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Post by edwardmelnyk on Oct 8, 2015 20:58:12 GMT -5
Okay, so I thought I might share my other hobby with you guys: meteorite hunting! I have a collection of space rocks, including ones that I've dug up myself. It's a total thrill when you pull a rock that's a few billion years old and from space out of the ground.
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Post by lloyd on Oct 8, 2015 21:03:47 GMT -5
I've bought a few bits, that's an amazing hobby.
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Post by troutddicted on Oct 13, 2015 0:42:47 GMT -5
Pretty insane - who knows what sorta cra zy ages space rocks can reach! Cool hobby - how many do you find? Where do you even start looking?
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Post by vraev on Oct 13, 2015 1:49:49 GMT -5
yea...thats kinda cool. How do u even find them? I know most are supposed to be real real small.
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Post by edwardmelnyk on Oct 13, 2015 7:51:58 GMT -5
I've found 4 in this meteor crater in whitecourt. And depending where you are, whether it's a fresh fall or a thousand years old, like whitecourt crater, you sometimes have to work around and look for very black, most of the time dense stones. A good indicator is to drill a high powered rare earth magnet to the end of a stick and put it to the rock. If it sticks pretty good, it's a concluded field test. But if it's a new location and you're just random,y looking for them, it's highly unlikely and you should get it tested only if you're positive. For places like whitecourt, where the meteorite it 1100 years ago, and they're buried, I use a metal detector.
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Post by neilmac on May 17, 2016 17:35:38 GMT -5
Cool!!! That would be great to have on display. Used to be a rock hound but never found meteorite.
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