[meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all are going to want to see this

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:06:08 -0400
Message-ID: <1083F1EBD09144168027B48119912B03_at_greg323a964987>

Joe Kershner from IL would be a good choice. He is local, he is determined
and didn't he find his Mifflin stone with a metal detector under a bridge!
Hey Joe, are you out near Jacksonville already? I bet he finds one!

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all are
going to want to see this


> Hi Richard, I agree to a point...
>
> I bet if the Claxton meteorite was found on radar people would be
> jumping all over it and that fell 26 years ago. Point being, time on the
> ground doesn't matter as much as location. A good majority of the stones
> might be plowed under in the 3 years, but a good metal detector would
> suffice, and there's always going to be material on or near the surface
> outside the farm fields. It may not be worth it to travel 200 miles for
> though for a weathered ordinary chondrite, I get that, but it's still
> scientifically important.
>
> This meteorite, if recovered, is still a witnessed fall, valuable to
> science in that it proves archived radar is a valuable tool to the
> science, and it's collectibility will be there as well. Especially if
> only a few pieces are recovered.
>
> Someone close by the area might do well going out there and talking to
> landowners to gain permission to look around a bit. It won't hurt and
> there's meteorites that can be found.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
>
>
> On 9/24/2010 11:31 AM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't this from a fall that occurred 3
>> 1/2 years ago?
>>
>> Not that I am taking anything away from Marc's efforts, but if the stones
>> have been the ground that long, I'd suspect that most have been plowed
>> under several times and become well weathered. That might explain why
>> there hasn't been any discussion so far.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard Kowalski
>> Full Moon Photography
>> IMCA #1081
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 9/24/10, Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> From: Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all are
>>> going to want to see this
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 11:06 AM
>>> Looks good! Good work Marc. Funny how
>>> all the so called meteorite people
>>> don't have a comment in 10 whole hours since your post. No
>>> yay, no
>>> nay... Just silence... LOL Maybe they're all packing
>>> they're bags or
>>> maybe already be in the field out there searching... ;)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On 9/24/2010 12:59 AM, Marc Fries wrote:
>>>
>>>> Howdy all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm quite pleased with this
>>>>
>>> one. Looks like a very nice meteorite fall from recent
>>> radar data archives:
>>>
>>>> http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/jacksonville-il-05-feb-07-0144-utc/
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy!
>>>> Marc Fries
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