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To: PIF
It hit in New England. It's probably the reason for the strange shape of Cape Cod. Debris is all over the place. A metal detector can find it on the beaches but I actually saw some lying right out on the sand.

A friend of mine has a brother who lives in Martha's Vineyard. He says that one of his metal detector friends has a pickup truck full of it and fishermen complain about it screwing up their nets.

61 posted on 04/21/2017 2:23:25 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: Bogie

BTW, thanks to PIF...Look up Carolina Bays....


63 posted on 04/21/2017 2:33:53 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Bogie

That would be a nice thought but too much says a hit that size would leave a crater miles in diameter and a mile in depth. Not found in New England or off coast. there have been lots of other meteor strikes that would account for the debris found, many likely from many millions or billions of years ago when the continents were in different positions.

Shape of the Cape has nothing to do with a meteor strike - I remember reading something years ago that the shape has something to do with crustal movements and uplifting/subsidence.

Ice strike is what most geologist etc agree would neatly ‘disappear’ a crater of the necessary size to cause the Younger Dryas.

If your friends found meteoric iron debris, and not scrap from WWII, then they could have a real payday - even many stony meteors are worth a great deal. The net problems are likely from WWII wrecks and jettisoned cargo; there’s a lot of crap on the bottom of oceans that has nothing to do with astronomical events and more to do with human activity like garbage scows ocean dumping.


68 posted on 04/21/2017 3:44:07 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Bogie
It's probably the reason for the strange shape of Cape Cod

That or prevailing currents depositing sand over thousands of years.

72 posted on 04/21/2017 4:34:57 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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