Hunting for Meteorites in Northern Nevada Part 1

Join us for part one of our trip looking for meteorites!

This video was made as part of a UCLA EPSS booth for Exploring Your Universe, an outreach event that went online for two years due to Covid 19.

[bouzadachannel]

Bravo guys! But looks too cold for hunting i think better if you go there summer!
The find 4 is pretty cool
Bravo

[emmahank]

That arrowhead is actually quite special- it is archaic or paleo, likely 9000 years old!!!

[olowrohek]

👋 hi
So nice
Good luck 👍 from Poland

[AaAo-bn]

Hi there, thanks for the video ❤
I think I found 3 meteorites in Egypt, how can i make sure they're meteorites and how can i sell them online?

Thanks

[freshimpactco.]

Walks into a whole load of small black rocks. Damn I need a bigger magnet lol 😂

[ShadowHawk]

Wouldn’t it be faster to have a metal detector and swipe all the rocks to see it one is metallic, than to poke everyone of the rocks individually with that magnet? Also may be able to find some that may just be under the surface of the ground as well.

[cpt]

Woo, nice hunting! some of them are very beautiful and look fresh!

[Slieem]

Hi! I am not to far from northern Nevada and was wondering where exactly this is in Nevada. So far it seems like Elko county but I am not entirely sure of exactly where in the county or state. Beautifully made video and nice finds! With love from colorado.

[Mr.Papaveraceae]

Good idea to carefully extract them. I feel they have more value, data wise when they are uniquely cataloged and precise location recorded. Cause they could come from one common rock and could piece together a trend, or pattern which the fragments fell.

[anasjfr]

Hi same thing here in morocco tinghir . But why you guys don't use big detectors ?

[bodhi]

When you found those two pieces 3 ft apart. Could you walk the path they were on to find other pieces that had flaked off?
Do you walk in any sort of grid pattern?
And by the way, good on you both for getting out there in that cold wind. NOT an easy day.

[codacoder]

Nice video :) Could you perhaps drive along the desert with a strong magnet under your car?

[emmahank]

The “arrowhead” is most likely a dart point for an atlatl. It. Was made before bows were invented. Very cool find. I would love to find one and to find a meteorite thanks for the video

[markchoate]

Just happened upon your video and enjoyed it. But I am a bit in the dark as to how you know these magnetic rocks are meteorites? That seemed to be the main thing that determined it. How do you know it is not just a rock with some iron in it?? Thanks.

[quentinplantae]

Sorry for my pretty poor english (I'm from Belgium): I've been told that is recommended not to use magnetic sticks or any other magnetic materials for the meteorites hunts since it "destroys" the magnetics propreties that could have been intresting for the science purpose. Could you confirm that ? you seems pretty meticulous to make things right so I'm curious to have your opinion ;) thanks a lot for your videos/sharing ! and greetings to you guys !

[gunner]

Any chance you can tell me where you were in Northern Nevada? I'd like to go there.

[Shad-zw]

I'm not understanding why you would put flags up where you found a meteorite. Why would you want to go to the same spot later.

[bilalfrahtia]

I liked the video a lot and you are really nice people and the place is beautiful and charming. But I want to give you advice when looking for meteorites. Avoid using magnets unless you are sure of it. Focus on visual research in order to identify and gain experience in the field of meteorites.

[mannydeleonmanny]

How to uploading photos or video on this page? Thanks, ,

[khaledha]

Please help me, I want to know the modernity of the fall of the modern meteorites. Please help me in some way