My Own Franconia Find!!!

By Tom Knudson 29Apr05

I got a call from a restless Mike Miller (www.meteoritefinder.com ) yesterday morning. He asked me if I wanted to hunt Franconia with him, I saw little need because if I did not have bad luck, I would not have any luck at all, but I went and as luck would have it, Mike's luck rubbed off on me, probably while crossing the washes on the road in, it was a little bumpy. : ) After a few hours searching the well hunted strewn field, I spotted something, the metal detector went off, my magnet liked it, it was the most beautiful stone, I had ever seen, great crust, My first Franconia find, a dandy!

But no, it was just one of the many hot rocks disguised as a meteorite.

Well after a couple more hours, I spotted something else, it did not look like a meteorite, but it passed the same tests the hot rocks did, but looked to out of place among all the meteorite looking hot rocks, to be anything else. I called Mike over, he was not sure what it was either, he had never seen a Franconia so ugly, I know I never had either. We looked at it, it sure did not look like one, but we figured it was, so we Mike took a picture of it just in case.

I picked it up and wiped the dirt off, it was not so bad after all, it is about fifty percent crusted ( the buried side) and weighed in at 171.5 grams.

It my not be the best looking Franconia out there, but it will always be my favorite one!