daffy 6 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 been metal detecting and gold prospecting for years and i see a million rocks and a LOT of metal ores, but these are different from anything i have found, i have only ever come across 2 of these accidentally, i dug the bigger one up while digging up old coins maybe a year ago and the smaller one i dug up a few days ago a few towns over whilst looking for gold i live on the mid north coast NSW Austalia, they are both very heavy for their size, small one is 10.42g and the larger one is 74.4g, both get a strong iron signal under my detector and both attach strongly to a neodymium magnet, i grinded a face off the bigger one and i definitely see a lot of very small flakes of metal, are they worth getting tested? do they look like weathered iron meteorites? measurement in the ruler pic is in cm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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BMc 1,048 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 One of the Met guys hopefully, will be with you momentarily. That is if we have any left . . . Looks interesting to me as an average non-met kinda guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mikestang 928 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 One looks like slag or lava rock (all the vesicles), the other looks like an old piece of man-made iron. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 thank you, for the quick response and answer, think im just going to stick to what im good at, finding gold lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nakhladog 12 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Agree with above, too porous. Looked promising on the outside, worth posting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,765 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 51 minutes ago, daffy said: thank you, for the quick response and answer, think im just going to stick to what im good at, finding gold lol Well, as long as you're looking for gold, there's always a chance to find a meteorite. So don't give up. If you find something interesting, post it here so we can take a look at it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 thanks so much gentlemen. i will never stop secretly looking for meteorites and carrying my magnets with me in my handbag lol my dream is a nice ring made out of extraterrestrial metals.. one day! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 daffy; you never know what you will find or where....my one and only truly wild meteorite came from OZ...It is on display at Bathhurst (school)... I knew as soon as I found it that it was a chondrite... fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 fred im so jealous! lol do you have photos? id love to see Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 if anyone else reads this and has meteorites i would love to see, fully obsessed i swear its way worse than gold fever hahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack H 105 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I found something I thought was a meteorite. The location was in an area with metamorphic limestone, basically white Carrera looking marble. No vesicles and had thumb prints and rust on its shell. cut open it was solid with small metal inclusions that under a loupe had halos of metal specs. I took it to a 30 year meteorite pro and he couldn't identify it, but said it was the best meteor-wrong he'd ever seen. Took it to another friend who's dad owns a gem mine in so cal and he told me it was basalt. I'll try to find it and post a pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 found in 2010 on Tour with Mark Hyde somewhere in OZ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 344 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 7 hours ago, fredmason said: found in 2010 on Tour with Mark Hyde somewhere in OZ Awesome flow lines, very nice Fred!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 That is so awesome Fred thanks for sharing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,765 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 8 hours ago, fredmason said: found in 2010 on Tour with Mark Hyde somewhere in OZ Did you know what you had at the time you found them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 344 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) 1. Sikhote Alin sculpted individual 2. Beautiful Unclassified but classy NWA 3. Brahin Pallasite from Belarus 4. Lunar meteorites from Algeria 5. Sm Sikhote Alin sculpted 6. Impact melt angle 1 showing interior 7. Impact melt angle 2 showing metal 8. Sikhote Alin shrapnel 9. Sikhote Alin from pic 1 angle 2 10. Cool chondrule in find, cropped and zoomed in. Enjoy Daffy !! I hope you are Daffy for my meteorites!!! That's just a few !! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Edited October 13, 2018 by Rocky 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 So I got bored and started polishing that smaller one I found with a knife sharpening stone lol. Might be man made but it looks beautiful inside, thought I'd post a pic up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 minute ago, Rocky said: 1. Sikhote Alin sculpted individual 2. Beautiful Unclassified but classy NWA 3. Brahin Pallasite from Belarus 4. Lunar meteorites from Algeria 5. Sm Sikhote Alin sculpted 6. Impact melt angle 1 showing interior 7. Impact melt angle 2 showing metal 8. Sikhote Alin shrapnel 9. Sikhote Alin from pic 1 angle 2 10. Cool chondrule in find, cropped and zoomed in. Enjoy Daffy !! I hope you are Daffy for my meteorites!!! That's just a few !! OMG they are beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing, ahh I want to find one so bad hahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 344 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 16 minutes ago, daffy said: OMG they are beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing, ahh I want to find one so bad hahaha Thanks you, the only one I found was the last one which I'm not sharing yet because I want it classified first so people don't go nuts LOL.. I promise I share in the future. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Yes, I was pretty sure when I found it, took it back to camp and filed a window and was certain....never could find the other piece....thanks. fred Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardtimehermit 525 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 14 hours ago, Rocky said: Thanks you, the only one I found was the last one which I'm not sharing yet because I want it classified first so people don't go nuts LOL.. I promise I share in the future. Rocky, nice collection you have going there. Classified is one thing, and will take awhile usually but you could just get it verified by New England Met. lab for just over 20 bucks and will only take a week or two at the most. Russel Kempton is the man over there and he is great at responding with you. Good luck which ever way you go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 344 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 32 minutes ago, hardtimehermit said: Rocky, nice collection you have going there. Classified is one thing, and will take awhile usually but you could just get it verified by New England Met. lab for just over 20 bucks and will only take a week or two at the most. Russel Kempton is the man over there and he is great at responding with you. Good luck which ever way you go. I disagree about that service you if you've done your homework which I have I can "confirm" it is a meteorite almost certainly unless it's something crazy. A meteorite is not valuable unless classified. So if you don't intend to classify and you found a rock you're sure it's meteorite why even bother wasting money on his service, just save your money and cherish the rock. I'd rather go right to the snakes head find out what it's made of and get it classified, killing two birds with one stone. Granted this is not always a option especially if the mass is small and a common ordinary chondrite, not alot of places want to classify those but if someone is willing to do so it is a better option all around. It supports the scientific community and can potentially be worth something more than a paper weight. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Rocky, could you please use a little more punctuation ...just a little would allow me to more fully cherish your statements.... Anyway, if you are lucky enough to have an expert that will classify your stone, wonderful! Of course, many people are "often wrong, but never in doubt" about their "meteorites." with respect and definitely not trying to pick a fight fred 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredmason 1,135 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 a small bit of San Bernardino wash...I found this after I sold about 1200 grams...I was happy to have this for a rememberance... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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