DolanDave Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Top Picture- Yelland in Northern Nevada... Bottom Picture- Tungsten Mountain- Central Nevada.... Dave 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Here are a couple that my mom found a few years ago: a 166 gram iron near Quartzsite, AZ and a 161 gram Franconia individual stone. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Nice! I have to admit I think the irons are much cooler. More what my mind sees when I think meteorite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Same here, Steve. In fact, before I educated myself about meteorites, I thought they were only iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Very cool finds Lunk , especially for the mom to find.... Irons are very difficult to find...congrats to her.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Here are some fragments I spotted on Stewart dry lake near Pahrump, Nevada a few years back. The GPX 5000 will not make a peep on them, even at max gain in fine gold timing with all the filters wide open. They do sound good on the GPZ 7000 though: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Hey Lunk, So the gpz 7000 works good on Stewart? I tried the 5000 on it, but the soil was to mineralized, even dumbed way down.... I have found pounds of meteorites on Stewart over the years...nice pieces you found... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Lunk, does the 161g Franconia pair with the tiny and small irons found out there? very nice pieces! fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 6 hours ago, DolanDave said: Hey Lunk, So the gpz 7000 works good on Stewart? I tried the 5000 on it, but the soil was to mineralized, even dumbed way down.... I have found pounds of meteorites on Stewart over the years...nice pieces you found... Hey Dave, I haven't actually had the GPZ 7000 at Stewart Lake; I used my GPX 5000 there back in 2012 and didn't have any luck, so I started hunting with my eyes and a magnet cane - that's how I found the fragments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 4 hours ago, fredmason said: Lunk, does the 161g Franconia pair with the tiny and small irons found out there? very nice pieces! fred Howdy Fred, The 161g Franconia is a stony meteorite, and the 166g iron is from the Quartzsite area; both have not been classified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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