[meteorite-list] WHO IS THE Worst and least SUCCESSFUL METEORITE HUNTER OUT...

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:15:42 -0700
Message-ID: <C684D87E.5684%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi All,
        I nominate myself as the worst all time meteorite hunter.
I have searched 12 strewn fields including the following and under
The tutelage of no less than John Blennert at Gold Basin, The Lawrence
Family who LIVE in the Correo Strewn Field and have found more than
All others combined, and Steve Shoner, the Master of Holbrook:
Correo
Some stinking "Dry Lake" in CA
Gold Bason
Canyon Diablo
Glorietta
29 Palms
Holbrook
Others too numerous to even remember.....
        My TOTAL "take" = one single Correo of 11.18g
        Can anyone challenge my all time failure as a hunter?
I particularly remember walking parallel to John, only a few yards
Off to John Blennert's right and watching Gold Basin meteorites
Jump out of the ground and into his pockets. I swear at one
Point he picked up 5 different specimens in less than 5 minutes!
Me.... Well, not so good.
       If anyone can challenge the magnitude of my record as the
Worst all time meteorite hunter, I double dog dare ya.
        Best wishes, Michael





On 7/16/09 12:39 PM, "Steve Arnold dealer/Qynne" <MeteorHntr at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 7/16/2009 12:11:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com writes:
> Steve Arnold is a contender, I think he beat
> the pants off Mike at West, but didn't he have a 5 year long drought?
>
> *******
> Phil,
>
> I am honored by your mention, but we have to be serious here. I have only
> hunted at 7 sites in the last 4 years, spending 90% of my time at two
> sites. West was a fun 28 day detour in it all.
>
> Before 2005 I was an amateur meteorite hunter only hitting one or two
> places a year with metal detector in hand. In 2003 I picked up 113
> meteorites
> from Park Forest, one being 11 km from the main mass, I found the most
> there, but I don't think anyone else was even trying to find a lot.
>
> For the most part, over the years I invested most of my time and made most
> of my money from being a dealer not a hunter.
>
> If we are judging this by total weight recovered, I am beat by quite a few
> people on lifetime numbers. If we are judged by total number recoveries
> from different locations, there are many people who beat me. If we judge by
> profit from meteorite sales of found meteorites, there are many more
> higher on that list than I am.
>
> Maybe, if you judged success by most media coverage (TV, newspaper, Radio,
> Magazines,internet, etc.) I would be at the top of that list. But I
> hardly think that is a good barometer for determining the "Most Successful
> Meteorite Hunter."
>
> Success is our world is often judged by the amount of money you make. So
> who has made the most money? But what about people that are not in this
> for the bottom line only? Cottingham mentioned not willing to sacrifice
> family time to be gone from home too much. If his kids grow up emotionally
> well balanced because he was in their lives more, but someone else finds more
> meteorites but has a lousy home life, some people might argue who really
> was more of a "success?"
>
> It is easier to measure who did the best at one location. Let's all go
> to Holbrook for the weekend, and whomever finds the most in number wins the
> title for the day. Or drop us off at Munonionalusta for a week, and we can
> put the bounty on the scales 7 days later. Who found the biggest West?
> Or the most Wests? Or the most total weight of Wests? Who will find the
> most at this new Arizona Strewnfield?
>
> I think it might be possible to single out who might have had the best
> year financially, in total weight, in total numbers etc in a given year, but
> to stretch it out for more than a decade long period of time, that gets a
> bit tough, and very subjective.
>
> Someone might be better or worse than their numbers indicate because of
> other factors in their life. Others might just get a little lucky.
>
> It is all so subjective.
>
> And to top it off, I don't know if anyone out there is hell bent on
> finding the most new meteorites, or the most total recovered weight, or the
> biggest single meteorite of all time. Most of us do this because we love
> it.
> We love the challenge that each day brings, that each new fall brings, that
> each old strewnfield with new clues brings.
>
> I would guess there are people that want to find as many as they can. Or
> to find the biggest they can. And I am sure there are people that want to
> make as much money as possible. But as with so many things in life, it
> isn't so much beating everyone else, but beating mediocrity and being the
> best
> one can be.
>
> If being a husband, a father, a grandfather, a teacher, a dealer, a
> scientists, etc. gets in the way of being a better "hunter" then we all make
> those quality decisions at different times in our lives.
>
> And since this isn't like boxing, where one unquestionable champion holds
> the title until someone takes it away from him, and since this isn't like
> pro football with a Super Bowl game at the end of the playoffs, how do you
> measure the current Champion?
>
> Maybe it would be better to look at this more like a "Hall of Fame"
> question where a lifetime of contribution is recognized on a persons
> individual
> accomplishments and contributions.
>
> Steve Arnold
> of "Meteorite Men"
>
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