[meteorite-list] Grimsby Fall Trip Report

[tett]

Hi Mike and Rob and Roma and Patrick and all the rest of the group down 
in Grimsby,

It is killing me that I can't make it down.  Only a 3 hour drive!

Have family from Europe here and would need to book the divorce lawyer 
if I snuck away.  Hopefully soon.

Good Luck!

Mike (tett) Tettenborn

Mike Bandli wrote:

> Hello all,

>

> I am having trouble posting to the list from Canada so I am writing through

> my hunting partner, Mike Bandli's email account.

>

> We arrived in Grimsby shortly after 11:00 am local time and spent a couple

> hours finding our bearings before meeting up with Roman Jirasek on a 20 acre

> parcel of land he had secured. After some time spent spot searching we

> decided to try a different location and unknowingly found ourselves only a

> few feet from Peter Brown's hunting party. Brown and his team are eager and

> have been logging many hours using a variety of methodologies to try to zero

> in on the fall line. More than happy to collaborate, Brown welcomed us in

> and helped us with as much info as the team had regarding the TWO stones

> found.

>

> After hunting in that area with no luck, we moved on again and went to the

> home of the car smasher and met with the homeowner. Despite all the coverage

> and hunting in the area, no one had thought to use a magnet to search for

> any more fragments of the stone that broke into several pieces upon impact.

> I asked if I could comb it over, to which they obliged, and found 6-7 small

> fragments. it was heartbreaking, though completely understandable, to have

> to hand them over after finding them.

>

> After a hot meal and a hotel check-in we met up with Mike Farmer and Jim

> Strope for a few beers, decompression, and planning.

>

> The locals have all been exceedingly accommodating. The terrain has been

> varied to say the least but many areas are huntable and many new areas seem

> to jump out on Google Earth so we are set for tomorrow. The two stones found

> are so close that they do not represent as line but more a pivot point for

> the line so that means 100 yard jumps to try and spot some more as gridding

> seems pointless.

>

> Given the hours spent and lack of TKW, it would seem at this point that

> export is highly unlikely.

>

> You can view a gallery of our hunt here, which we will try to update

> nightly: 

>

> http://historicmeteorites.com/HistoricMeteorites/grimsby.html

>

> Off to bed, hope to have more info tomorrow,

>

> Rob Wesel

> www.nakhladogmeteorites.com

> www.facebook.com/nakhladog

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> Historic Meteorites

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