[meteorite-list] Hilly billy vs flat land jokes

From: Gary K. Foote <gary_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu May 4 12:07:17 2006
Message-ID: <4458FE79.21540.2B0E5B0_at_localhost>

I've had the same thoughts. Living in the mountains of NH I've thought there must be
meteorites around here deposited by the past ice shield. They would be in the low lying
areas more likely than the peaks and sloped sides of the mountains. JMHO

Gary

On 3 May 2006 at 2:38, Dave Freeman mjwy wrote:

> Dear List;
> I have been recently pondering some areas with steep inclines that erode
> faster than the flats below them. I guess the sides of the ridges are at
> a 45 degree X 400 foot elevation. I keep going back to the thought that
> anything having fallen in the past century or so would have eroded out
> of the hill sides (top 1-4 feet) and would be at the bottom of the
> washes and exposed on the surface. I go back to the thought that instead
> of wandering around on the flats looking at the surface (and obviously
> not swinging my detector over miles of country) that my best odds would
> be walking the base of the erosional steep embankments to see what has
> rolled down off the eroding hill sides.
> Is there any method to my madness or should I pack up and move to Kansas?
> Best,
> Dave F.
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