[meteorite-list] My own Franconia find!!!

[Bill Southern]

Thanks for the great story and photos! Congrats on a nice find.

Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>
To: "met list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 8:39 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] My own Franconia find!!!


> Hello List,  I got a call from a restless Mike Miller
> (www.meteoritefinder.com ) yesterday morning. He asked me if I wanted to
> hunt Franconia with him, I saw little need because if I did not have bad
> luck, I would not have any luck at all, but I went and as luck would have
> it, Mike's luck rubbed off on me, probably while crossing the washes on 
> the
> road in, it was a little bumpy. : )  After a few hours searching  the well
> hunted strewn field, I spotted something, the metal detector went off, my
> magnet liked it, it was the most beautiful stone, I had ever seen, great
> crust, My first Franconia find, a dandy!
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/peregrineflier/franhotrock.jpg
>
> But no, it was just one of the many hot rocks disguised as a meteorite 
> like
> this one.
>
> Well after a couple more hours, I spotted something else, it did not look
> like a meteorite, but it passed the same tests the hot rocks did, but 
> looked
> to out of place among all the meteorite looking hot rocks, to be anything
> else.  I called Mike over, he was not sure what it was either, he had 
> never
> seen a Franconia so ugly, I know I never had either.  We looked at it, it
> sure did not look like one, but we figured it was, so we Mike took a 
> picture
> of it just in case.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/peregrineflier/toms171fran.jpg
>
> I picked it up and wiped the dirt off, it was not so bad after all, it is
> about fifty percent crusted ( the buried side) and weighed in at 171.5
> grams.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/peregrineflier/DSCN1103.jpg
>
> It my not be the best looking Franconia out there, but it will always be 
> my
> favorite one!
>
> Thanks, Tom
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