[meteorite-list] I'm going to start scouring California Dry lakes.

From: Norman Lehrman <nlehrman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Feb 21 00:26:18 2005
Message-ID: <20050221052616.52548.qmail_at_web81006.mail.yahoo.com>

Mike,

You are dancing on the edge of a very important topic.
 There is no reason at all to think that the remote
deserts you have worked are "easier" than NV/CA dry
lakes. The meteorite flux should be the same.
Preservation will vary a little. Finding conditions
can't be all that different, although the scale of the
favorable search area varies a fair bit.

NWA's are the most under-valued thing on this planet.
Soon they will be plucked clean. For goodness sake,
it's not about where they landed on earth. It's
entirely about where they came from. Wake up
everybody. This moment in earth history is the
meteorite collector's climax. We are living in the
"good old days"!

I would readily bet that we are already on the
downhill slope. There will never again be the
abundance we currently know!

My two bits worth,
Norm
(http://tektitesource.com)


--- Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
wrote:

> Norm, I hope to see you there,
> But spare me the difficulty information, I do
> believe that I have put in my
> time hunting around the world, so hunting dry lakes
> in California where I
> can sleep in nice hotels and eat nice food (and
> even be home that night)
> doesnt sound to hard or boring to me. I mean really,
> Burkina Faso, Chile,
> Morocco, Western Sahara, India, Lesotho, Oman, all
> thousands of miles away
> and no luxuries of any kind, and California is hard?
> Just playing with you man, I know it isnt easy, but
> I have done it enough
> (over 100 new meteorites that I personally found
> myself) and I can't wait to
> get out there and find LA 003.
> Mike Farmer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norman Lehrman" <nlehrman_at_nvbell.net>
> To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>;
> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I'm going to start
> scouring California Dry
> lakes.
>
>
> > Mike & ALL,
> >
> > Don't get me wrong. It would be a great day for
> me if
> > I met you out there! I just think you have more
> to
> > offer the world if you held on to some semblance
> of
> > sanity. (Sure you should try it. Insanity loves
> > company!)
> >
> > After a couple of weeks away, I forget what it's
> like
> > and start to get romantically inclined once again.
> It
> > is very much like playing Nevada's slots. You
> take a
> > whipping, go home, and forget. Then you do it
> again.
> > About every 20th time, you win and all the losses
> are
> > forgotten. It is a phenominal feeling when you
> see
> > all the sevens click into place---and I'm looking
> > forward to the next time, and wish the same for
> all,
> > but don't mistake the smiling pictures of the
> winners
> > as the "average" behind all those bright lights
> and
> > big buildings! Someone pays for them.
> >
> > I found a killer last week. Got down on my knees,
> > took pictures from all angles. Sweet! Plucked it
> > from the ground, filed the corner. Checked the
> > magnet. It wasn't one.
> >
> > The thrill was real for a few seconds---
> >
> > Hope to see you out there. Don't carry any sharp
> > objects. Show behaviors expressing non-agression.
> > Don't thump your chest and yodel like tarzan. The
> > guys you meet out there may well be nuts!
> >
> > I are one.
> >
> > Norm
> > (http://tektitesource.com)
> >
> >
> > --- Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Then the LA mars rocks paid how many hours of
> >> hunting:)
> >> Sounds like people wanting to protect rich
> hunting
> >> grounds to me.
> >> Steve Arnold paying $100 gram for "rare"
> California
> >> main masses, sounds
> >> lucrative to me.
> >> Mike Farmer
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Norman Lehrman" <nlehrman_at_nvbell.net>
> >> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:04 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I'm going to start
> >> scouring California Dry
> >> lakes.
> >>
> >>
> >> > Mike,
> >> >>
> >> >> Get a grip. As hyper as you are, you will be
> >> >> stark-raving mad within three hours. Leave
> this
> >> >> mind-numbing exercise to the already
> >> dain-bramaged!
> >> >>
> >> >> But if you go (and this applies to all
> listees),
> >> >> don't
> >> >> listen to the radio on your way. All the
> stupid
> >> >> jingles on all the stupid commercials will
> begin
> >> to
> >> >> play over and over and over again as your mind
> >> tries
> >> >> to fight the tedium. Based on finding costs
> (per
> >> >> hour), meteorites will never be reasonably
> >> priced.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm clearly no whiz kid, but my finding cost
> is
> >> >> somewhere around $300/gm and still climbing.
> >> >>
> >> >> A friend trying to save you,
> >> >> Norm
> >> >> (http://tektitesource.com)
> >> >>
> >> >> --- Michael Farmer
> <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > You guys are finding so much there, I think
> >> I'll
> >> >> > start hitting the Dry lakes
> >> >> > myself.
> >> >> > Mike Farmer
> >> >
> >> > --- Michael Farmer
> <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> You guys are finding so much there, I think
> I'll
> >> >> start hitting the Dry lakes
> >> >> myself.
> >> >> Mike Farmer
> >> >>
> >> >>
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