[meteorite-list] Lost Meteorites(?) Announcing new Strewn Field in Pennsylvania

From: Mal Bishop <magbish3_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:59:31 -0400
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20070805145008.01e256b0_at_mail.lowcountry.com>

Elton, let me please say first of all, I'm very glad to hear
you weren't seriously hurt or dare say, worse!

I'm very sorry to hear about you collection as well, but even
as precious as they are to us, they certainly are of less concern
than ones well being! I hope you can recover most, if not all, of your
valuable collection.

If I lived in your neck of the woods, I would gladly be willing to help
you the best I could!

Take care, and best to you in both your personal recovery,
and regaining possession of your meteorites and mineral specimens!

Mal

At 10:30 AM 8/5/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>The good news is I escaped with my cell phone, shoes
>glasses, underwear, and most of my blood and bodily
>tissues. The bad news (which includes meteorite
>related issues) everything else is in the wreckage.
>
>Late Friday night minding my own business driving down
>a 4 lane road my truck and trailer was totaled by an
>impaired driver who thought I had some gall to be in
>his drag racing lane. I did all kinds of Demolition
>Derby quality manuevers but near the end it was me
>following my cargo trailer down the highway not vice
>versa. For all of 1 second I was thinking. "Hey! Not
>a bad moonshiners turn I can get this rig
>stopped--NOT". The trailer rolled to the driver's
>side, taking the truck with it. As I skidded along
>watching road gravel bounce off my nose I wasn't
>concerned about my life but was worried about my
>meteorite collection's survival. I remain worried
>because everything was catapulted onto the roadside
>and down an embankment.
>
>They won't let me see what was recovered until Monday
>morning but did say that lots of small things weren't
>picked up. I was transporting my meteorite collection
>around 400 specimens plus several cases of mineral
>specimens. So you are the first to hear about the
>latest strewn field location. Since the wreck was an
>observed event does this make them falls or finds?
>
>Aside from writing the list to lament this "ouch", I
>may need help in the Allentown PA area recovering and
>sorting. If anyone might have some spare time local
>to the area to help look for the pieces please let me
>know and I'll share location with you. I am not up to
>walking much but hope to start some searching Tuesday.
>
>Lucky to still be a collector,
>Elton
>
>
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Received on Sun 05 Aug 2007 02:59:31 PM PDT