[meteorite-list] Lorton Update

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:51:16 -0800
Message-ID: <4B5A9C64.4030607_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Nice Mike, Too bad though on not having an extra pair of eyes in the
field, but I understand your motives and can respect that...

Good work on the article, maps and photos! Keep it up.

I'm pretty sure no one else has spent more time on the PA fireball than
you have, and if anyone deserves to find the first PA meteorite from
that fireball it's you.

Good luck!

Regards,
Eric


On 1/22/2010 10:20 PM, Mike Hankey wrote:
> Gary,
>
> Thanks for the compliments. It was exciting to spend a few days in a
> new hot area especially one with such specific and accurate intel, but
> regardless of the hammer stone, meteorite hunting is really hard work
> and takes a lot of time. The current lack of video and other unknowns
> combined with the reality of a possibly 8 mile long strewnfield
> pointed in an unknown direction makes the odds of 'me' finding a
> meteorite in VA about the same as finding one in PA. (at least in my
> mind).
>
> More importantly the reward for Lorton can not compare with that of
> the PA meteor. Lorton has already been discovered, named and will soon
> be classified. PA is still a mystery. It could be an ordinary, but you
> never know it could be a pallasite or a lunar, martian or other. While
> finding a meteorite regardless of the fall is something that I want to
> do very badly (I'm still a meteorite hunting virgin), discovering a
> meteorite is something entirely different. Its hard to find a
> meteorite and a spectacular accomplishment but to discover a fall that
> has never been found before... that's a big deal. In the history of PA
> only 8 meteorites have ever been found. Finding this one would make
> you the ninth person in 200+ years. You would be in the company of
> 1200 odd people in the history of man kind.
>
> Most importantly I have a personal cosmic connection to the PA meteor
> as a result of my experience with the fall. Its not about finding a
> meteorite. Its a lot more complicated than that. I would trade a 1400
> pounds of Brenham to find 10 grams of Paradise any day of the week.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> And if I'm going to work that hard on meteorite hunting (something
> that's not my full time profession) I don't want to waste the time and
> effort on a fall that means nothing to me. I have a personal
> connection to the PA meteor that is
>
> To answer your question about PA vs VA.... its hard to explain. I have
> a personal connection to the PA Meteor
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Gary Chase<garychase at live.com> wrote:
>
>> Nice webpage, Mr Hankey. Great story and photos.
>>
>> I was wondering about one thing you said -- Personally I think I?m going to sit the rest of this one out. I can only handle one fireball at a time.
>>
>> Why would you leave an area where a meteorite was found to go back to Penn. to work on a fireball where nothing has been found all these long months? I would think you would want to work where there is a bigger chance of success.
>>
>> Good job on keeping us all informed.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:48:14 -0500
>>> From: mike.hankey at gmail.com
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Lorton Update
>>>
>>> Hey Guys,
>>>
>>> I just spent the last couple days in Lorton VA.
>>>
>>> No new meteorites have been recovered to my knowledge as of EOD today.
>>>
>>> There are still several hunting groups working the area and some of
>>> them are committed to staying for a while.
>>>
>>> Its a relatively easy area to hunt, densely populated with town homes
>>> and apartments with lots of parking lots, parks, common grounds and
>>> businesses.
>>>
>>> Numerous eye witness reports are suggesting multiple rocks on the
>>> ground, but until we get some video or find a second stone it will be
>>> difficult to define the boundaries of the strewnfield.
>>>
>>> I posted an update with some pics and a couple of maps.
>>>
>>> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/lorton-virginia-meteorite-update/
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mike
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