Well, yes, I am still up for a search. My work commitments over the past couple of years prevented me from following-through with many of my plans/hopes to do such a thing, but I'd love to plan an expedition for next year. I've also thought of looking at the dry Sevier Lake bed, since I understand that there is a documented meteorite fall near there. However, I don't recall the type of meteorite that has been found in the area. I'm no engineer, but I may be able to find help if no one from our little group is able to design and fabricate an appropriate device. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+kimharch=cut.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+kimharch=cut.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:51 PM To: Utah-Astro Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Meteorites on Salt Flats 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".