[meteorite-list] Re: expeditions

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:46 2004
Message-ID: <20031213115716.11415.qmail_at_web10310.mail.yahoo.com>

I hope see the Hupe brothers a day here in Italy, is
full of moraine and fields where is possible find some
meteorites.....not Pultusk.
Regards

Matteo

--- Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_comcast.net> wrote:
> Dear Bill,
>
> What is your problem? This expedition was for fun
> not for rude comments. I
> notice you have been commenting on several List
> Members posts lately. Maybe
> you should give us some field reports so we can
> comment on them. Plenty of
> Chapstick was on hand as where five other members
> who will not appreciate
> your comments. Try spending 9 hours a day in 45
> plus mile an hour winds in
> the 40s and we will see how excited you are about
> making a cold find. I was
> not whining, just commenting on how really difficult
> it is to find
> meteorites on these lake beds for those who search
> them on a consistent
> basis. My hat is off to all of those who have found
> meteorites on these dry
> lakes. The hours spent certainly do not make it a
> profitable proposition
> but the treasure hunting aspect certainly is
> exciting.
>
> As far as this being a new find, there is no doubt
> because we checked it out
> with two institutions in the know. No meteorite has
> ever been reported from
> this locality and when we announce where they were
> found you will understand
> why. It is too bad we are not allowed to savor the
> moment without rude
> comments.
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam Hupe
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <joseph_town_at_att.net>
> To: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_comcast.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 10:36 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: expeditions
>
>
> > Dear Adam,
> >
> > I spent quite a few years in the deserts of swa. I
> hunted for scrap iron
> in
> > the beginning. I expanded into whatever I could
> find. Antique bottles and
> > such. The best site i ever found was an old auto
> parts dump. Piles of old
> > brass horns from model-K fords. I drove down
> mountains in 110 degree heat
> in
> > old trucks loaded with junk that weighed 5 times
> more than the truck, with
> no
> > brakes. Ever spend 16 hours a day dismantling a
> combine in the desert and
> > trying to figure out how to load it into a 54
> chevy pickup? Rattlesnakes
> and
> > scorpions jumping out of every dry log while i
> chopped through that hard
> pan
> > soil to make a buck. Desert winds sandblasting my
> rear and more important
> my
> > truck! Go buy some chapstick. Cold winds
> howling...give me a break!
> >
> > Bill Kieskowski
> >
> > > Dear Mark and List Members,
> > >
> > > You are not kidding when you say most of the dry
> lake beds have black
> and
> > > red volcanic rocks everywhere. We literally had
> to search through tens
> of
> > > thousands of these black rocks to find the
> unreported strewn field.
> These
> > > dry lake expeditions are not for the
> faint-of-heart. To be somewhat
> > > successful you have to hike at least 10 miles a
> day zig-zagging from
> black
> > > rock to rock. Separating meteorites from the
> lava stones can cause eye
> > > strain and the cold wind howling through these
> areas can cause wind
> burn.
> > > We searched seven dry lake beds, drove over 800
> miles and must have
> hiked at
> > > least a hundred miles to find three stones so an
> extreme level of
> patience
> > > is required. In other words, these dry lake
> finds do not come easy.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > Adam Hupe
> > >
> > >
> > >
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