goldmanmike Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Did a franconia hunt this Saturday :icon_mrgreen: . Got out there at 2:00pm HOT! The plan was to wait till about 5:00pm to start hunting and go all night. I waited for about 15min . About 3 hours in to it, I found my biggest franconia to date 226.8 grams. I had to tell some one, I was so exacted I called Paul, who was not able to make it out. I said it has to be 150g+. I sent him a pic on the cell phone. 2 1/2 hours later at about 9:00pm here comes Paul pulling in to where I was parked . He even brought a large pizza :whoopie: ,we ate that in like 2min flat. I think we hunted till about 2:30am, took a cat nap and got back at it till 9:00am. My take was 1. 226.8 gram 2. 48.6 gram 3. 23.0 gram 4. 11.2 gram 5. 6.7 gram 6. 5.3 gram 7. 1.0 gram 8. 3 little irons total .09 gram I think Paul got about 7 or so pieces. You just got to love Franconia, it keeps on giving. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dez-perate 4 nugs Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Ya buddy, I think it was a little less than 2 1/2 hours but whos counting :innocent0002: :innocent0009: I couldnt let you have all the fun :angry-smiley-010: . Night hunts are the way to go its so quiet and peacefull................... untill you hear your buddy screaming and pulling his pants down, only to find he had a nice little ant join him in his trousers . I hope the bites werent as painfull as they sounded :tisc-tisc: :innocent0009: Well all in all it was good fun and we found some meteorites too. Nice piece mikey, my guess was 228 grams in the field, guess i had better work on my estimating a little more I found all 5 of my chondrites in a little patch about 10 x 10 with dig holes all around it :confused0013: one was litterally 8 inches from a dig hole :angry-smiley-010:. just my good fortune i guess? The other 2 were train wreck parts or shrapnel or what ever there called now I hope the day never comes when good ole franconia gets cleaned out! Its a great place to go get a fix after walking endless miles on dry lake beds finding squat I guess its good exercise, but with all the walking i have done recently how come im still a lard a__ oops children may be reading this sorry kiddies. Is this a great pastime or what!!!!!!!!! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleface Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Mike & Paul, WTG guys, yep.........had heard before that those ants get kinda feisty after the sun goes down... :unsure: .. Did the kit fox come in for a pizza snack? 226 grams is one heck of a nice chunk and I am sure that there is a 500+ grammer still out there with one of your names on it. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dez-perate 4 nugs Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 hey Jim, No the kit fox didnt pay a visit this time, at least not that I noticed. I was running on auto pilot most of the time though. I often close my eyes and just walk and swing my detector until I hear a signal or trip over a rock or bush Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalNovice Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Way to go guys! You cease to amaze me... oh, and make me look bad too ! I have developed a love/hate relationship for you two :hmmmmmm: :bowdown: . Keep up the good work. Take care and congrats again! Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EARL Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Way to go Mike :whoopie: That is a nice piece looks like it has some primary fusion crust on it as well as second. Night hunts are fun. I will never forget the one we did together. Had alot of fun. Take Care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadnobie Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Lots of nice rocks from Franconia. Thanks for sharing. I think it will have to cool a bit before I venture that way. --Perry-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimi Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Nice haul guys! Got out yesterday and crossed the tracks at 6:45am and returned about 3:30pm. Filled my camelback with gatorade and took an extra gallon already frozen for a later sip. HA! Didn't take long for it to melt tho. Found me a few irons and a couple of small chrondites in a section hunted before with dig holes all over the place. Got to move SLOW and LOW fellows! Nothing even in the hundred gram scale tho. Biggest iron was 2 grams and the biggest chrondite was 19.3 grams. Found me two pieces of chrondites that are so small I took them for irons at first until I got home and really took a hard look at them. Work calls and I will be away for a couple of weeks. Can hardly wait to get back for a Franconia fix. Aloha for now, Stan aka Kaimi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldmanmike Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 Man, that ant got me good :PO2: . 3 times be for I got him good :fighting0030: . I still have nice little red welts on my leg. Earl, Got to love night hunts :innocent0009: Let me know when you would like to do a night hunt I am always game :unsure: . Kaimi, nice going. Thats what I like about franconia, if you put in a good day you dont get skunked like you can on dry lake beds. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyazprospector Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Mike Awsome job , i ENVY you right now wish I could get up there! thanks for posting Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayray Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Mike & Paul, I think you guys should do an outdoor show, called the "Mike & Paul Show, live from Franconia", teaching new and old guys the tricks of the trade...WTG!!!!! I guess it's going to take me a month or so to retune my ears for the wee woo sound :headphones: ...already went through withdrawls, now it's at the acceptence stage of not swinging a detector :Huh_anim]: . Congrads on the finds again. Jason :;): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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