[meteorite-list] Two More Meteorites Found in Kansas

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Apr 21 23:29:59 2006
Message-ID: <200604211812.LAA19709_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/2671991.html

Two More Meteorites Found In Kiowa County
KAKE News
April 20, 2006

Meteorite madness hitting Kansas with two major discoveries Thursday.
The Kansas meteorite hunter is building up quite a collection. These
massive objects from space are worth quite a bit of cash, but he says
it's the data they provide that is priceless.

It's a painstaking search. Meteorite hunter Steve Arnold uses a simple
metal detector to pinpoint the space rocks in a Kiowa County farmfield.
Nine times out of ten, he finds nothing in the holes.

"A lot are what we call meteor wrongs, but every once in a while we end
up with a meterorite," said Arnold.

Thursday was one of those days where all that hard work paid off. Arnold
dug up two palisite meteors weighing in at 83 and 93 pounds.

"It's like Christmas, you know there's a present under the tree, you
just don't know what it is," said Arnold.

Arnold and his partner have been working over the land for the past six
months. These two make number 17 and 18 in their growing collection.

These rocks can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars on the market.
You may remember it was back in November that Arnold made the find of a
lifetime. The 1,400 pound palisite contained nickel, iron and valuable
gemstone. It's the largest of its type in the U.S, and is worth more
than a million bucks.

"It's just a matter of searching the land to find the pieces remaining,"
said Arnold.

His search is now getting quite a bit of attention. A new show for the
Travel Channel is out there shooting an episode.

Arnold believes the meteors are all broken off from one very large
meteor that hit the area millions of years ago.
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