Aloha Rob and Mike, thanks for the hunting update and pictures from
Grimsby (where I and possibly several others are living vicariously
through your exploits). The best of luck to you and other hunters on
finding more specimens.
gary
On Oct 17, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Mike Bandli wrote:
Hello all,
I am having trouble posting to the list from Canada so I am writing
through
my hunting partner, Mike Bandli's email account.
We arrived in Grimsby shortly after 11:00 am local time and spent a
couple
hours finding our bearings before meeting up with Roman Jirasek on a
20 acre
parcel of land he had secured. After some time spent spot searching we
decided to try a different location and unknowingly found ourselves
only a
few feet from Peter Brown's hunting party. Brown and his team are
eager and
have been logging many hours using a variety of methodologies to try
to zero
in on the fall line. More than happy to collaborate, Brown welcomed
us in
and helped us with as much info as the team had regarding the TWO
stones
found.
After hunting in that area with no luck, we moved on again and went
to the
home of the car smasher and met with the homeowner. Despite all the
coverage
and hunting in the area, no one had thought to use a magnet to
search for
any more fragments of the stone that broke into several pieces upon
impact.
I asked if I could comb it over, to which they obliged, and found
6-7 small
fragments. it was heartbreaking, though completely understandable,
to have
to hand them over after finding them.
After a hot meal and a hotel check-in we met up with Mike Farmer and
Jim
Strope for a few beers, decompression, and planning.
The locals have all been exceedingly accommodating. The terrain has
been
varied to say the least but many areas are huntable and many new
areas seem
to jump out on Google Earth so we are set for tomorrow. The two
stones found
are so close that they do not represent as line but more a pivot
point for
the line so that means 100 yard jumps to try and spot some more as
gridding
seems pointless.
Given the hours spent and lack of TKW, it would seem at this point
that
export is highly unlikely.
You can view a gallery of our hunt here, which we will try to update
nightly:
http://historicmeteorites.com/HistoricMeteorites/grimsby.html
Off to bed, hope to have more info tomorrow,
Rob Wesel
www.nakhladogmeteorites.com
www.facebook.com/nakhladog
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IMCA #5765
Member, Meteoritical Society
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