[meteorite-list] Recovery of meteorites from National Parks?

From: marsroxx_at_theofficenet.com <marsroxx_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:03 2004
Message-ID: <1035253629.3db4b77d09de7_at_webmail.theofficenet.com>

Tom,
Not a good idea. It is against the law and they will confiscate your
equipment, and possibly arrest or ticket you.

Alan

Quoting Tom Mahood <tmahood_at_cox.net>:

> Greetings all:
>
> I've been quietly following this list for the past six months or so, and I
> must say it has been very educational on all sorts of levels
> meteoritic. And the insights into some of the personalities involved have
> been quite illuminating.
>
> But now that I've been educated and illuminated, I have an honest-to-God
> question. I am a somewhat new collector, and as much as I enjoy
> "discovering" meteorites in my mailbox, I realize it's much more sporting
> to hunt the buggers down in the wild. My range of access is the SW US, a
> veritable sea of wild and crazy BLM land. However within that area are
> also a number of sizeable chunks of desert land designated as National
> Parks.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on the ramifications of "recovering" meteorites
> from National Park property?
>
> Tom
>
>
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Received on Mon 21 Oct 2002 10:27:09 PM PDT


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