[meteorite-list] NO REGRETS

From: Robert Ward <ironfromthesky.com_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 12:32:42 -0700
Message-ID: <AANLkTim8aRzhLNGw3IQbgBNcYIidAZXuIzB9Deg6PPaS_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hello Sonny, List, As per Art's request I will not discuss the Nevada
issue, but I am happy to address Sonny's request that I disclose the
agreements I have in regards to the shares on my hunts. On desert
hunts the finder keeps all of his common chondrites, we do split rare
achondrites, lunars, carbonaceous chondrites, rumurutiites, ect. The
thought of my 22.61 kilo DHO 1431 oriented nose cone having been cut
in half so that my partner could get his share is unimaginable to me.
Also, if one finds a broken individual and your partner finds the
other piece, let's say ten feet away, that piece belongs to the
original finder, and that person calls the shots on how the strewn
field is hunted from that point on. All of our agreements are made
before we even step foot on an airplane, this prevents any
misunderstandings. As far as Glorieta Mountain is concerned, every
person I have hunted with that has found meteorites kept their finds,
Patrick Hermann, Robert Haag, myself, Shauna Russell, Jim Strope. I
feel that if you work for it, it was meant for you. On large scale
projects such as Springwater we do split equally, but this is a mining
project essentially, we all have a lot of money invested, and all open
ground gets covered, the 'luck of the hunt' is not such of a factor,
it was simply in your grid area. Sonny, I hope this public statement
answers you questions. May I suggest you have a contract in writing
with your partners, and the land owners in the future to prevent these
recurrent problems. Regards, Robert Ward.
Received on Mon 17 May 2010 03:32:42 PM PDT