Site Updated 6/09/09
---UPDATE #5---
6 New coordinates have been added
to the Data Base recently.
This now brings the total to 42!
96 Meteorites.
Keep watching for further updates
to the Data Base offer.
Purchaser finds 102 gram specimen
Purchaser finds 20 gram specimen
Check out my new page
Gold Basin Meteorites For Sale
Meteorites Rock.Com is a page to display and sell our DVD and other info on Meteorite hunting

Hunting the Franconia Meteorite Strewn Field

This DVD will pertain to most strewn fields. There seems to be an elliptical pattern to falls. The elliptical pattern is highlighted for the Franconia field. Gold Basin, another in Arizona, will apply as well. however the boundaries have yet to be defined. The information in the DVD will enable a hunter to recognize a stony as well as iron meteorites and familiarize the hunter with the tools required.

This DVD was shot in the field with professional hunters Larry Sloan, Jim Smaller, Wayne Holmes, Todd Parker, Bill Versluis and John Wolfe who found the Franconia strewn field. Watch as they unearth and harvest Meteorites in the 60 min DVD that will have you packed and ready to go. Catch all the excitement of Meteorite hunting - some history of the area -and tips from the best.

Watch a video clip on YouTube

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT US

60 MINUTE METEORITE HUNTING DVD!
Hunting the Franconia Meteorite Strewn Field FULL LENGTH DVD















$20.00 + $4.00 S & H

The DVD is available only in NTSC format
BIO

I have been hunting treasures since I can remember as a small child. Raised on large ranches I had access to a lot of areas, which were mined for gold and other minerals. I was able to hunt for artifacts from various bands of native tribes and much still sits in museums in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Also spent years hunting with Harley Garbani, one of the premier Paleontology field men. Harley was an avid artifact hunter as well as dinosaur bones. This gave me quite an understanding of the geology layers and what to look for in surface applications. In later years I developed a taste for metal detecting and found the adventure in hunting cans, bottles, rings and whatever else I could dig up on beaches and in the deserts of the Southwest.

In 2001, a chance meeting with Larry Sloan, brought a whole new meaning into my realm of treasure hunting. METEORITES. This would start me in another new hobby. The exciting world of space rock hunting! Thanks to Larry I have been able to personally find over 175 meteorites in the Franconia & Gold Basin strewn fields with several different types or field classifications.

Myke Ray a good friend & fellow television producer, wanted to produce a DVD to highlight meteorite hunting and the professional hunters in the sport.  It was our intention to highlight the hobby for people just beginning to hunt & detect.




Here's a dandy find
While testing the new Teknetics Omega 8000 detector for First Texas Products  I found this nice 14k bracelet.  I am very impressed
with the Omega 8000 as I found a bunch of coins as well.
All tests indicate that the 8000 detector is highly productive.
Thanks David Johnson for opportunity to test the Omega 8000.
  

Possible new Iron find
While hunting around 7000 feet in the Prescott Forest I found
these 2 iron objects.  Hope these turn out to be a possible
new find.
Prescott Chinese Coin
While hunting a City Park I found this Qing Dynasty coin.
It would appear from research to be between 1600  - 1800 vintage.
Franconia 5 day trip
Jim Smerglia & I made a 5 day trip to Franconia where
we met up with Larry Sloan, Todd Parker, Tim Glidewell &
evening guests Denny Asher & his wife Patti.
We had one fantastic time & were treated to great comet viewing
thanks to Jim and his astro binoculers.
See more pics of the Franconia trip.



Civil War era Button
Found this button in Chloride on Dec 5, 2008.
I have looked through the internet & cannot find
anything that resembles this one.
It appears to be a Federal Button.
If anyone has an idea, please contact me.
More Breaking News
Another New Find
4th in a row on new terrain.
1,062 grams
Check out the pics
Breaking News
New Find
Todd Parker does it again!!!
3rd in a row on new terrain.
Todd is a master of finding new specimens.
Check out the pics
1,475 grams visible.
Gold Basin 10/12/08
Clay & Junior with their first Gold Basin Meteorites.
Check out the info & hunt pictures. 
Chloride Area 10/9/08
Hunted some wagon trails today & found this nice
little button.  Does anyone know anything
about this?  
Gold Basin 9/27/08
Chad Lynde scores his first meteorite while
hunting with me & Todd Parker.
A very nice 14 grams.  
See pictures of the hunt.
Chloride Area 8/08
I found this magnet a mile + from any wagon trail or road.
We are not the only ones carrying around magnets.
This was found 6" deep & very heavy.
This may be 100 + years old.
Chloride Area 8/08
It's just amazing what you can find on any given
day.  This appears to be a bracelet & everyone I've shown
it to thinks the same.   Found in the middle of nowhere.


"STUFF" FOR SALE

It's that time of the year.
Time to start funding upcoming fall hunts.
Check out our "stuff" for sale!
Chloride Area 6/22/08
I said this before & I'll say it again.
You never know what you will come across in the desert.
Came across an old wagon trail on my meteorite mission.
One of items found was this very old & crude ring.
A friend of mine looped it & suggested it might be a map.
Could this be the next National Treasure map???
Check out the pic
I love my White's V/Sat

Thank you Jimmy Sierra for the excellent support!

Chloride Area 6/7/08
Today was a clothing,  harmonica & other items day.
Thank goodness I can still change up while looking for the
meteorites.
 
Chloride Area 5/29/08
The geology will never cease to amaze me.
Heavy stone, very magnetic on the iron portions.
The host rock is non-descript & I think you can see the shine
of the window in this specimen.  Does anyone have a clue???
Chloride Area 5/29/08
Guess I have started a collection of shot shells.
A little research has put a few of these in the 1860's.
I guess maybe a new hobby starts here.
More Finds in the Chloride Area 5/29/08
It's amazing what can be found while hunting for the illusive Meteorite.
Never a dull moment!
Latest finds from Chloride 5/22/08
Treasure is where you find it.  First hat pin, nice spoon, some
great buttons & a smashed ring all make the day.
 The 1860 Federal button was the bonus today!
  Does not get any better in the old West.
Will Wonders Never Cease???
What are the odds of a meteorite hunter finding a meteorite within feet
of their home?  Check out the pictures and the whole story.
Chloride, AZ More New Finds
Another day - more treasures!
In lieu of meteorites, it's always nice to have a place to stop on the
way home.  There has to be a meteorite around here someplace.
My Discovery 3300 machine at work.
Misc good junk - lipstick case, horseshoe nail ring, bracelet & more.
Chloride, AZ New Treasure Finds
It's nice to be mobile.  Just moved to Chloride & the first day hunting,
Tuesday May, 6, I came up with these nice little finds.
A 1920 Mercury dime & a garder hook.
I sure love my Bounty Hunter!
Will keep you posted on other finds.
Possible New L5 King Tut Main Mass???
Here is one of the best examples to bring all your finds home.
This 37.8 gram specimen was found over 1 year ago in Gold Basin.
 It is oriented with well defined flow lines & may be the new
main mass.    
Visit the Album Page for more views of this specimen 
Check This Out
Mirko Graul's picture of a 3 gram Sacramento Wash etched specimen.
Beautiful!  Does anyone else have an etched 005?  If so Contact Me .
Visit the Album Page for more views.
Check out Mirko's website for etched irons.
BIO
A FEW OF MY PERSONAL FINDS
Gold Basin Meteorites 1
Gold Basin Meteorites 1
Gold Basin Meteorites 2
Gold Basin Meteorites 2
14gram Franconia Iron Meteorite!
14gram Franconia Iron Meteorite!
555gram Gold Basin Meteorite
555gram Gold Basin Meteorite

My Ring Collection
Franconia Meteorites
Franconia Meteorites
 Coins and Tokens
Coins and Tokens
 
Gold Basin Nuggets
LINKS TO MY FRIENDS
     

     



Discount Metal DetectorsMeteorite Hunting & Adventure Community & Information SiteMeteorites For Sale