[meteorite-list] Carancas

From: Jerry Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:56:49 -0500
Message-ID: <611826B1081C4027AF69247CAF8385FC_at_ASUS>

I know in my heart that you are absolutely right Elton. But there are so few
environments out here that can provide accessible search areas that it's my
last "hope" of following in the footsteps of all of the List's exciting
adventures.
I've even done some magnet snorkle dives driven by the tales recounted here.
I probably won't throw money into an expensive detector unless and until
there is more evidence to support such ideas..
As far as kettle ponds are concerned, underlying terrain provides the
pattern of these.
And yes, glacial deposits would overlay any evidence of impact.
However, my assumption, or hypothesis, considers the best case senerio or
senerios. Either post glacial origin or other, as yet to be undetermined,
factors compromising glacial fill [tsunami, earthquake, and about the same
luck as would be needed to win a lottery in picking the right pond, etc].
Thanks for the response. Always reassuring to be recognized, especially by
someone as thoughtfully challanging as you.
P.S. google "cattle pond" in plymouth, ma, 02360. Note its shape. Instead of
being shallow, it's quite deep. And oh yea, it's in my "backyard".

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Jerry Flaherty"
<grf2 at verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas


Hey stimulate the economy buy the detector and wetsuit and have at it, Jerry
you might defeat the odds at that.

BUT of those 360+ natural ponds, at least 359 of them are kettle lakes with
glacial origins..any "impact pit/crater" older than 8000-13,000 years would
have been filled by glacial debris. Seems like a soil sampling auger would
be more meaningful than a metal detector. Frankly, given a 300+ year Anglo
history in New England, I'll further wager at least 359 of those ponds have
iron in them anyway. I always hedge against the 6thSD outlier. The only way
to know for sure is sample them all.

Elton

--- On Fri, 1/2/09, Jerry Flaherty <grf2 at verizon.net> wrote:
I live in Plymouth, MA, the land of 360 ponds, many of which are actually
moderate sized lakes..Thanks for the article Steve. An additional motivation
to invest in an underwater detector to confirm or dispute my own personal
suspisions about some of their origins.
Jerry Flaherty
Received on Sat 03 Jan 2009 08:56:49 AM PST