Dang Meteor ALmost Ruined my day!

[Ron B]

There I was; minding my own business. Head down, working that coil. Wham! Something fell from the sky almost knocking my headphones off! Not really but close. Here's my take for today --- that's a magnet on the side!

Thanks!
GRB

 

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[Cynangyl]

Wow!

 

[Prober]

Meteor is cool! I notice a couple rings there too. Nice.

 

[Smokey]

Now Talk About Luck!!!

55TXBANDIT

 

[BIG61AL]

OH MAN! A meteor is one of my things that I want to find....super find!

 

[CarolinaDigs]

Great Post !! Was it hot when you got to it

 

[texan connection]

I read that generaly when you find one, you could possibly be in a field that was once showered and larger pieces may be close by.

 

[RW]

http://www.meteoriteman.com/

 

[DFX TEXAN]

from what i hear, that's money in the bank!



glad you did'nt get hurt.
hh, dfx texan, randy.

 

[Monty]

Did that thing actually land while you were detecting or was that just tongue in cheek? At any rate, great find. Monty

 

[Slabman]

Wow... Nice find!! Depending on what type of metal meteorite it is,
it could be worth from $4 to $10 per gram!!! Check out this site:
http://www.alaska.net/~meteor/Iron.htm

HH Slabman

 

[history hunter]

That's awesome, probably get some money for that.

 

[Raoul]

GRG what are the odds on almost being hit by a meteor,hope you put in a lotto ticket.
did you contact the TV news?i'm sure thats well and truly a news item.

Raoul

 

[steve m]

Seriously? Did you detect it or did it really hit the ground next to you?
Wow, that would hurt! LOL
Nice finds by the way...

 

[SpecialFarces]

Let's see... at current prices for iron meteorite $8 to $20 per gram, and that looks like at least 4 pounds..... which is about 1814 grams... could be about $36,000 US$ (at high end).

 

[Dman]

Nice find

 

[Ron B]

Hello Guys & Gals!
No, I was just having a little fun referencing almost being hit by this "space-rock" thing. :

I actually found this rock-meteor-junk in a valley on my property yesterday where there is the remains of an old stone house. According to my neighbors the previous owner had several loads of gravel dumped around the site years ago. I suspect this rock was part of one of those loads as I did search for more, not finding any. You can bet I'll verify the continued lack of magnetized ore for sure!

To satisfy my curiosity I may have Little Miss S E's find checked out! It sure would be neat to sell this thing, recouping enough to pay off the wife-bank financing my extravagant hobby! You think that would make Miss Arlyn smile? I think she could use an SE aso.

May your day bring blessings!
GRB

 

[nealb]

GRB - that's an awesome find. That's at the top of my list for things to find. They are valuable.

HH

 

[wildrider]

Uh...dude,

FYI, you are supposed to focus on the most important thing in the picture.

And I'd say it was the detector, but you completely left that out! Just kidding.

There's gotta be gold around there somewhere. Before I started detecting, I lived in Raton for a while. That's
a nice drive between Trinidad and there. Looking back, I bet there is alot of gold in those stream beds.

Take care.

Burt

 

[N.J.THer]

FYI, you are supposed to focus on the most important thing in the picture.

He did...The car is crystal clear...only kidding!!!

You should call your local University and their geologist would love to see it. They can tell you exactly what you have there. We just had a situation here in NJ where a 'meteorite' went through the roof of a house and landed in the bathroom. After a few weeks of press a geologist got there hands on it to do some tests and it turned out to be just man made space junk. Something off of a satelite, skylab or something else man made. It was floating around in outer space until it reentered the Earth's atmosphere. On reentry the man made item gets heated up and melts so it looks similar to a meterite but they can tell by the composition that it originally came from earth.

The Universities will look at it for free. They are always looking for something new to discover so they can get some free press and additional funding. Plus, if you are looking to sell it for top dollar it must be documented. As the science world calls them there are too many 'Metor Wrongs' opposed to 'Metor Rights' that the general public find.

Good luck

NJ