Meteorite Hunting on a Dry Lake Bed (Part 1)

[dinodude411]

wheres part 2?

[mnpd007]

Very informative! Thanks. I have magnet which would be perfect for a meteorite cane... it comes from a generator on a C-130 aircraft. This thing will pull the iron out of your blood and cause a bruise if you get too close.

Incidentally, you look like a suicide Jihadist. LOL I would tell you not to try and board a plane in that getup, then realized that the TSA can't profile anyone. So, you'd receive no more scrutiny than granny in a wheelchair.

[lyndon2472]

who exactly do you sell them to and any idea where to fins them in the uk and also (sorry for all the questions lol) but what is the best type of detector to use thanks :)

[badnewswade]

It must be great to have all that science lying around!

[coal4life]

At least where I live, I can also look for arrowheads at the same time. That's where I get my legs out there and stay young being the fool on the hill.

[fishercz20]

Seems like if you build a coil and shaft like on a detector but glue magnets on the bottom for a larger area magnetic field to use when hunting that you would maybe find more or at least cover more ground.

[epb471]

I live in NY with all wet lake beds!! Excellent video and congratulations on your find!

[theonethatgoofs]

tip .use peace of rope and long metal bar magnet

[EPCBear]

Greetings from a fellow Kingman (AZ) Desert Rat!

Being the summer outdoors person you are, I can't believe you haven't discovered the benifits of a Camelbak hydration pack......you really should get one. If you're like me when I bought my first one, you'll be amazed at how great they are for hiking and quad running.

Be safe out there and stay hydrated!

Bear

[Agremen]

use a metal detector noob :P!

[rdwafer75]

Just a word of advice when working a large area like a lake bed or farm land in the future. Set up a grid patterns and work the patern. Because once you have cleared a zone then you know you have checked and know there is nothing to be found. Wondering around in a dry lake bed in 115°+F temps will do nothing more then raise your frustration levels and dehydrate you. Work in Grids and you will have alot more luck in finding what your looking for. Good Luck!

[GTASAJACKASS]

Taliban?



[sandor139]

Did you check the other metal detectors? As such, what is holding in his hand @meteorfright? Inside the human body is blood (liquid) so this one, hand metal detector, will help you.

[AxelTiger]

practice patience and persistence :) grats on the find!

[Drastam]

Music is way too loud

[treborly]

how are these things just sitting on the surface? Im guessing these rocks hit the lake when there was still water and then gently landed on the bottom?

SO anywhere else other then lake beds the rocks must be pretty deep?.

[smellanalan]

@treborly alot of places to find meteors are places with erosion or deterioration of the land. Some larger ones may be wedged in the ground but over time they will surface. Alot of these are probably not recent at all may be thousands of years since they landed on earth.

[Gromitdog1]

are meteorites radio active?

[LittleBigKRATOS]

No they don't.

[TheCultivatedMind]

@Gromitdog1

Some can be

[raysondetra]

u seem like a cool dude. greetings from U.K

[willow488]

? sow how big would you say that small meteorite you found would of bean before it entered the earths atmosphere....

[v2attube]

I use gigapan camera and take extremely high quality image (gigapixels) of the large area of interest. The mages is mapped to GPS and then my computer programs does the digital walk on every pixel and group of pixels. The computer identify the pixel groups of interest and gives me GPS co-ordinates. I check them out on field. Gigapan camera takes images at 12.8 G pixels, about 1000 times quality than typical 12M pixel.

I scan 10times area in 10th of time, success rate is about 4 times more.

[creten69]

right when u said that I saw it,so it must be a spiritual thing.Alien people are like magnets,we just are,meteors are our brothers.;~^

[gersonfsilveira]

5 estrelas =)

[Bjornn17]

5 stars !!

[cholabebe]

uncle ruben this is chris garcia jr i was watching you play guitar and was wondering

can you put guitar lessons on that would be great thanx,oh by the way this is my bigsis's

acount

[GuitarMonkey5180]

hey, i was wondering, where can i get a meteorite cane? or atleast some very powerful magnets to make 1

[KarenGrace1]

still doesent make sense there cant be that many metal objects out there. and a detectore would allow you to check under the surface

[meteorfright]

What I ment to say was that metal detectors don't work well on a dry lake bed - hard to balance- plus the meteorites there have very low metal. Then there is the problem that the meteorites are spread out over 25 square miles. It would be impossible to metal detect the entire area. It's much smarter to ride around on a quad and visually find meteorites....

Metal detectors work very well in other areas where the meteorites contain more metal and are less sparse.

[clownfishyi1994]

dude, theres a face on that first rock you found. go to 7:48 and look at the top of the meteor, now look to your finger. you can see like half of a face on it at an angle. its an eye with a mouth, an eybrow, then part of an eye and eye brow on the edge of the meteor. please get back to me as soon as possible. thanx. oh, now i have a question. i live ner a rocky beach and now im wondering if i use a magnet on a string or a pole, might i fined a meateor. there are also bolders, culd 1 be a meteor?

[777dingo]

You might find a meteorite on the beach, but it would probably be very rusty from the water.

[KarenGrace1]

Why not use a metal detector??

[807236]

he isn't using a metal detector for the reason he stated before. there are to many rocks on the lake bed that are magnetic. he'd be checking every rock every 2 seconds

[thomasxp5]

about how much would that meteor be that he found

[myoriginalsongs]

A lot of factors go into the price...

rarity,size,condition, type and more.

[Barfsoup]

Excellent video! It must be so rewarding to put all the effort into searching and then to actually find one. Once again excellent!!

[AnasaziAl]

You should change your name to "Mr Determination" -- excellent video!

[utubeworms]

This is very cool! I have always wanted to search for meteorites. And their worth a lot of money too! Thanks for making this video.

[bubbles29118155]

Nice Movie Guys - hes a legend! atomicfeedback.com

[bloodstone1445]

Surely you could use a magnetic drag net or something?

So time consuming :-/

[zlukin]

The best palce to find meteorites is space ^^ or moon :)

[FueledByNoodles]

whats the best place to find meteorites in gainesville,florida

[iweberdudei]

very well produced production wise...and very interesting

[Culterminator]

The BEST place to find meteorites is to go to Antartica.

[rayoloco5000]

excelente trabajo de horas.

watch my meteorites collection from peru

[ffeerrnnaanndo]

mmm

[DrGrafenberg]

lol,checks his hair!

[forsbrookme]

how mcuh is that litle bit of rock worth???

[meteorfright]

Red lake meteorite have sold for around $10 per gram. That one was only 8 grams, so about $80 for that one.

[forsbrookme]

how much is that litle bit of rock worth??

[meteorfright]

Hi,

Those two area's are pretty meteorite unfriendly because of the terrain and weather. I'm sure meteorite's have landed there, but unless they are found faily soon they will be covered over or broken down by the elements.

[mrps21994]

thanks Ruben, oh well:(

[mrps21994]

Ruben, that was a great video!!! You answered both my Q's in that video! I apologize but I do have one more question. Do you know where to find meteorites on long island NY or in the Poconos PA?(northeastern PA) I don't think there's any dry beds in those two places. If you have any thoughts reply back to me. Thanks Ruben great post!

[machzal]

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