Streams, rivers, lakes
If you found it in a stream bed, along a river, or any other place where there are lots of rocks and water, then it is almost certainly not a meteorite
Why? (1) Rocks roll downhill, which means that rocks at the bottom of the hill – in a river or lake – are all terrestrial rocks. If you want to find meteorites, look for them in places where there are no other rocks. (2) Most meteorites are not stable in water. The metal will have rusted and the stone will have broken apart. (3) A meteorite in a stream bed would have had its fusion crust worn off by abrasion against other rocks. There would be no way to identify it as a meteorite unless rusty metal was evident. Experienced meteorite hunters do not look for meteorites in stream beds or along beaches.