Edmore meteorite—worth $100K
For years, one man in Edmore, Michigan used this 22.5-pound hunk of iron as a doorstop on his farm. When he bought the farm back in the late '80s, the previous owner told him that the iron chunk was in fact a meteorite from the '30s. Only 30 years later did the farmer contact a geology professor from Central Michigan University to take a look at the rock, which was later confirmed to be an actual meteorite. The professor, Mona Sirbescu, later told USA Today: "The story goes that it was collected immediately after they witnessed the big boom and the actual meteorite was dug out from a crater." She told the media that the story was passed down orally, with no eyewitnesses to verify it. Now, the meteorite that was named "Edmore" is known to be the sixth-largest to be found in Michigan and is worth $100K.