[meteorite-list] Wanted : Peeskill...was Micros of the following meteorites

From: Mr EMan <mstreman53_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:16:37 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <917804.37048.qm_at_web55205.mail.re4.yahoo.com>

---Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
  <I have often wondered if anyone has bothered to hunt for more Peekskill.

Yes-- sorta. The path of Peeskill's final path goes over a 2+ mile wide wide diagonal of the Hudson River making estern shore landfall at the Indian Point Nuclear Power Station and Reservation. In 1999-2000 a long slow preliminary negotiation was underway to allow a scientifically-endorsed survey of the NE corner of that site when 9-11 in 2001 making an already skiddish turtle withdraw completely.

On the west side of the river, the flight path was over the southern edge of Harriman State Park which offers, in addition to near vertical terrain, a network of Revolutionary War iron mines--here in "magnetite central", the ground is so mineralized, a metal detector is also useless. The park, owing to Revolutionary War artifacts and sites is off limits to metal detecting anyway.

Parts of the path from near Easton Pa to Hopatcong which have regularly tilled fields of spinach and assparagas, etc had flyers distributed but yielded no leads--even meteor-wrongs. The ground track northeastward from there tracks over very hilly glacial debris fields.

Given strewn field predictions about the heavier fragments landing at the far end of the field the balance of Peekskil went fishy squishie.

Just a few blocks south-southwest of Michelle Knapp's house, on the edge of the flight path are 2-3 square kilometers of a near road-less Depew Park. Depew Park is 90% covered with glacially gouged bedrock exposures, who's cracks and valleys are filled with 99% metal trash.

Finding more Peeskill if ever would be likely be somewhere in the tilled farm areas because winters in this area very likely don't allow a meteorite on the surface to last more than a season.

If you ever do get through there-- 207 Wells Street(?), Peekskill, NY the meteorite threaded a "needle" by coming in between two multi-story buildings and a net of powerlines that could entrap a pigeon.

Elton
Received on Fri 17 Apr 2009 01:16:37 AM PDT