find a meteorite

Well I got a metal detector last month which should be useful for this goal. I just haven’t really used it very much. I did find out there was a large meteor that hit about 3 miles from my house; called the Clinton Meteorite, the largest piece found was 15 lbs.

SOOO AWESOME to have something that was beyond earth out there in space where we are not! im goin on a meteorite hunt! :)

To hold something from somewhere else in the solar system / galaxy / universe would be VERY COOL.

I have seen some in a museum in sint petersburg so i know a little bit how they look, but i wouldn’t be sure. It looks like melted stones with metal in them.
But still i proberly wouldn’t reconigze one when i find one.

I want to find one, but i’m afraight i won’t.

In the past I’ve heard stories of people finding meteorites in their gutters and getting lots of money for them. Then sometime over the summer I saw a program on meteorite hunting and I thought that’s sometihng I’d like to do. Yes, you can get a lot of money if you find one, but I think just finiding one would be the really cool part. Like finiding treasure. And how amazing would it be to touch something that came from space!
I got a book from the library, back at the begining of November, on meteorites. It’s fairly short and has lots of pictures. It’s also due back in a few days, so I’m going to try and read it all tonight. I should be able to since it’s so short. I need some info on what to look for when looking for a meteorite.

You can find little meteorite fragments all around this place for miles around. Just bring a magnet, poke around in the dirt and look for really dark rocks that are heavy and magnetic.