Meteorites on tbe beach

[canwedigit]

Has anyone found meteorites while beach hunting?

[Surf Master]

Graig found one ,ask him to post that big one he found in the water last year,

[Silver_Sn1per]

I wish.

[Lineweed]

i'm not sure whether i found one... its like only 1" in size. nonetheless its a rock and it rang on my detector

[Surf Master]

Did you give it the magnet test,i thought i found one to but nope,happy hunting,Earl

[Lineweed]

a set of 20 rare earth magnets on the way in the mail along with other things, will certainly try it out when it comes

[IntoIt]

Well they would have had to have hit a beach sometime but more then likely a piece of iron or steel would look allot like a meteorite after years or decades in the surf. I would say there are allot in the deep water but they wouldnt travel to the beach.

[NHKeith]

Originally Posted by Lineweed

a set of 20 rare earth magnets on the way in the mail along with other things, will certainly try it out when it comes

you can use a magnet from your refrigerator...

[LAEarl]

Get an old hard drive from a bust PC and tear it apart. Them suckers are pretty strong!

[dewcon]

It could just be a HOT ROCK....normally magnetite (iron black, metallic or streak black in color) some are naturally magnetized and will atract small pieces of metal. Its very common and contained in many sedimentary rocks. Could be hematite (brownish red, red streak dark, steel-gray) its the principal ore in iron, very common as well in some locations.

Dew

[JerseyMike]

Unlikely it's a meteorite. Here's some pretty good info worth hanging on to.
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/realities.htm

[JerseyMike]

And a bit more: http://meteorites.wustl.edu/id/fusioncrust.htm