Outstanding! And a new documented "hammer" fall! Sweet. :)
Congrats to all involved! On 10/20/09, Mike Bandli <fuzzf...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hello all > > Today we did what we set out to do! > > Late last night we got an email from Rob Matson, who can only be described > as a half man-half robot juggernaut of number crunching mojo. Taking into > consideration the all-sky camera network, Doppler radar, and jet stream > winds he proffered the simplified advice "Tilt the presumed fall pattern a > bit clockwise." While it was nerve-wracking to wander off the known path, we > had nothing to lose in trying so we set out after a quick stop to re-trace > the steps taken by the scientists at a possible greenhouse hammer location, > where there was a report of a broken ceiling window that coincided with the > day of the fall. We are almost certain a meteorite caused this, but a stone > is nowhere to be found! > > Having no luck at the greenhouse, we proceeded to the 'Matson' location. > After hours of searching, we found ourselves footsore and hungry so we broke > from lunch. Arriving back to the spot after the carbs stared kicking in we > walked through a ditch to get back on the vineyard and there it was..a > complete 14.5 gram individual sitting in the dried mud. We had walked past > it on the way out, amazing what a belly full of food and a fresh start can > do. > > This makes stone number four with countless man hours spent in the field. > The TKW now totals ~135 grams. With rain on the menu, and snow shortly on > the way, work must be done fast if there is any hope of recovery. The US > hunters are out the door tomorrow and much of the Canadians are headed home > as well. > > We gridded like none other the rest of the day, among the vines and Bird > Blasters which are compressed air cannons that resonate like shotguns in > order to keep the birds away from the grapes. They fire and random intervals > and will scare the crap out of you if they go off anywhere near you. > > We will hear those cannons tonight. We will see the vineyard rows behind our > closed eyes. We will dream of meteorites. > > That was the only find of the day and the Scientists raced out to study our > find. We had much time to discuss the find and the event with Dr. Peter > Brown, Dr. Alan Hildebrand, and Calgary meteoritics student Ellen Millie. > Dr. Brown discussed the successes of the all-sky camera network in > predicting not only the fall area but where it fell from making this "The > most well documented bolide in history and to see the meteorite here makes > it all worthwhile." > > It was lobster tonight for me; we all enjoyed an excellent celebratory meal. > > Tomorrow is our last day before we out the lovely town of Grimsby in the > rearview mirror. > > Here are some more pics: > > http://historicmeteorites.com/HistoricMeteorites/grimsby.html > > Rob and Mike > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Florida, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale Twitter - Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone eBay - http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/maypickle .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list