Where To Find Meteorites. Finding meteorites can happen anywhere, but here are some specific places to better your chances of where to find meteorites.
Meteorites have fallen everywhere on this earth. Unfortunately, this doesn't help if you are specifically going out to find meteorites. So, to have better luck on your hunt, use our guide on how to identify meteorites, and then follow me to these regions of the world:
- Dry Lake Beds - devoid of brush, trees, and wildlife, rocks and meteorites stick out like sore thumbs. Easy to spot, and you can cover more ground quickly
- Deserts - Same as the dry lake bed, except there is more brush and trees, so this can make the hunt more difficult. To help in the hunt, make sure to bring a metal detector, or a magnet on a stick.
- Craters - A crater was created by a large meteorite (duh!), so there is a chance that there are still chunks of the meteorite or meteorites. The only downside is that over time the meteorites have decayed or rusted, weakening the chance of finding a good specimen. Still, your chances are greater here then in random locations.
- Fresh Meteorite Fallings - In the rare chance you see a meteor near your area go in for a crash landing, you can try to find and locate it.
- Meteor showers - to find these fallings, they often happen with meteor showers, so look up online or listen to the news for special times of the year when these showers occur, and if you are lucky, may see one enter the atmosphere in your area.
These tips will get you closer to the find, but still read up and learn what you can about these space rocks. Good luck hunting!
