[meteorite-list] Carancas

[Jerry Flaherty]

I know in my heart that you are absolutely right Elton. But there are so few 
environments out here that can provide accessible search areas that it's my 
last "hope" of following in the footsteps of all of the List's exciting 
adventures.
I've even done some magnet snorkle dives driven by the tales recounted here.
I probably won't throw money into an expensive detector unless and until 
there is more evidence to support such ideas..
As far as kettle ponds are concerned, underlying terrain provides the 
pattern of these.
And yes, glacial deposits would overlay any evidence of impact.
However, my assumption, or hypothesis, considers the best case senerio or 
senerios. Either post glacial origin or other,  as yet to be undetermined, 
factors compromising glacial fill [tsunami, earthquake, and about the same 
luck as would be needed to win a lottery in picking the right pond, etc].
Thanks for the response. Always reassuring to be recognized, especially by 
someone as thoughtfully challanging as you.
P.S. google "cattle pond" in plymouth, ma, 02360. Note its shape. Instead of 
being shallow, it's quite deep. And oh yea, it's in my "backyard".

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "Jerry Flaherty" 
<grf2 at verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Carancas


Hey stimulate the economy buy the detector and wetsuit and have at it, Jerry 
you might defeat the odds at that.

BUT of those 360+ natural ponds, at least 359 of them are kettle lakes with 
glacial origins..any "impact pit/crater" older than 8000-13,000 years would 
have been filled by glacial debris. Seems like a soil sampling auger would 
be more meaningful than a metal detector. Frankly, given a 300+ year Anglo 
history in New England, I'll further wager at least 359 of those ponds have 
iron in them anyway. I always hedge against the 6thSD outlier. The only way 
to know for sure is sample them all.

Elton

--- On Fri, 1/2/09, Jerry Flaherty <grf2 at verizon.net> wrote:
I live in Plymouth, MA, the land of 360 ponds, many of which are actually
moderate sized lakes..Thanks for the article Steve. An additional motivation 
to invest in an underwater detector to confirm or dispute my own personal 
suspisions about some of their origins.
Jerry Flaherty