[meteorite-list] Grimsby Fall Trip Report

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:48:01 -1000
Message-ID: <B09B3427-0CD4-4A2B-A5DD-117AD6DD9D49_at_mac.com>

Aloha Rob and Mike, thanks for the hunting update and pictures from
Grimsby (where I and possibly several others are living vicariously
through your exploits). The best of luck to you and other hunters on
finding more specimens.

gary

On Oct 17, 2009, at 6:37 PM, 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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> and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
> Willy Wonka, 1971
>
> -----------------------------------
> Mike Bandli
> Historic Meteorites
> www.HistoricMeteorites.com
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Gary Fujihara
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Received on Sun 18 Oct 2009 11:48:01 AM PDT