Meteorite Hunting
Search the desert for rocks that fell from space.
~$103Cost to start
SteepDifficulty
3+ hrTime / session
2 setup steps, ~$103 all in. Nothing to buy until you say so.
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 3+ hr at a time, $103 to find out whether it sticks.
SpaceOpen area
The path15 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$40
- Get a strong magnet, a loupe and collection bags
- Expect almost everything to be slag or ironstone
Then the quests
- Handle a confirmed meteorite and a meteorwrong side by side
- Get a magnet and a metal detector
- Search a likely area
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
Split rock and meet a creature that died a hundred million years ago.
Herping$182
Go looking for snakes, frogs, and lizards where they actually live.
Collect crystals and gems straight out of the earth.
Mudlarking$40
Comb a tidal foreshore at low water for centuries of history: clay pipes, pottery, coins, and lost things.