Dear List: A few weeks ago there was a thread about successful hunts. I would like to report that I am back from a successful hunt to Gold Basin and to Franconia.
Although, not in the same league as Rubin, Mike, Sonny and other big time hunters, I did have some success. My first stop was at Gold Basin. After parking in a dry wash and getting out of the car, the first thing I heard was the rattle of a snake. I couldn't see anything, and it quickly stopped. So, carefully, I removed my equipment. After moving to a number of locations and bending to dig about a thousand hot rocks, I learned how to tell the difference between them and the zip-zip of a real meteorite. Eventually, I found a 4.0 g piece in the Elephant Wash area. At about 7 pm, after hearing a gunshot, I decided it was time to call it a day. I did find 4 other suspects - magnetic, metal flakes, but no chondrules. I need to smooth the surface better to see any chondrules. I stayed overnight in Kingman, AZ, and went to the Franconia strewnfield the next day. Thanks to some good information given to me by Dennis Wells, I was able to get to a good part of the strewnfield. I only found one piece, a 2 g individual, but was thrilled when it jumped onto my magnet. I used a Fisher Gold Bug 2 and was very pleased with its performance. The coordinates of the find were: N34 45' 36.3", W114 13' 58.6". Although I didn't find that 10 Kg piece, I was very happy with this trip and consider it very successful. Regards, Dave ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list