[meteorite-list] What makes a hammer a hammer?

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 04:03:52 EST
Message-ID: <bda.3b7a7b74.3691d578_at_aol.com>

Robert and all Hammer Heads,

In retrospect, I didn't address everything in your last email.

I just checked the website where that information you mentioned was listed,
and I have no idea what that dealer's source was the history of his pieces.
As he states there, he did not buy his pieces directly from our auction, but
rather traded for them second hand.

There is NO reason whatsoever to doubt that what Dr. King listed in his own
private records is the truth. And I am certain that the correct information
was passed on from me to all the potential bidders during the auction at that
time.

You should probably ask him directly what his source was for that
information, but my hunch is that somewhere along the way, the exact facts were lost in
translation when passed on to him.

Oh, and if anyone can go to Alabama and look at the Hodges's Stone, bring a
magnet. If the core was filled, and camouflaged well, a magnet should detect
where a plaster or rubber filler might have been used. There is a slight
chance it wasn't filled with anything, and the hole is still there.

In any case, I will go on record and strongly disagree with the comments
made that the King specimen came from the Smithsonian's sample. If that had
been the case, Dr. King would have been listed the Smithsonian as the source and
not the Alabama Museum of Natural History, which was, and still is, the
repository of the Hodges's Stone.
 
I guess for everyone that bought their Sylacaga in the past thinking it
wasn't an actual hammer stone specimen: "Surprise, and congratulations!"
 
For those of you that were thinking about buying some, but had not yet, I am
sorry, as my guess is, the value of whatever is on the market has just
"appreciated" in value in the last couple of hours.
 
Happy New Year!

Steve Arnold #1
Arkansas



In a message dated 1/3/2009 10:11:11 P.M. Central Standard Time,
meteoritefinder at yahoo.com writes:
Steve and List,

Steve, are you absolutely sure the core came from THE Hodges's stone (
the one that struck her) and NOT the McKinney stone??? I have not actually seen
 the Hodge's stone in person, and maybe you have, so you MAY be right. But
... if I may quote a few words from "one of our illustrious members'" ( who I
hope doesn't mind me using them, and that he will join in the discussion, too
) website that state:

"....There were two stones - the one that hit the human and one other. The
one that hit the human is the centerpiece in a local museum. No one has ever
had access to it. However,the second stone is in the Smithsonion and though
the remainder has never been available to the public, it did have one core
drilled in it. This core ended up in the collection of Dr.
King. After his death his widow allowed it to be cut into about 10 whafer
slices all of which all ended up as primary specimens in private collections."

So have you seen THE Hodges' stone in person and saw that there actually IS
a hole drilled into THAT very one????

Thanks,
Robert Woolard
 
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Received on Sun 04 Jan 2009 04:03:52 AM PST