mn90403 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I went out to the Franconia meteorite strewn field last Friday. It is an area I know pretty good and I know a fair bit about the types of meteorites you can find there. One of the major types of meteorites is what they call an iron. It is a small meteorite that was blown by winds to their present location after a main mass burst in the atmosphere. They landed away from the main strewn field. Prior to the 8th of May I had never gotten more than 3 irons in a trip with various detectors and coils which includes a GPX 5000. Many thousands of these meteorites have been found over the years by hundreds of hunters. When you detect them the larger ones can scream at you. They are never very deep. This was a good and different trip. I had a Zed. I found 25 of the irons and a couple of larger meteorites. The largest iron at the top of the circle is .8 grams. It ends up with a tiny meteorite that I can't weigh. The total of all irons is 4.1 grams. The two larger meteorites are 46.7 grams and 114.4 grams. They were found in the same area with a depth of less then 5 inches. The Zed had no problem distinguishing them from the hot rocks. Now, bring on the gold fields! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 A big congrats on the meteorites Mitchel!!, your going to be the first person to pay for your zed with space rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatup Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Congrats on a great day out detecting,nice batch of space rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDancer Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Nice space gold there Figure you'll have the basin cleared out by the end of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 i got a tweet from Minelab! https://twitter.com/...708749045694466 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Minelab gave me the international 'Find of the Month' today. If you submit a story and picture then you can win $250 plus some goodies. I'll tell you what the goodies are when they get here from Ireland. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bado1 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I was swinging the GPZ today at rye patch and hit a nice signal under a dead brush stump and while clearing the hole found this stuck to the magnet on my pick, meteorite I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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