For more than two decades, Marvin Killgore, once a plumber turned gold prospector right here in Sells, Arizona, has made meteorites his life. Marvin has made his way finding some huge meteorite pieces, going by gut , in a Ford pick-up truck. He hunts, collects, sells and trades his treasured meteorite pieces with some pieces dating back over 4.5. million years!
One morning, while driving through rural Wisconsin, Marvin had a hunch. Against the wishes of his wife, to continue their travel, Marvin urged her to pull over. Sure enough, Marvin's hunch paid off. He Scored a decent piece of meteorite when he spotted a large , black slab on the side of the road. His family quickly followed suit, finding even more pieces of meteorite. This leaves the family with possibly the largest space rock find yet for this particular Wisconsin space rock. The piece comes from an estimated 3.3, foot long meteorite that had broken up over Mineral Point (b/t Wisconisn and Iowa). Marvin's family rock weighed in over half a pound!
Check out his find from China, 2000! That is some piece of space rock!
Charlie Leight, Arizona Republic
"Marvin Killgore holds a slice of his Fukang Pallasite meteorite that was found in 2000 in China."
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