fredmason Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Thanks, Dave! Rick, What kind of fossil is that? The stone looks out-of-place but not meteoric to me.... fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K - First Member Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 The rock was found in Central Oman about 5 miles from the location of a documented lunar meteorite. It looked interesting enough to Randy Korolev at Washington University that he agreed to look at a piece of it. Detailed analysis confirmed his initial impression when he saw the piece I sent - terrestrial ?. The big white thing is a whale skull. My wife and I came across it while driving along a beach a few hundred miles south of Muscat, the Omani capital. Would have looked great in our yard back in Muscat, but the darned thing must have weighed a lot - we couldn’t budge it. Still, the yard looked OK without it. Those were the days. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K - First Member Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Since I wasted everybody’s time reminiscing, here’s an offering. Here’s a link to a Website on meteorites and detectors. Some interesting stuff including posts by Jim Straight and Reg Sniff. http://www.whiteriverprep.com/meteor/meteor.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Rick that looks like a predator skull ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K - First Member Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I believe I t’s some kind of beaked whale https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-skeleton-of-a-small-beaked-whale-on-livingston-island-on-the-antarctic-68439537.html or google beaked whale skull and click on images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Dave, Dave, Dave ... I just saw this. That is way out of the ordinary. Great job. How many days were you there? I've been there and near the RR tracks a few times to no avail. My finds are very small. It just shows it takes a lot more than just location often times. Mitchel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 7 hours ago, mn90403 said: Dave, Dave, Dave ... I just saw this. That is way out of the ordinary. Great job. How many days were you there? I've been there and near the RR tracks a few times to no avail. My finds are very small. It just shows it takes a lot more than just location often times. Mitchel Hi Mitchel, Thank you !!! Myself, Richard Garcia, and another buddy of mine Eric were there for 2 days. Its a hard area to hunt nowadays to get anything over a gram or two. I just got lucky, right place at right time kind of thing. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Right ? What did they get? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 6/6/2018 at 6:44 PM, mn90403 said: Right ? What did they get? Richard got a nice 5 gram, and 2 gram piece, Eric got several 1 and 2 grams pieces. Mike (mikestang) and Robby went there 2 weeks before us, and got a nice 40 gram piece with other smaller ones also... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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