Two weeks ago, a meteor “ripped” the sky over the northeastern United States, breaking the sound barrier.

According to NASA’s Astromaterials and Research Laboratory (ARES), the space rock was so large that the resulting fireball could clearly be seen entering the atmosphere, even though the meteorite hit the US just before noon on a sunny day.

Now the Maine Museum of Metals and Rocks is offering $25,000 to anyone who finds and brings home a piece of a meteorite weighing at least 2.2 kg, CNN reports.

ARES detected the meteorite impact using radar, and it is estimated that its fragments may have been scattered in dense forests near the Canadian border, around Calais, Maine.

Darryl Peet, head of the museum’s meteorite department, hopes to study the meteorite fragments, which he says could “contain valuable information about the solar system.” He clarified that even for smaller fragments of the meteorite, the museum would pay solidly, without specifying the amount of the collection.

However, he clarifies that going in search of space rocks in the forest is not necessarily as easy a task as it seems.

“Finding meteorites in the forests of Maine… It’s not the easiest environment,” he comments. However, he does not lose hope: “It’s a sparsely populated area, but not as sparsely populated as where most meteorites fall,” he adds, referring to the oceans.

Those who choose to track down meteorite fragments should be aware that the fragments will be relatively smooth, black and metallic, meaning they will interact magnetically with their detectors.