In an article for the Revista do Observatório, geologist Orville Derby (1888a, 1888b, 1888c) mentioned a statement received by the National Museum about a probable iron meteorite similar to Bendegó, found in the Monte Alto mountain range, in southwest Bahia. The occurrence was never investigated or proven until, in 2007, professor of paleontology Douglas Riff, from the State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB), on a field mission, had his attention awakened by reports of the existence of a mass of iron stored at the Municipal School Marcelino Neves, in the Palmas de Monte Alto city. Riff noticed many similarities between the iron mass that was presented to him and the Bendegó meteorite exhibited at the National Museum, in Rio de Janeiro, leading him to communicate the fact to Elizabeth Zucolotto, who, immediately, volunteered to travel to Bahia to go to the city of Palmas de Monte Alto accompanied by Wilton Carvalho, in order to collect samples and gather information about the finding. The field mission took place in the week of July 2 to 5, 2008, with the fact that it was an iron meteorite that could be correlated to the one mentioned by Derby (1888a, 1888b, 1888c). The meteorite was found by the farmer Francisco da Cruz when extracting sap from mangabeiras at the top of the Monte Alto mountain range, at a point close to the coordinates 14º22'08 ”South and 43º01’02” West. The exact location of the finding could not be georeferenced, given that the meteorite discoverer did not have physical conditions, in 2008, to go to the site, passing information to a son about the area where he found the iron mass. Carvalho was taken by Francisco's son to the indicated location, as it was an extensive area with many native mango trees, making it impossible to determine which of them Francisco was extracting sap when he saw the meteorite. According to Francisco's account, his attention was aroused by an irregularly shaped “stone” “similar to an old model sewing machine”. Francisco hit the “stone” with the tool he used to bleed the mangabeira, producing a metallic sound characteristic of iron blows against iron. He then tried to move the “stone” and failed, due to its large weight. Despite not knowing exactly when this occurred, Francisco said he found the meteorite when he was a boy, before getting married. Based on the marriage certificate, Francisco da Cruz was born in 1924 and married in 1955. Thus, the year of the find was before 1955 and, if we consider a 20 year old boy, the estimated period of the find would be between 1940 and 1954. The probability of the finding occurring in the 1940s is reinforced by other comments from former residents of the city of Palmas de Monte Alto, who estimate the time when the “stone” arrived in the municipality in about 60 years. To remove the 97 kg iron mass, Francisco had the help of two other men, who transported the meteorite to the city of Palmas de Monte Alto using a strong blanket to improvise a net, in which the piece was deposited and suspended by a long, sturdy pole, supported on the shoulders. For many years, the meteorite remained under the custody of the Municipal School Marcelino Neves and, since 2008, has been under the custody of the city hall, deposited with the Secretary of Education. Source: De Carvalho et al. 2018.