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Dave

 

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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. 

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Same here, Steve. In fact, before I educated myself about meteorites, I thought they were only iron. 

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Very cool finds Lunk , especially for the mom to find.... Irons are very difficult to find...congrats to her..

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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:

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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...

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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. 

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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. 

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