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These video's are dedicated to meteorites and meteorite hunting. Here you will find photos and videos of my adventures as I search for meteorites in the Southwestern United States

http://www.meteorite.com/blog/
Name: Ruben
I was born in Durango, Colorado and raised in northern New Mexico. I moved to Phoenix, Arizona in the fall of 1986 and have been here ever since.
In 1998 I happened to see Bob Haag on the Discovery Channel talking about meteorites, and I became immediately interested in these amazing extra-terrestrial stones. I was so impressed with what the "Meteorite Man" had to say that I vowed to find a meteorite for myself.

The very next day I went to the library and read as much as I could on the subject as well as contacted a few well known meteorite hunters. Jim Kriegh was one of the first people I met, he unselfishly schooled me in the art of meteorite hunting. Jim told me what kind of metal detector to buy and also offered directions to the Gold Basin strewn field which is where I ultimately found my first meteorite.




To date I have found thousands of meteorites in many different strewn field locations including Gold Basin, Franconia, Holbrook, and Glorieta Mountain, as well as dry lake beds like Red Dry Lake, Willcox Playa and others. Currently, I'm enjoying hunting meteorites as often as possible as I love the excitement of being out in the wilderness finding meteorites. After all a meteorite to me is much more than a mere rock from space, it is at the very least, the only extra-terrestrial object one can own.
Country: United States
Website: http://www.Mr-Meteorite.Net
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Channel Comments (14)
ArizonaMinador (21 hours ago)
Cool stuff Ruben! Good hunting!
gearheadgriffin (1 month ago)
nice ck meteor find, thanks for the video
SaiyaMel (2 months ago)
Great videos. I'm starting my own meteorite collection, and have some new additions on the way from the Hupé Bros. - including a very rare specimen of angrite. I'll later be adding some Mars and Lunar specimens.
DhofarLunatic (3 months ago)
Reuben I found my one and only meteorite a CD, 40 years ago while studying geology at NAU,when it wasn't restricted. Just started collecting again about 3 months ago Ebay is awesome. I saw a few of yours last night. Last week I took my cain out behind the White Tanks ( 10 miles from my house) and walked some desert pavement. Varnish makes for some serious meteorwrongs. Without a detector it seems an impossibility . My question is-what is the least expensive detector that would work to find some chondrites in areas like that?

Rock on
serrtucheserrtuche (4 months ago)
a few weeks ago i went on a camping trip to big bend and as i was hiking i was kicking rocks with little force when i noticed that one rock i kicked hit another rock and it made a very distinct pitch, sounding metal.. i picked it up and threw it in my bag after testing rocks around the area i found it.. none had the same propertys as this rock?! after watching your idenification videos i found out this rock does have stress marks on it, but im still not 100% about it
azgreenmom (5 months ago)
Great new video. Always look forward to new ones!
firstlk420 (6 months ago)
Hey ruben,
just sent you an email of a picture of a rock i found. What do you think? I'm working on taking more and better pictures. anyways cool channel, look forward to your stuff.

peace
Subscriber13 (9 months ago)
Hello Ruben, new subscriber here. Always have been interested in all things space related. Finding meteorites sounds sweet to me. Will be watching all your vids for tips.
HolbrookTV (1 year ago)
Thanks for the lesson. Let us know the next time you're in Holbrook on the hunt...!
JTC2films (1 year ago)
hey do you think there are any places to find meteorites in alabama?
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