This story caught my attention: http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1629_1.asp It reminded me of Kim's (and others) Salt-Flats meteorite search project. Some of you may remember that it was suggested that a metal-detector coil be attached to the bumper of a pickup or SUV and a grid pattern be driven at a speed appropriate to the sensitivity of the detector, as an alternative/addendum to the original visual search for surface specimens only. Apparently that's exactly what the fellow in the article did, and he found a whopper. We should re-examine the meteorite search project once the weather warms/dries up next year. Kim, are you still up for it? Any engineers care to help design a metal detector, or at least a bigger coil for a commercial unit? We could also use more detectors with smaller swaths, and still cover a good amount of territory. Once we had the equipment, we could return every dry season and cover the entire Salt Flats over time. Even the kids could be involved, since we'd probably get massive false-alarms from bottle tops, cans, brass shell casings, etc., so we'd need an army of "diggers". __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/