[meteorite-list] Its Not A Crater

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:10:48 -0500
Message-ID: <f0a794130912150910k52cb5bf9v2f517dedbaade906_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hey Guys,

Thanks for all of the great feedback on this.

I think the prevailing theory would be: an animal started a hole maybe
digging for remnants of a salt block and then erosion and heifers made
the hole bigger over time. The hole is right next to the path the cows
take through the pasture and it was clear that the cows had stepped
all over the hole. Not sure they started it, but they certainly could
have made it worse.

Next time I'm out there I will ask the farmer about the salt block.
I'll also try to metal detect a little more around the hole. I'm
having a lot of problems with false positives on my metal detector. I
also don't think it will go very deep, so it wasn't very useful trying
to diagnose this hole. The hole gave off beeps, but most of the land
around PA gives off beeps. The detector I'm using is:

http://www.kellycodetectors.com/minelab/minelab-relicdetectors.htm

If the farmer says no to the salt block, I'm not sure how I should
proceed, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Thanks again for the feedback!

Mike

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:03 AM, Mark Bowling <minador at yahoo.com> wrote:
> A fence will not be a deterrent for deer, and they'll get to the salt blocks left for the cows.
>
> I thought it was interesting that it's along side the path. ?Good luck none the less! ?I would definitely follow up...
>
> Mark
>
> --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Its Not A Crater
>> To: "Dave Myers" <whitefalcons007 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 5:10 PM
>> Dave,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. This is a cow pasture and there are a
>> lot of
>> hoof prints in and around the hole (around the entire field
>> really). I
>> will ask him about the salt blocks. The pasture is fenced
>> in, so if he
>> did leave anything out, it wouldn't be for deer, but only
>> cows.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Dave Myers <whitefalcons007 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Mike and list,
>> > ?coming from a family of farmers in Ohio, (and deer
>> hunters,) It looks from the photos that there are a lot of
>> animal tracks around it, I would ask the farmer if salt
>> blocks were placed there for years. The animals will
>> > dig a pit after many years! even a couple.
>> >
>> > If he says No, Get a back hole and dig!
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > --- On Mon, 12/14/09, Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
>> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Its Not A Crater
>> >> To: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> >> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 10:37 PM
>> >> Hi Guys,
>> >>
>> >> I was wondering around the fields of Lancaster PA
>> near the
>> >> high mass
>> >> zone of the newly computed fall line and happened
>> across a
>> >> really
>> >> weird hole. The hole is 5 feet wide, 6 feet long
>> and about
>> >> 16 inches
>> >> deep.
>> >>
>> >> I posted pictures and information here:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/baltimore-pa-meteor/its-not-a-crater/
>> >>
>> >> I'm not saying this is a crater by any means and
>> I
>> >> understand that
>> >> meteorites do not make craters 99.9% of the time,
>> however I
>> >> still
>> >> think its really weird and I wanted to get some
>> feedback as
>> >> to what
>> >> you guys think.
>> >>
>> >> Please read the post and look at the pictures and
>> lmk your
>> >> thoughts.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Mike
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