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Marc, Thanks for the great job and all the time you put in on this, not to mention the same on the Ash Creek and Mifflin falls. I guess only time will tell if any stones are recovered from this data, but EVEN if not, that won't be from lack of info from you. At least there is more of a chance

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That was a huge event. There were hundreds of reports describing all the classic features of a new fall. The area was cold, wet and mushy. There was fresh snow on the ground. It didn't get much interest here on the list which surprised me very much. Bill

[meteorite-list] New radar post - I suspect that y'all are going to want to see this

Howdy all, I'm quite pleased with this one. Looks like a very nice meteorite fall from recent radar data archives: http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/jacksonville-il-05-feb-07-0144-utc/ Enjoy! Marc Fries __ Visit the Archives at

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Looks good! Good work Marc. Funny how all the so called meteorite people don't have a comment in 10 whole hours since your post. No yay, no nay... Just silence... LOL Maybe they're all packing they're bags or maybe already be in the field out there searching... ;) Regards, Eric On 9/24/2010

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Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't this from a fall that occurred 3 1/2 years ago? Not that I am taking anything away from Marc's efforts, but if the stones have been the ground that long, I'd suspect that most have been plowed under several times and become well weathered. That might

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That's true, but people routinely recover meteorites that have been on the ground for longer than that. And not all of the apparent strewn field area is farmland - there is a fairly large amount of wooded area there that has not been plowed. One of the things that I find amusing about the

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Hi Richard, I agree to a point... I bet if the Claxton meteorite was found on radar people would be jumping all over it and that fell 26 years ago. Point being, time on the ground doesn't matter as much as location. A good majority of the stones might be plowed under in the 3 years, but a

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(Sorry two things I'd like to clear up in my last post) ...It may not be worth it to travel 200 miles for though for a weathered ordinary chondrite... I meant to say 2000 miles. And ...and there's meteorites that can be found. .. I'll change this one to - there's probably meteorites that

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Hey Marc Eric, I'm not arguing against any of your points. I'm just remarking that since it isn't a fresh fall that is currently getting widespread media attention, the buzz isn't being generated, so the list is quiet. I suspect that some local hunters are in the early stages of data

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Joe Kershner from IL would be a good choice. He is local, he is determined and didn't he find his Mifflin stone with a metal detector under a bridge! Hey Joe, are you out near Jacksonville already? I bet he finds one! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection

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Hi Mark, Thanks for the data. Yes meteorites may be waiting to be picked up. The more people that stay home the more meteorites for me to find! Sonny -Original Message- From: Marc Fries fr...@psi.edu To: Meteorite-list List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Fri, Sep 24,