Meteorite

Nighthiker · Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1714

I have found many interesting things while hiking but I have yet to find a meteorite. Anyone find one ?

Daddee · Posted: 4/30/2003, 12:34 pm Post subject:

I found one with my grandfather down near Tucson once - small, a little larger than a golfball (maybe 1 1/2 golf balls) - I lost it in the move from Houston to Phoenix.
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overrocked · Joined: 07 Jan 2003 Posts: 51 Location: phx, AZ

yeah, I found one!!! The thing to look for is something that looks way, way, out of place. The one I found was the only metallic (nickel) rock next to a wash. It's my most treasured find. I usually look for jasper and obsidian, as well as petrified wood when I'm exploring the BLM lands surrounding our property up north.
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Daryl · Posted: 5/1/2003, 1:05 pm Post subject:

A friend of mine found one once and traded it with a guy at NAU for a laptop. I guess they are pretty valuable.
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Canyon Dweller · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 712 Location: Denver, CO

I have never found one, but I was given one years ago. It's a piece of the one from Metoer Crater. It was given to me by one of my dads freinds. He would go out and search for them.
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cakewalk · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 512

IT has been my ultimate dream to find a meteor.... Not just find, but to see it hit, then go get it. To think, that only God has touched it aside from myself.. treasure indeed!

I also have a piece of meteorite oxide from the the big crater up north...
its not the same tho.