[meteorite-list] Cold hunting question

From: Marcia Swanson <MJSOfArc_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:54 2004
Message-ID: <34-3F623936-447_at_storefull-2157.public.lawson.webtv.net>

--WebTV-Mail-448-225
Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit

Hello Warren and List,
Warren your question about property locale ownership, brought to mind a
question of my own that I would appreciate an answer to, on or off-list,
by yourself or other list members.
I understand that when hunting on private property, you are supposed to
get (written?) permission. I know that different Countries have
different rules on whether or not a meteorite is property of finder or
confiscated by government, or percentage of it taken for identification
and record and display at museum, ect.
My questions are regarding meteorites found in USA. What EXACTLY are
the rules to guarentee that if you find one, say on public land ( State
Park, lakeshore, river-bed, dry-lake, abandoned gravil pit, ect.) you
can claim it without fear of confiscation, by State or Local
authorities? I know this was an issue with the F.P. that supposedly
"bounced" off the public sidewalk before hitting a home and was
confiscated by local authorities ( Sorry to bring that unfortunate issue
up), and there have been other instances. Is it the amount of money (
it's worth) that determimes whether or not a counter-claim is laid on it
by local, state, or is it the classification of the fall or find that
again,makes it confiscatable? To be classed, especially if it were
something really significant, you do have to say where it was found
right ?
How does this work? When something is found on private property, after
having been given permission to look, what is the obligation of the
collector in regards to payment to land- owner, should a possible
meteorite, or a meteorite be found, or land owners right to
counterclaim pwnership rights? I would truly appreciate guideline
answers on some of these questions please, or reference reading
material? Thank-you and Best Regards, Marcie


--WebTV-Mail-448-225
Content-Disposition: Inline
Content-Type: Message/RFC822
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit

Received: from smtpinvite-3102.bay.webtv.net (209.240.204.242) by
        storefull-2152.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 11 Sep
        2003 17:01:27 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from pairlist.net (pairlist.net [216.92.1.92]) by
        smtpinvite-3102.bay.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP id
        1B42DBE08; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:01:26 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from pairlist.net (localhost.pair.com [127.0.0.1]) by
        pairlist.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B61B536ED; Thu, 11 Sep 2003
        20:01:15 -0400 (EDT)
Delivered-To: meteorite-list_at_pairlist.net
Received: from mu.pair.com (mu.pair.com [209.68.1.23]) by pairlist.net (Postfix)
        with SMTP id 216F453600 for <meteorite-list_at_lists.meteoritecentral.com>;
        Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:48:51 -0400 (EDT)
Received: (qmail 12951 invoked by uid 7111); 11 Sep 2003 23:48:51 -0000
Delivered-To: arthur-meteoritecentral:com-meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Received: (qmail 12948 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2003 23:48:51 -0000
Received: from nn8.excitenetwork.com (HELO xmxpita.excite.com) (207.159.120.62)
        by mu.pair.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2003 23:48:51 -0000
Received: by xmxpita.excite.com (Postfix, from userid 110) id 3C9883E25;
        Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:48:49 -0400 (EDT)
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Cold hunting question
Received: from [68.154.234.210] by xprdmailfe11.nwk.excite.com via HTTP;
        Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:48:49 EST
X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with
        any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse: ID = 94ba2a1d8781d2e62c557639218a9921
Reply-To: joeeval_at_excite.com
From: "Warren Zwanka" <joeeval_at_excite.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Sender: joeeval_at_excite.com
X-Mailer: PHP
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
        boundary="EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__f502ec1871d701882a3058c08f451603";
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc:
Message-Id: <20030911234849.3C9883E25_at_xmxpita.excite.com>
Sender: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
Errors-To: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
X-BeenThere: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
X-Mailman-Version: 2.0
Precedence: bulk
List-Help: <mailto:meteorite-list-request_at_meteoritecentral.com?subject=help>
List-Post: <mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
List-Subscribe: <http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list>, <mailto:meteorite-list-request_at_meteoritecentral.com?subject=subscribe>
List-Id: Meteorite Discussion Forum <meteorite-list.meteoritecentral.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list>,
        <mailto:meteorite-list-request_at_meteoritecentral.com?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:48:49 -0400 (EDT)
X-Brightmail: Message tested, results are inconclusive




--EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__f502ec1871d701882a3058c08f451603
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

 

Just wondering who owns these areas you "cold hunters" are searching? Are areas like the Gold Basin and Bonneville Salt Flats publicly owned or do you make arrangements with individual land owners?
 
Warren

_______________________________________________
Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com
The most personalized portal on the Web!

--EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__f502ec1871d701882a3058c08f451603
Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

 <table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0 width=100% bgcolor=white><tr valign=top><td width=100%><font size=2 color=black>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 7px; MARGIN-LEFT: 7px; BORDER-LEFT: orange 2px solid">
<P>Just wondering who owns these areas you "cold hunters" are searching? Are areas like the Gold Basin and Bonneville Salt Flats publicly owned or do you make arrangements with individual land owners?</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Warren</P></BLOCKQUOTE><br></font></td></tr></table><p><hr><font size=2 face=geneva><b>Join Excite! - <a href=http://www.excite.com target=_blank>http://www.excite.com</a></b><br>The most personalized portal on the Web!</font>

--EXCITEBOUNDARY_000__f502ec1871d701882a3058c08f451603--

______________________________________________
Meteorite-list mailing list
Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

--WebTV-Mail-448-225--
Received on Fri 12 Sep 2003 05:23:02 PM PDT