it I phoned immediately to congratulate you on a fantastic find. Nothing succeeds like persistence! Great job! -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Sent: Nov 19, 2010 3:26 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some
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Hi Sonny, I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will be impressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode that you were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me for over a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was only after that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certain circumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father and son trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He is a typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him, you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him to be kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it. I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goes well. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back. Abe Guenther -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PM To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : ) Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 am Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, thiswas a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a fewhours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive thetruck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen tolook to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stoppedand the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. Idon't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited aboutsomething. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavycompared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but itwas surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the lastday of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find ourfirst meteorite and to top it off, one so big!When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. Ijust couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someonewho has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. Hewasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To mydelight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doingsome more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles awayfrom the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went
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Hi Abe, What you achieved many people only dream of. To find a meteorite on your own, with no help, a true cold find is awesome. And even better to have your son along for the exciting find! It's amazing how the Meteorite Men show inspired so many people. I remember how I watched a program about 10 years ago that inspired me. It featured Bob Haag and it was on the Discovery Channel. I imagine the Meteorite Men show will motivate many new hunters to get out in the field and start hunting. Perhaps even find a rare meteorite, an American Lunar? Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: wahlperry wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 1:29 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny,I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will beimpressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode thatyou were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me forover a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was onlyafter that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certaincircumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father andson trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He isa typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him,you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him tobe kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it.I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goeswell. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back.Abe Guenther-Original Message-From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PMTo: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comsubject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHi Abe,Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : )Sonny-Original Message-From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.netTo: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comSent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 amSubject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHere is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days.Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confidentsince his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we weresaving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were bothanticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a drylake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since itwas supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there werestill any meteorites left, we would find some.It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be onthe lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted todo the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were noclear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the nextmorning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00amafter a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain haddefinitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actuallytoo bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything specialexcept a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skullthat he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew ourmagnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharpcavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, thiswas a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a fewhours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive thetruck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen tolook to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stoppedand the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. Idon't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited aboutsomething. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavycompared
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Does look like the real deal. Congratulations! Most people find small 10 gram to 50 gram pieces. ~5 lbs is amazing. Please let us know if it gets classified or at least guessed at by an expert. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn On 19/11/2010 6:26 PM, Guenther wrote: Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Hello Abe, It is a story like yours that makes all the crap Geoff and I go through worth the while. Of course we love what we do, and it is an honor to share some of our experiences with those who care enough to invest an hour of their lives with us each Tuesday night. But if anyone checks the archives here they can see posts from a few people who love to spew negative comments about how bad Meteorite Men is for the field of hunting and collecting meteorites. As if Geoff and I give a crap what those kind of people think, it still is an amazing pleasure to see someone like you take a little seed of inspiration and see an expedition come together with such amazing results. Like Sonny, I too was inspired by THE Meteorite Man Bob Haag. Bob was (and in my book still is) the greatest ambassador the meteorite world has ever had. In all the years I have known Bob I can't once remember him ever saying a bad word about anyone, and to the contrary he was ALWAYS excited even when one of his, what some If I can grow up to be a fraction of the meteorite man he has been, I will know I have done something right. And in that same spirit of sharing one's great meteorite adventures, like Bob would always do, you have chosen to bring us along with you, instead of keeping it to yourself! If you don't mind Abe, I will pass your story onto our producers? Who knows if we will get a Third season of Meteorite Men, but if we do, maybe there would be a way your story could be shared in a future episode, I think that would be awesome. Congratulations to you and your son. Steve Arnold Of Meteorite Men Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: wahlpe...@aol.com Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:26:59 To: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Abe, What you achieved many people only dream of. To find a meteorite on your own, with no help, a true cold find is awesome. And even better to have your son along for the exciting find! It's amazing how the Meteorite Men show inspired so many people. I remember how I watched a program about 10 years ago that inspired me. It featured Bob Haag and it was on the Discovery Channel. I imagine the Meteorite Men show will motivate many new hunters to get out in the field and start hunting. Perhaps even find a rare meteorite, an American Lunar? Sonny -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: wahlperry wahlpe...@aol.com; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 1:29 pm Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny,I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will beimpressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode thatyou were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me forover a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was onlyafter that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certaincircumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father andson trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He isa typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him,you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him tobe kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it.I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goeswell. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back.Abe Guenther-Original Message-From: wahlpe...@aol.com [mailto:wahlpe...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:45 PMTo: abe.guent...@mnsi.net; meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral.comsubject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHi Abe,Great find. You need to go find the rest of them : )Sonny-Original Message-From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.netTo: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comSent: Fri, Nov 19, 2010 10:26 amSubject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite HuntHere is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience.I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak ofso I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at asuccessful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before Ifinally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories andwatched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube beforenarrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a fewweeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheapairfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a fewplaces mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to huntover the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey itwas time to pick up my son who flew in to join me
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Thank you Abe for the wonderful report Absolutely amazing to catch a cold find. On many hunts I have had to remind myself that meteorites fell here or meteorites were found here and that mindset keeps me going, keeps my eyes on the ground. I trust you had a similar mantra...and it manifested a five pounder in the middle of nowhere! What a great story, Rob Wesel www.nakhladogmeteorites.com www.facebook.com/Nakhla.Dog.Meteorites www.facebook.com/Rob.Wesel -- We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971 - Original Message - From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 3:26 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Here is a short story about a first time meteorite hunting experience. I live in an area of Canada that has not yielded any meteorites to speak of so I knew I needed to look at hotter, dryer areas for the best chance at a successful first trip. I did over a year of research and planning before I finally made my decision where to go. I read countless success stories and watched a lot of meteorite hunting shows and videos on YouTube before narrowing my search. Almost overwhelmed at all the places I could try, a few weeks before the much awaited trip I decided on Nevada. Besides the cheap airfare to Vegas, there were lots of success stories near Vegas. I had a few places mapped out in Nevada, Arizona and California that I wanted to hunt over the 9 day trip. After finding nothing in 5 days of my lone journey it was time to pick up my son who flew in to join me for the final 4 days. Considering this was his first time too, I am sure he wasn't too confident since his dad hadn't found anything yet. But he and I both knew we were saving the best place for last! This was the part of the trip we were both anticipating because our destination several hours away would be to a dry lake bed that we knew had yielded some meteorites just recently. Since it was supposed to be a secret location, we were confident that if there were still any meteorites left, we would find some. It rained a lot on the way so we were concerned about how bad it might be on the lake bed. We arrived at the dry lake area near dark so all we wanted to do the first day was figure out how to get to the lake since there were no clear roads to access it. We could hardly wait to get out there the next morning bright and early. We finally made it to the lake bed at about 9:00am after a muddy trek and nearly 2 hours travel from the motel. The rain had definitely made it slippery but we were surprises that it wasn't actually too bad on the lake bed itself. The first day didn't yield anything special except a really fun time. My son found a complete dried out coyote skull that he kept and an arrow head. We also found a several rocks that drew our magnets but they were obviously not meteorites because of deep, sharp cavities and what we would soon discover over the next couple of days, this was a common rock in the area. We usually parked and then walked for a few hours at a time and when we started to get tired, we would just drive the truck during our rests. It was during one of these drives that I happen to look to my left and noticed what I thought was another cow patty. I stopped and the first thing I did when I got out was kick it. It didn't move. I don't remember what I said but my son knew that I was excited about something. I picked it up and it felt like 5 pounds. It was unusually heavy compared to the other rocks. I had no doubt it would draw the magnet but it was surprising to see it stick so hard. This was the last hour of the last day of the trip and all we could think is how lucky we had been to find our first meteorite and to top it off, one so big! When we got home I still thought that we had been on the right lake bed. I just couldn't wait to tell everyone about our success! I looked up someone who has excellent knowledge of meteorites and emailed him the pictures. He wasn't quite convinced and so he had me take some more pictures. To my delight, he emailed me back a congratulations. It was only after doing some more research about the lake bed that I realized we were 100 miles away from the lake bed we had researched. In a way I am sort of glad we went to the wrong lake bed but I'm happy we didn't know at the time. I don't know if we discovered a new meteorite fall but it is fun to think we did. Ignorance is bliss. A few pictures: http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg, http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit
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Nice cow pie, Abe! And a great story, too! Thanks for sharing it with us on the list. Congratulations. You earned it. Linton -Original Message- From: Guenther abe.guent...@mnsi.net Sent: Nov 19, 2010 8:29 PM To: wahlpe...@aol.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First Meteorite Hunt Hi Sonny, I will have to tell my son that I talked to you! I'm sure he will be impressed. He watched Meteorite Men with me and because of that episode that you were on, I was able to convince him to come along. He had heard me for over a year talking about wanting to go meteorite hunting but it was only after that episode that he was excited about it. Because of certain circumstances, he and I have not had the opportunity to take many father and son trips and so it meant a great deal to me when he decided to come. He is a typical cool kid (that age where friends come first) and if you knew him, you would think he's not the type to be interested. I was expecting him to be kind of a spectator but to my surprise he was really into it. I marked the GPS and hope to get out there again in January if all goes well. No telling how well I will do but will be sure to report back. Abe Guenther __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
