[meteorite-list] Buzzard

[tett]

Hello List,

I have just returned from Buzzard Coulee after 4 exhausting days of 
travel and meteorite hunting.  It was wonderful to experience the 
Prairies and to hunt with other meteorite enthusiasts.  Hunted with 
friends from the Royal Ontario Museum, Patrick Herrmann, Rob Wessel and 
Mike Bandli.

All of us were successful.  Mike and Rob took me under there wings the 
first day out and shortly after starting with them I found a 90 gram 
individual with over 90% crust.  I was on cloud 9!  This stone turned 
out to be the largest our small group was going to find.  After giving 
half of my haul back to the land owner, as payment for rights to hunt, I 
came home with just under 1/4 kilo (12 individuals).   Will post some 
pictures soon.

The plows are now working and it looks like the farmer's fields will be 
tilled any day now.  However, there is much woodland to be searched and 
I am sure many fine specimens are waiting to be found.  The woodlands 
will be extremely tough to search and it will take much more work to 
find anything compared to our field hunting.  They may even prove 
impossible to search. 

Having walked over 50 km in 2 full days and 2 half days I now have a 
greater appreciation for how difficult it is to hunt for these 
treasures.  Buzzard Coulee was easy compared to many and it still took 
about 3 km of walking (on average) before finding a stone.  I don't 
think I would have been able to stand West where many hunters were lucky 
to find one stone in a day.

Cheers!

Mike (tett)  Tettenborn
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada