[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting in one's own "backyard"?

From: Mr EMan <mstreman53_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:28:11 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <6459.45923.qm_at_web55202.mail.re4.yahoo.com>

I want everyone to know that this wasn't a post to dissuade anyone from meteorite hunting and it in no means was a dig at Richard's post. I just took the opportunity to put into prespective how deep this hobby is and can be a life long quest for understanding. being tied into this list makes up for not having the time to do all the prep work.

 My frame of reference for following up fireballs is Europe and the eastern US which is a lot different than SW US desert and dry lake hunting--Cali, Nevada or Roosevelt County NM, etc. As I have already told Richard, I believe it to be a very different ball game out there.

I have my approach but I kinda like the way Ruben does it also. He loads up the dog, metal detector, video camera... points the truck in a direction and drives until his internal gyro says stop here. After all who has had better success?

If I recall correctly Steve Schoner, who found Glorietta Mtn spent how many years looking?

By all means get out enjoy.

Elton
--- On Mon, 7/6/09, Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunting in one's own "backyard"?
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, mstreman53 at yahoo.com
> Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 5:44 PM
>
> Thanks Elton,
>
> I never meant to disparage those who work tirelessly
> tracking down falls and find meteorites. I know a lot is
> involved in the venture and admire the work that they do.
> Especially when their work is scientifically rigorous and
> they properly record the data from the fall as is happening
> now with the fall near Tucson.
>
> I was curious if searching through farm rock piles might be
> a viable search method for those would-be hunters that for
> all the reasons you cite can't chase falls. There aren't
> many farms here in southern Arizona, so I wasn't planning on
> doing this myself.
>
> While I hope to be out in the field in the not too distant
> future, I'll admit I'm way too soft to do what most of you
> do. I prefer climbing into bed after a clear night at the
> telescope. Finding 1 to 10 new Near Earth Asteroids per
> night sounds a lot easier.
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Catalina Sky Survey
> Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, AZ? 85721
> http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
Received on Mon 06 Jul 2009 10:28:11 PM PDT