[meteorite-list] Salinas man finds meteorites in Nevada

From: Raremeteorites <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 13:14:51 -0700
Message-ID: <9011E5D707194B9DAB9A91420CE216E5_at_HPDESKTOP>

It looks like the dry lake bed is a little wet in the first image and he
actually found some real meteorites this time.

A lot of hunters have found their very first meteorites in Nevada. I
believe the concentration of dry lake beds in Nevada must be the greatest in
the world. There are more mountains here in Nevada than any other state
including Alaska and Colorado. In-between mountain ranges, there seems to
be one or two dry lake beds each which unfortunately are not always dry as
we discovered last June even though Nevada is the driest state in the
nation..

Now, some lucky hunter needs to get out there and find the very first North
American Lunar meteorite here.

I believe Nevada could be the number state in meteorite recoveries if there
were enough searchers with feet on the ground. It is already the number gold
producing state by far accounting for 80% of all U.S. gold production; A
whopping 152,000,000 troy ounces (4,7000 Tons!) and they have barely
scratched the surface.

There are many areas here that remain pristine and have never been hunted!
I have been on dry lakes here without a single sign of modern humans!.

Happy Hunting,

Adam


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> Hello Listers
>
> Great read, enjoy :)
>
> Shawn Alan
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> Salinas man finds meteorites in Nevada
>
> Scott Harlan 7:38 a.m. PDT August 15, 2015
>
> My interest in geology probably started with my father who was a
> petroleum geologist. We would go to gem and mineral shows together and
> look at all of the spectacular specimens.
>
> Later as an adult, our family often incorporated some kind of rock
> hounding in our vacations. We hunted for fossil fish in Wyoming,
> trilobites in Utah and Herkimer diamonds in New Jersey. This was
> something everyone in our family could do with really equal chances of
> success regardless of age.
>
> There is a sense of discovery when you find something that no man has
> ever seen before.
>
> In 2011, there was a witnessed meteorite fall near Sutter?s Mill in
> California. It was a large fireball and the speeding meteorite fragments
> appeared on weather radar, so there was good definition for where to
> look for meteorites on the ground.
>
> My brother and I went up to Lotus, an unincorporated community in El
> Dorado County, and searched for a couple days, but we did not find
> anything. Many people did find meteorites from that fall, however, and
> this sparked my interest in meteorite hunting.
>
> Source:
> http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/life/2015/08/15/salinas-man-finds-meteorites-nevada/31775177/
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