enigmatic Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Went out to Gold Basin today and finally found one...was beginning to wonder if I ever would. Being my first I'm rather confident it is a meteorite. Heavy for its size, slightly magnetic, appears to have whats is left of a fusion crust...just under half a pound. Found it with a Minelab GP 3500 with 14in coiltek mono in tracking and deep/sensitive around 8 inches deep. It had a hi-low broad sound on the detector! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 That's a BINGO for sure. Found enough of them myself. That's a nice specimen, and you are right it does still have a little bit of fusion crust left.Gold Basin has been pounded hard, you are lucky to have found one that size.Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 That's a BINGO for sure. Found enough of them myself. That's a nice specimen, and you are right it does still have a little bit of fusion crust left.Gold Basin has been pounded hard, you are lucky to have found one that size.DocThanks Doc...I needed some confirmation...big time! Guido Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggetslayer Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Pretty neat nice job I have never seen one until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paseclipse Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Yep for sure thats a Gold Basin area meteorite. I just spent a week hunting meteorites there and big ones like that are are definately hard to find. Congrats!Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted January 11, 2009 Admin Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hey Guido, Congrats on a very nice Meteorite Find! I've also spent a lot of time searching for them at Gold Basin and the bigger ones are much more scarce. Anything over a 100+ Grams is a great find today out there due to the amount of metal detector activity. Thanks for sharing your find. Hope you find many more in the future. Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggetshooter Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Guido,Great job. I have found a good number of them out at Gold Basin. They are all over, so keep looking. Keep a strong magnet, a file, and a magnifying glass with you so you can inspect any rock you are uncertain about. I am still waiting for my first Franconia meteorite. I hope that on my next trip I will be lucky. I know there is one out there with my name on it, I just have to find it! Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues_dad Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 very nice find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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