Black Gold From Arizona And Hard To Find.

[Gerry in Idaho]

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Good stuff, Gerry, especially the big one, but I think your pick needs a shave.  How deep were your finds?  Besides going deeper, are there other reasons that a PI should be better at finding meteorites?  Ignoring hot rocks ('cold stones' as you like to call them), or does that risk throwing the baby out with the bath water?

So many Hot Rocks in the area it's just faster to use a PI unit.  

Yes I've probably tossed a few in my early days with the bath water.

[Gerry in Idaho]

2 hours ago, mn90403 said:

How many did Lunk get?

He decided to hunt the more expensive Au rocks but I know he has found Meteorites in times past and is well versed at it.  He was my mentor on previous trip and taught me alot.

[Swegin]

I really enjoy that area but the skunk has been winning. 

[geof_junk]

Tektites are a recycled Earth material the Meteorites have made. The photo has one of my nuggets ( 4 Oz. ) to show the size of them. They do not respond to a metal detector. The normal finds are about the size of the two sitting on the nugget. So they are normally found when specking in my case for gold.

 

Tektites are small, pebble-like glassy objects of Earth material that have been melted by meteorite impact, splashed up into our atmosphere, and fallen to Earth again under gravity. They often acquire aerodynamic shapes when they partially melt on their return journey. 

[madtuna]

Always get a buzz when I find a tektite. 
You’d be surprised how many walk right passed them mistaking them for roo poo. How you tell the difference is you put them in your mouth and if you dribble green stuff, it’s not a tektite.

[MSC]

Nice finds Gerry. I have found meteorites on dry lake beds driving around on a 4 wheeler using a earth magnet taped to a ski poll. A fun way to look for them. 

[Gerry in Idaho]

4 hours ago, MSC said:

Nice finds Gerry. I have found meteorites on dry lake beds driving around on a 4 wheeler using a earth magnet taped to a ski poll. A fun way to look for them. 

I like your way of hunting meteorites and you can certainly cover some ground.  What's the best one you have ever found doing that?

[MSC]

I have found 11 meteorite's in NV. at 3 different dry lake beds ( also 1 at GB found with a 5000). You need to drive around the perimeter of the bed to familiarize your self with the native rocks where there will be a lot of rocks around the old shore line. Move to the interior where there will be less and less rocks, when you see a darker rock, you drive up to it and see if your magnet sticks to it if not, move on. In the middle of the dry lake beds there are so few rocks, there is a better chance of a rock being a meteorite. This method really is a lot of fun especially looking with a buddy. 

[GB_Amateur]

21 minutes ago, MSC said:

In the middle of the dry lake beds there are so few rocks, there is a better chance of a rock being a meteorite.

Can you explain why that is the case?  For starters, I don't even understand why there would be fewer rocks in view in the lakebed.  Is that because silt has covered most of them?  But then why wouldn't it do the same for a meteorite?  (Obviously I'm missing something, which I think I just proved.)

I like your magnet method -- doesn't require batteries.  ?