[meteorite-list] Brix's meteorite hunting training video Part 2

[Adam Hupe]

Dogs are amazing. I had a Rottweiler that took to rocks naturally.  A long time 
ago, I received a package of Saharan meteorites from the Labennes, laid one out 
on a table and my dog made off with it and buried in the back yard.  I gave him 
another one, he took it and tried to bury it as well.  This is how we found 
where he buried the first one.   


I could pick up any rock, observe its unique characteristics and throw it into 
the river. My dog would then go after it and not return until he had found the 
exact same rock I had thrown among thousands of others.  I do not know how he 
was able to do this since it seems unlikely that a dog could smell anything 
submerged in water. It was like magic watching him retrieve these rocks.  I have 
no explanation for this.

A trained dog seems like a natural tool to use in meteorite hunting. I am 
curious to how this works out. Who knows?  Maybe Brix will be the first dog in 
history to make a cold find.

Happy Hunting,

Adam