[meteorite-list] West Texas meteorite fall

From: David Pensenstadler <dfpens01_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:42:54 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <599135.64906.qm_at_web90307.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Mike, Moritz, Robert, and Shauna:

Great work.

I was wondering if this fall was on private, city, or government property, and who actually owns the finds. Do you guys get permission from all private property owners before you enter an area? (Mike, I know you indicated in a previous post that you did get permission from one farmer). Do the property owners get anything in return for letting you on their property?

With so many people arriving to search, it seems that this could be a concern by those hunters who actually follow all the rules.

Dave


--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West Texas meteorite fall
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:48 AM
> Hi Mike!
>
> When I saw that photo, one old saying came to mind:
>
> The early bird gets the worm. :)
>
> Nice find. Good luck to all of you guys (and gals) out
> there
> and keep the reports flowing in.
>
> Regards and happy huntings,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> .........................................................
> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and
> http://www.glassthrower.com
> ..........................................................
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:25:28 -0800 (PST)
> From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] West Texas meteorite fall
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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>
> Check out this piece I found today;)
>
> http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=birdnestxq6.jpg
>
>
> Hi everyone. Sorry for the attempts to write emails from my
> IPHONE. Not the easiest thing to do while walking through
> the pasture, looking for meteorites.
>
> Here is a short note about what we know.
> When the meteorite fell, a farmer was working near his barn
> and saw the explosion and fireball in the sky. He said that
> a few seconds later, stones started falling out of the sky,
> and he ran into the metal barn to escape the falling rocks.
> He heard pieces hitting the metal roof. A minute later, he
> went out and started picking up the black burned rocks.
> It seems they told a couple of family members but wanted to
> keep it to themselves as they do not like outsiders and hate
> the government. Don't forget, this is WACO, Branch
> Dividian nut-job country, so people seem to be a little odd
> here.
> Anyway, word did get out and Robert Ward, Moritz Karl,
> Robert Woolard and his son Rob, Shauna (Robert's
> girlfriend and meteorite-huntress extraordinaire) and myself
> had been working on this fall since a few hours after it
> occurred. We narrowed down the fall site as West, Texas. We
> were right on, within 20 minutes of arriving at West, we
> located the farm, spoke to the landowners, got permission to
> hunt, and then minutes later got evicted from the land, as
> the people did not like so many people arriving at once. It
> scared them.
> We promptly got permission to hunt on surrounding
> properties and Moritz within seconds found a meteorite. This
> is what was all over the news yesterday. We all hunted
> today, in numerous places, trying to extend the strewn field
> out, which we did by about 1 km only. Of course, the
> strewn-field must be very large, but it will take some days
> to get a hit further afield I think.
> This morning I found a nice piece, pictured above in an
> opportune pose:) and very quickly Robert Ward and the
> Woolard?s both found pieces, then I found another.
> As far as I know, I would say at least 20 stones have been
> found, all under 50 grams. This is just the beginning,
> larger stones are there, but further afield, waiting to be
> saved. And saved in about two weeks or less, as the grass is
> growing right now, turning green and the farmers are all
> getting ready to plow and plant. Anything not found right
> now will be lost, and I mean all of it. There is virtually
> no hunting ground that is not plowed farmland.
>
> Anyway, things are good, we are all tired, sunburned,
> chapped, cut up, and extremely happy to be on a successful
> meteorite hunt days after the long Tucson show. Who would
> have imagined.
> Michael Farmer
>
>
>
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