[1] The crater is approximately 36 m (118 ft) in diameter and 6 m (20 ft) deep,[1] and its age is estimated to be between 1,080 and 1,130 years since the buried fragments of the impacting meteorite are all found above a layer of carbon from a forest fire dating around 1,100 years ago.

[2] The crater was found by Sonny Stevens, a 54-year-old resident of Whitecourt, on July 3, 2007 as he was using a metal detector while hunting in the area.

[3] The area has been placed within a 200-metre by 200-metre protected zone, within which collecting is prohibited and subject to a $50,000 fine or one year in jail.

However, the vast majority[quantify] of fragments have been found on Crown land beyond the protected area.

[citation needed] Over one dozen individual (non-shrapnel pieces that show regmaglypts) meteorites have also been found with the largest weighing 31 kilograms.