Metorites

[Coyote]

I am not sure these can be called treasures - but it’s what is getting me started in metal detecting. We ran across a meteorite about the size of a small melon - this was not found by the use of a metal detector. I was very impressed with the find - it now sits in a glass case in a senior member of the town I live in. I could not believe the fact that it was so heavy for being so small. My question is in using the metal detector what type of sounds or reading should I be looking for. We have a Meteorite creator close by and I will be looking there more fragments. I think most most of the meteorites are made up from Achondrite (basalts), Carbonaceous Chondrited (mantle and crust of terrestrial planets), Iron (primarily iron and nickel), and stony-iron (mixture of iron -stony material and 50% nickel-iron). The one that we found must of been iron and nickel as a small piece was removed and it looked like a chrome bumber.

Any help would be welcome.

[JohnWPA]

Hey Coyote.....

That's cool you found a meteorite...just wanted to share this short story with you....I was reading the other day on the Internet that a farmer from Kansas found a 1400 pound meteorite in his field back in October. He was saying that the type of meteorite it was because of it's looks and makeup was worth between $20- $40 per gram! I caculated using the $40.00 per gram figure and estimated that the meteorite that was found.... worth over $2.5 million dollars!!!

Keep digging over there.....Meteorites are rare to find and they could be a BIG treasure!

Happy Hunting
John

[Coyote]

John - that would be some find - I am surprised that no one here has located something of that nature - not as big - but something on a smaller scale - when the snow leave the ground - I have located a meteorite crater that I want to work on. We will see...

[Joe(TX)]

One needs to hunt in All Metals to find these. Most of the discriminators will either ignore or null out on these. Although I have never found one I know that Keith Wills has and he can probably give better advise than me. Good Hunting!!!

Holy mackerel that was one heck of a find. I never dreamed that they were so valuable.

[mlamp20412]

Saw a show on PBS about a guy with a 4 wheeler towing a large PVC Pipe coil to find meteors in farm fields. They found one 10ft down. They were talking about huge values per pound (don’t recall exactly). There was also a segment about a boutique style shop selling meteors and fragments mounted or cut cross-section, all selling for high dollar amounts. Meteors can millions of years old and rich space enthusiasts will pay lots of money apparently. The cross sections looked cool too.