[meteorite-list] Cold hunting?

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:53 2004
Message-ID: <005901c377b9$84117ea0$41d143d8_at_malcolm>

Hello Norm and list, a few things need to be mentioned in this case. I live
40 miles as the hawk flies from Gold Basin, and our weather is for all
practical purposes, the same. So meteorites have a good chance of
surviving. Our deserts are littered with 50 caliber slugs from WW-2, so
things don't get covered up very fast around here.
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier <><
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: N Lehrman <nlehrman_at_nvbell.net>
To: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>; meteorite-list
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cold hunting?


> Tom & list,
>
> I've always liked the sound of this quote (the original formulation was
> Nininger's---), but I think it may be subject to a couple of qualifiers
> relating to preservation and exposure.
>
> As an exploration geologist, I spend at least 15-20 long days every month
> wandering the alluvial fans and dry lakes of Nevada searching for
> mineralized float (and, unofficially, meteorites!). Some of the remote
dry
> lakes are almost certainly unsearched, and can cover many square miles.
> Putting along on my ATV, I can give a reasonably large area a pretty
decent
> search. After several years of this, still NO cold finds.
>
> I think the point may be that there's a pretty good chance that stones
have
> at some point fallen on most any square mile of earth's surface. However,
> in most areas, survival times are short. In many areas, erosion has
erased
> the record. In other areas, deposition has buried every trace.
>
> From the cosmic perspective, every square mile is created equal, but for
us
> grunts on the ground, that's far from the case. Some square miles are
just
> right. Most are not.
>
> These are the ruminations of a fevered brain stumbling across the burning
> alkali flats, so take it with a grain of salt. I'm very curious to hear
> what others (Robert V.?) have to say on this.
>
> Cheers
>
> Norm Lehrman
> ( http://TektiteSource.com )
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <knudson911_at_frontiernet.net>
> To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:46 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Cold hunting?
>
>
> > Hello List, Two years ago today, Bernd pauli posted " [meteorite-list]
> > Arizona Meteorite Hunters." It quoted Twink Monrad as saying;
> >
> > "I firmly believe that if a person were to go over any
> > square mile, time after time, anywhere in the world, they'd also
> > eventually find meteorites,"
> >
> > How many list members agree with this statement? From what I have read,
I
> > have always believed it. There is a one mile square field near my house
> that
> > is pretty well left alone. I have hunted it many times, both with my
hawk
> > and metal detector. I have not found anything yet with the detector, but
> had
> > plenty of success on rabbits with my hawk. If the above statement is
> true,
> > I figure I will find something eventually, I hope. I have learned that
> > hunting one square mile is not an easy task. Any suggestions on hunting
a
> > cold area this big? Should you use a detector?
> > Thanks, Tom
> > Peregrineflier <><
> > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
> >
> >
> >
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