I think this is near the same area where the cargo floated ashore from the storm damaged ship.
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Mars connection to Seaton beach 'find'
24 January 2007
THE chances of anything coming from Mars... are almost certain, if you ask Terry Pavey from Seaton.
Mr Pavey, of Seaton Down Road, was combing Seaton beach three years ago when he found a rock that experts say is a meteorite from Mars.
Mr Pavey, born and raised in Axmouth, is a keen metal detector enthusiast and knows the local beaches well.
He said: "I don't know geology, but I had an instant idea it was a meteorite.
"If it was a normal metallic rock, like the ones you usually find, it would have been rusty and I wouldn't have thought anything of it.
"But this rock was shiny and looked so new I thought straight away it must have come from space."
Upon finding the rock, Mr Pavey described its features to two Canadian friends from the metal detecting community, who recommended taking it to an expert.
Mr Pavey continued: "I took it to Eve's in Seaton and they put me onto an expert in Scotland, so I flew up there and had it checked out.
"He compared it to other specimens and said it was almost definitely a meteorite from Mars. . . .
"I read it's the first to be discovered in England since 1991.
"If it weren't for the metal detector I wouldn't have noticed it at all.
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