bodhisattva
Tenderfoot
- Aug 4, 2013
- 8
- 3
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I haven't received my metal detector, yet, but am very eager to get out and start searching. I had been thinking it would be pretty amazing to find a meteorite and am glad to see this forum.
A little back story: I used to be in the military and was stationed in North Dakota. A large portion of the population makes a big deal about seeing a meteor thinking that they are a rare thing. In North Dakota it was so clear, and so many stars, that you could look up in the sky and within 5 minutes see a meteor. I remember the most amazing one I ever saw was in the middle of the night and I was standing at attention with my Lieutenant talking to my fire team. A larger size meteor came down and broke into three separate pieces shooting different directions. Wow, it was a sight to see! We all saw it and were amazed and as soon as the Lieutenant said at ease we all started blurting out what he had missed.
So anyways, enough with my flashback, it would be so amazing to find a meteorite! But how do you know that you have found a meteorite? Does it look different? Feel different? Chemically different? Does an expert look at it and grade it some how? Just the thought of having one that I could look at and ponder from what part of the universe it came from seems pretty appealing (I have a degree in philosophy).
Thanks for your help and reading my geeky rant.
A little back story: I used to be in the military and was stationed in North Dakota. A large portion of the population makes a big deal about seeing a meteor thinking that they are a rare thing. In North Dakota it was so clear, and so many stars, that you could look up in the sky and within 5 minutes see a meteor. I remember the most amazing one I ever saw was in the middle of the night and I was standing at attention with my Lieutenant talking to my fire team. A larger size meteor came down and broke into three separate pieces shooting different directions. Wow, it was a sight to see! We all saw it and were amazed and as soon as the Lieutenant said at ease we all started blurting out what he had missed.
So anyways, enough with my flashback, it would be so amazing to find a meteorite! But how do you know that you have found a meteorite? Does it look different? Feel different? Chemically different? Does an expert look at it and grade it some how? Just the thought of having one that I could look at and ponder from what part of the universe it came from seems pretty appealing (I have a degree in philosophy).
Thanks for your help and reading my geeky rant.
