Meteorite Hunting in Mojave Desert (UPDATED)
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pulltabsteve
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Great pictures John! Sounds like a real fun time.....except for the snakes!
SeabeeRon
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Glad this thread popped back up! Beautiful pics buddy!!
Don't recall if I ever told you, but our first son was born up in Fallon when I was stationed at the Naval Air Station there. Used to love the drives out into the desert. One of my jobs as an Equip Oper was to grade out the bomb holes out in the practice ranges. Was always afraid one of those Jet Jockies would mistake my grader for a bombing target!! :shocked04:
Don't recall if I ever told you, but our first son was born up in Fallon when I was stationed at the Naval Air Station there. Used to love the drives out into the desert. One of my jobs as an Equip Oper was to grade out the bomb holes out in the practice ranges. Was always afraid one of those Jet Jockies would mistake my grader for a bombing target!! :shocked04:
erfect10:, A perfect 30 on your story, and pics. The MM, are what got me started with metal detectors in the first place :smitten:. My other hobby is Astrophotography, and astronomy. I started watching MM. And I thought. I've been taking photos of the stars long enough. It would be cool to be able to find one myself :happydance01: Course, until I started digging up coins. The meteorite hunting was kind of put on hold. But I still intend on doing some searching. If I can ever get out of the parks. Again, Great story and photos. Good luck in your new venture!Scatter fields
When I was younger I drove jeeps all over the Mohave desert and never stopped to look for meteorites. I feel I know the desert intimately. Now my granddaughter is interested in rocks so I am going to take her camping in the desert. What I read, many scatter fields are related to dry lakes because they are easy to find. However, most of the desert is a likely candidate to be a scatter field. Meteors have been falling every where for millions of years. I am assuming many flat planes with rocks scattered on top of the sand/soil are untouched and unknown scatter fields. I suspect it will be easier to find good specimens there because they have not been searched by thousands of hunters. I assume looking in proven scatter fields has a lower probability of finding good meteorites.
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When I was younger I drove jeeps all over the Mohave desert and never stopped to look for meteorites. I feel I know the desert intimately. Now my granddaughter is interested in rocks so I am going to take her camping in the desert. What I read, many scatter fields are related to dry lakes because they are easy to find. However, most of the desert is a likely candidate to be a scatter field. Meteors have been falling every where for millions of years. I am assuming many flat planes with rocks scattered on top of the sand/soil are untouched and unknown scatter fields. I suspect it will be easier to find good specimens there because they have not been searched by thousands of hunters. I assume looking in proven scatter fields has a lower probability of finding good meteorites.
FYI - If any one is looking for strong rare earth neodyminium magnets, you can find them from magnetic jewelry suppliers like the Magnetic Hematite Shoppe.
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