About Us

MeteoriteFinder.com is owned and operated by Mike Miller

Update 8/8/2024 I am awaiting a new diamond wire saw, the order has been placed and paid for. Now I wait for the 30 centimeter max dimension saw to arrive. I will be cutting for the public, I am not accepting all jobs. Cutting inexpensive irons is not likely to make sense for either parties. The industry standard will be full slices, finished on 1 side.  I will cut your meteorite for a percentage of the finished weight. The percentage will depend on value of the meteorite. Stabilizing requires extra processes sometimes, and for susceptible meteorites there will be additional charges. You will be aware of the cost before the work is completed. 

Update 3/5/2023 I am not doing much meteorite hunting these days, the aches and pains of being 62. Well lets just say, it has lost the fun aspect. So these days I spend more time at home, doing things like gardening, feeding chickens and turkeys, and making home a better place to be. I still do some meteorite preparation, I buy meteorites, I buy meteorite collections and of course I sell a few as well. meteoritefinder@gmail.com 

 Now I have had a love for minerals for years now and am once again roaming the country and electronically the world, searching for incredible minerals of all kinds. For me personally, I am after  a visual stimulation when buying minerals. Color, shape, beauty, intricate design. Well pretty much anything that makes you stare and wonder.

I have been setting up and showing at the Tucson gem and mineral show for many years, more than a decade, maybe 15 years. Next year I will now be showing, I will be showing up to buy sell and trade. Also to see old friends. 

 This year I am looking for a new direction, maybe to focus more energy in a single direction. I am trying to listen to God's plan for my life. I guess I should let you all know, I am a follower of Jesus Christ. He said the he is the only way to Heaven and I believe him with all my heart. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. NIV Bible

Without my family and friends this would be a one sentence page . . .

I guess my about me page should connect all the different aspects of who I am. I am Mike Miller, meteorite dealer, . I also sell year round on E bay, I am flattoprocks. Then of course I have this website, where you can read some of the adventures I have been involved in.

 

Hi, my name is Mike Miller and I like meteorites. I worked for a large truck chain for twelve years, it was a very good job but everything changed the day an applicant came into the truck stop to give me his application. His name was Keith and the thing that really blew my mind was that in his work history it said, "Meteorite hunter — 10 years." 

I asked him what he meant by meteorite hunter? He explained that he'd gone out in the desert and the woods and collected meteorites for a living for ten years. I hired this man and spent many, many hours talking with him about meteorites. To me, the idea that I could go out and find a falling star was just unbelievable! Keith told me about Gold Basin and I went there and found my first eight or ten fallen stars! WOW! WOW! WOW! That was totally unbelievable! A year and a half later I gave up a really great job to pursue meteorites as a full-time enjoyment.

Meteorite hunting is what got me started, I used a metal detector for a couple years looking for gold. But really never found any, I used to drag the family out every weekend to drive to some remote area to explore and dig junk with a Gold Bug 2 metal detector.. The good news is I got pretty good with that detector and when meteorites came into my life I was primed to take off like a rocket ship headed for the stars.

I hunted Glorieta and found several once in a life time meteorites and I don't intend to stop now. I think the term "once in a life time" is way over used. I basically cut and etch iron meteorites for a living and hunt them just for fun. Lots of people have a hard time with that statment but it is true I hunt them because it is what I want to do for fun.

I am just a regular guy who gets in the car and goes out to where the meteorites are, and tries to find them. One of my favorite sayings is, "God hides the meteorites and we go out in the world and try to find them."

That is about all we can do — TRY.

— Mike Miller

Update 2018 My daughter Ashley if working in the shop full time now and is the backbone of the shop. I help out in busy times and here and there.