LE.JAG Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Hi, you may already be talking about it, but I still put some photostwo large meteorites discovered in France the first goes back to 2010 (Mont-Dieu)on an old impact site, in the forestwho gave a few years ago a 435 kilos (1994)it is 364 kg / discovered by a prospector with a PI (siderite) and another discovery late 2018again, on a known impact site (since 1968)it is the biggest piece discovered to date and the reccord of France477 kg / contains 11% nickel discovery also with a PIwith this piece of 477 kilos and all the others discovered since 1968the impact site to deliver nearly 6 tons ... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busho Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 4 hours ago, LE.JAG said: Hi, you may already be talking about it, but I still put some photostwo large meteorites discovered in France the first goes back to 2010 (Mont-Dieu)on an old impact site, in the forestwho gave a few years ago a 435 kilos (1994)it is 364 kg / discovered by a prospector with a PI (siderite) and another discovery late 2018again, on a known impact site (since 1968)it is the biggest piece discovered to date and the reccord of France477 kg / contains 11% nickel discovery also with a PIwith this piece of 477 kilos and all the others discovered since 1968the impact site to deliver nearly 6 tons ... Wow, they're huge! They'd be worth a fortune wouldn't they? I cringe when I remember my earlier days detecting and am sure I've found a few small one's, tiny compared to those, and discarded them as junk. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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