[meteorite-list] John Blennert and Gold Basin

From: John Blennert <goldmaster_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:53 2005
Message-ID: <001b01c51f2f$3ada82d0$b945f004_at_Goldmaster>

Hi Bernd and List

Bernd that invite is still open and if your even thinking about taking me up
on it ? You might want to hurry up on the decesion . They are getting pretty
hard to find . I can always toss one in front of you . But in a few more
years that place will be the suburbs of Las Vegas !! It's kinda hard to
concentrate on metal detecting when you in the hustle and bustle of a
subdivision !!
Warmest Regards
John Blennert
----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] John Blennert and Gold Basin


> John wrote:
>
>> it was found before ... and the folks on
>> this list ever heard of Gold Basin !!!
>
> Hello John and List,
>
> These words bring back pleasant memories, ... memories from
> 1999 when I got an email from John after I had posted something
> about Michael Blood hunting for Gold Basin meteorites. John wrote:
>
> "I would like to extend a personal invitation for you to hunt Gold Basin.
> I will loan you a goldmaster metal detector and be your personal guide.
> I will cook (no guarantees) and get you familiar with the detector, heck
> I'll even give you a drive around and show you all the known field. I
> guarantee you'll find a few meteorites if I have to throw them at you?
> He He. That's assuming you don't have a hearing impairment !!! I know
> you are a long way from Arizona, but if you could find your way to get
> here I will try and accomodate anyway I can !! It's very hot there now
> the best times for hunting are October thru April. If this offer is not
> workable because of work, wife, kids or finances email me your address
> and I would love to mail you a nice Gold Basin!! I would be honored to
> send one to the man that helps so many!!"
>
> A few days later there were two beautiful specimens (76 and 86 gr) in my
> mailbox and they were welcomed by a small 31.5 gr specimen with an
> official
> field number (UA410) that I had purchased from Allan Lang some time
> before.
>
> John wrote in his letter that "most of the Gold Basin finds are broken
> up pretty bad" and that "both of these have a good show of crust."
>
> That was more than true because they even showed clear signs of primary
> crust,
> the 86-gram even signs of a secondary crust; the 76-gram piece has shallow
> regmaglypts, is conical and may thus be oriented or at least flight-marked
> from its plunge through the Earth's atmosphere.
>
> John, let me once again thank you for these beauties, and, you may be sure
> that
> they will never leave the B. Pauli Meteorite Collection, no matter where
> the wind
> blows from!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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Received on Wed 02 Mar 2005 08:53:21 AM PST