mn90403 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 This family heard a thud and in the morning they found ... https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56337876 8 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 If one of them danged things hits my Jeep I'm going to be ------. 3 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-157830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Surprised it didn't put a hole in the driveway. Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-157834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 hour ago, kac said: Surprised it didn't put a hole in the driveway. Its velocity (weight/size) and hardness (less metals) made for a splat landing. This type of meteorite would decompose in wet climates. 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-157846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 2 hours ago, klunker said: If one of them danged things hits my Jeep I'm going to be ------. RICH! If you could prove that it hit something that would make it more valuable to a collector. There is a lot of 'loose' money out there for these types of objects right now. You have to build the story. Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-157849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 2 hours ago, mn90403 said: You have to build the story. But you know darned well I would never "build a story". 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-157872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 You would have to 'take down' the story! Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-157874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hope they didn't touch this with bare hands.... (That's even worse than cleaning valuable coins with abrasives.) 1 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-157897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kioti Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Some gold hunters found this one. Makes a day trip worthwhile. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-18/qld-gold-fossickers-sell-meteorite-to-geoscience-australia/100015142 2 Link to comment https://www.detectorprospector.com/topic/15379-how-would-you-like-to-find-one-of-these-in-your-driveway/#findComment-158612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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