[meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill mass range

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 17:30:31 -0700
Message-ID: <5B7BCDC2A4624A43AE03BF69E7A57FFA_at_bosoheadPC>

Congrats to Robert! Having spent (still) many many days with my head down
and alert, countless hours and optimism in every condition and restricted
search ground (and non-restricted with permission from property owners) I'm
struck by the not-coincidental success that a number of experienced hunters
who have come to the strewn field have had. Look at the number of stones,
and many have been found by devotees.

Looking at the list of finds and finders, and having seen thousands of
people looking (some kid's parents and the parents themselves had horse-shoe
magnets suspended by strings as they walked along), it is amazing that
Robert's persistence turns up more that a single stone....A BIG amazing
congratulations.

Richard Montgomery


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Matson" <mojave_meteorites at cox.net>
To: "Meteorite-List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 2:15 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill mass range


> Hi All,
>
> As an addendum to my Saturday post, the Sutter's Mill main
> mass finder passed the torch back to Robert Ward on Thursday.
> Robert is currently the proud finder of both the smallest
> (0.1g complete) and largest (~44g) meteorites from this fall.
>
> --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Rob
> Matson
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 4:23 PM
> To: Jim Wooddell
> Cc: Meteorite-List
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Coloma / Lotus / Sutter Mill Articles
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> In the article of your first link, you'll find the
> following confusing sentence:
>
> "It was then he learned that not only did he find the largest
> piece to date, but that his find has been identified as the
> main mass of the meteor."
>
> I guess the writer wasn't clear on what was meant by "main
> mass". For a fresh fall, the so-called "main mass" may
> be changing on a daily basis. In the case of Sutter's Mill,
> where over 99% of its meteorites will never be found, the
> actual main mass of the fall is unlikely to be among the 1%.
>
> Very amusing that someone found gold while looking for
> meteorites! (I do wonder about the use of a metal detector
> to find a CM meteorite -- has a single Sutter's Mill
> meteorite been found using one?)
>
> --Rob
>
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Received on Sun 13 May 2012 08:30:31 PM PDT