[meteorite-list] First meteorites

[PrintsTodd at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/16/2005 11:57:22 PM US  Mountain Standard Time, 
moni2555 at hotmail.com writes:
Hi  TODD,

Congratualtions!!!
Did you find your first finds all by yourself  or did you go out with some 
one?
I know my first find was with an  experienced meteorite investigator and I 
know I could have never found it by  myself!
How exciting!!

Happy searching in the  future!!
Sternengruss, Moni  

Thank you, Moni.
Well, I was with another novice, but I did a lot of research and took some  
advise from one of the original founders of the Franconia strewn field, which  
was: "Buy a small Franconia so you know what it looks like and what it sounds  
like on your metal detector. And bring the sample to the field with you."
And, by the way, I wouldn't have found these without a metal detector -  they 
are extremely hard to distinguish from the terrestials. The 50 gm was on  the 
surface and the 4 gm was about an inch or two in the dirt.
 
TODD
Scottsdale, AZ